I may just convert an old fridge. Is it easy? Do you recomend a brand
of kit?
I am mainly looking to get this because one of my favorite beers
(Hoegaarden ) is available in Keg here but not bottles.


On 10 Aug 2004 07:49:04 -0700, [email]frandalc@swbell.net[/email] (Randal Chapman)
wrote:
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>"spleenminus@yahoo.com" <spleenminus@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<s9cgh05pcll3gkesk9qhcqs7kus76760rj@4ax.com>...[color=green]
>> Hi,
>> I was wondering If I get a beermeister, how long will a keg last if
>> refrigerated and pressurized?
>>
>> Also, I want to start brewing my own beer soon, can anyone suggest any
>> good books/websites?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> John [email]Spleenminus@yahoo.com[/email][/color]
>
>For brewing yourself: [url]http://www.howtobrew.com[/url]
>
>About the beermeister... Oh boy! I had one of these when I was 23, me
>and my roomate went in together and got one for the apartment. The
>salesguy trundled that damn thing in there and hooked it up and
>started handing out beer in our living room! How in the heck could we
>say no? It seemed perfect, but there were many downsides (at least for
>us). The most important being that we didn't drink bud, miller, coors,
>etc. We liked a variety of micros & imports. The problem they don't
>tell you is that most imports use a different keg attachment than the
>"regular" sankey. So your keg of Paulaner Salvator will cost you
>whatever the keg costs plus about $50.00 for their type of keg
>connector. This even happened to us with micros a lot of the time.
>Keep in mind this was 10 years ago so maybe the micros have
>standardized a bit.
>
>You will also find that you suddenly have 15.5 gallons of the SAME
>beer to consume. I guess this is okay if you don't like variety but we
>usually didn't buy the same six pack twice in a month so it got to be
>a drag.
>
>Lastly, you will become the most popular person in your complex/block.
>No kidding, I had people knocking on my door that I had never seen
>before asking if I still had that keg. Also, don't count on your
>friends to contribute in any way except making the keg empty. Oh yes,
>and if you homebrew you will most likely keg in 5 gallon corny kegs
>and a regular old fridge works best for that so your beermeister may
>find itself on the auction block...
>
>Oops - almost forgot about your question of how long a keg will last!
>It will last until you finish it! CO2 will keep the beer from getting
>oxidized & rotten and you will be surprised at how little time it
>takes to go through a keg.
>
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