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FS - 1 bottom drain keggle project $125
Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2015 10:51 am
by czubak
I can get photos, but it's simply a single 1/2 barrel keg with the bottom cut and a jaybird level 1 15" FB, hinge, handle, etc. no valves, no holes drilled in the side. I was planning a 3 vessel bottom drain using Bobby M's bottom drain and element kits, but have changed my build direction for the 50th time.
Re: FS - 1 bottom drain keggle project $125
Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2015 1:58 pm
by Matt F
czubak wrote:but have changed my build direction for the 50th time.
A true homebrewer. Is the brewery ever complete?
Re: FS - 1 bottom drain keggle project $125
Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2015 2:12 pm
by czubak
Matt F wrote:czubak wrote:but have changed my build direction for the 50th time.
A true homebrewer. Is the brewery ever complete?
I am not like you and use the same setup for the past decade or more. I should, but I have never been considered terribly bright
Re: FS - 1 bottom drain keggle project $125
Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2015 2:41 pm
by Matt F
Mine changed with almost every batch until about 5 years ago. I can tell you, my beers became more consistent once I stopped messing with stuff all the time. Allowed me to really focus on brewing. Changes lately have been small and have not changed my process much. It is nice to get comfortable with the brewhouse. That said, I would like to make a major overhaul in a few years as money allows. Not necessary, but I seem to have an itch that needs scratched. So much cool brewing equipment has hit the market after most of mine was complete.
Re: FS - 1 bottom drain keggle project $125
Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2015 2:44 pm
by czubak
LOTS of cool stuff is out there.
Re: FS - 1 bottom drain keggle project $125
Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2015 9:57 am
by UndeadFred
If I stopped messing with my equipment, then I'd be "done".
No fun in that... I want to get a couple of more years out of this hobby if I can!
Engineers...sigh...
Fred
Re: FS - 1 bottom drain keggle project $125
Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2015 10:04 am
by Matt F
I am upgrading my mill. Bought a high torque, low speed drill with a lockable trigger from Harbor Freight last week for around $44. Tired of switching batteries when my cordless would die during the crush. Picture is not mine but is where I got the idea. I bought the same drill.
Re: FS - 1 bottom drain keggle project $125
Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2015 4:32 pm
by Eric B
I have almost identical to that minus that drill. I use my cordless still.
Re: FS - 1 bottom drain keggle project $125
Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2015 6:05 pm
by whitedj
What happens when you hit a rock?
Re: FS - 1 bottom drain keggle project $125
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2015 6:51 am
by czubak
whitedj wrote:What happens when you hit a rock?
crossing my fingers, but I have never had an issue with debris yet. I have milled a lot with this setup in less than a year.
Anyone want to buy a slick bottom drain keggle?
Re: FS - 1 bottom drain keggle project $125
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2015 5:23 pm
by Eric B
whitedj wrote:What happens when you hit a rock?
Kind of hard to hit a rock in a finished basement..
Re: FS - 1 bottom drain keggle project $125
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2015 5:57 pm
by whitedj
I've hit some with floor malted barley
Re: FS - 1 bottom drain keggle project $125
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2015 3:48 pm
by Matt F
Finished my mill last night with some scrap wood I had from old cabinets.
Re: FS - 1 bottom drain keggle project $125
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2015 4:09 pm
by daryl
Nice. You guys are pretty handy.
Re: FS - 1 bottom drain keggle project $125
Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2015 8:24 am
by czubak
Nice work Matt. As of now the keggle isn't for sale. Eventually it will get built as an electric HLT/BK
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