Monday, May 12, 2014

The problem of beer

Ok, if you know me you know that I brew my own beer. Now the problem is that I usually keg it into small kegs and have a tap in my house.
But I want to take it with me. I have brewed two special ones just to have at Disney, I could bottle it, but that is messy, time consuming and a pain in the ....
I did have a spare CO2 regulator and I got to thinking of ways I could just bring it in the keg. My regular CO2 tank is far to big to take with but, I do have a paintball tank. The problem is one doesn't fit on the other.
After a quick google search I discovered they make an adapter for just this purpose. Yea!!. So this is what i have come up with.

The CO2 parts assembled


The whole setup


I have a small plastic porta tap I will use for dispensing. I used a splitter on the regulator so I could keep both kegs on pressure. Not really necessary since I will only have one tap and be switching back and forth but it simplifies things.
I am still trying to think how I will keep them cool. My idea now is two 13 gallon cheap trash cans that I will put them in fill with ice and wrap in an old sleeping bag.
That should solve the problem of beer, maybe just buying a couple 12 packs would have been easier but not nearly as fun.