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Re: Beer Kits
Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 10:37 am
by DaYooper
Welcome aBorg Nick! Both Brew Demon and Mr. Beer are great and affordable ways to start out. I personally have 4 Mr. Beer kegs in addition to my 5 gallon and all grain rigs. I still use the LBK (little brown keg) for a quick extract brew as well as to split 5 gallon batches to try different dry hops and yeasts. Either way you cant go wrong, and both Brew Demon and Mr. Beer extracts can be made in either fermenter.
Re: Beer Kits
Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 7:25 pm
by Wings_Fan_In_KC
DOH! i never considered putting a cooler on it's side.
DOH! DOH! DOH! DOH!
Re: Beer Kits
Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2014 12:11 am
by mashani
Wings_Fan_In_KC wrote:DOH! i never considered putting a cooler on it's side.
DOH! DOH! DOH! DOH!
It's always the simplest things that we never consider because our brain just interprets it as "wrong" and doesn't let it bubble up to the surface...
Re: Beer Kits
Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2014 8:13 am
by John Sand
I'll look for a big styrofoam one. I had thought of putting my plastic cooler on it's side, but it tapers and has handles.
Re: Beer Kits
Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2014 8:24 am
by Brewbirds
John Sand wrote:I'll look for a big styrofoam one. I had thought of putting my plastic cooler on it's side, but it tapers and has handles.
Yep that's the problem you need the Husky type so it will sit flat and stay stable. This tapers a bit to on the outside so it is up against the wall but the conical sits flat inside.
Re: Beer Kits
Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2014 10:59 am
by SoonerMike
Welcome,Nick.
Re: Beer Kits
Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2014 12:51 pm
by Chuck N
John Sand wrote:I'll look for a big styrofoam one. I had thought of putting my plastic cooler on it's side, but it tapers and has handles.
Just go to the local home improvement store and buy a 4X8 sheet of 1" bead board and make a custom box. When you glue the pieces together coat the edge being glued with the glue (I used wood glue), let it get sticky then put another coat of glue over that and put the pieces together. Reinforce the joint with - what else - duct tape.
Re: Beer Kits
Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2014 5:47 pm
by joechianti
mashani wrote:Wings_Fan_In_KC wrote:DOH! i never considered putting a cooler on it's side.
DOH! DOH! DOH! DOH!
It's always the simplest things that we never consider because our brain just interprets it as "wrong" and doesn't let it bubble up to the surface...
I thought the same thing when I saw that photo. I've been afraid to change to a taller fermenter because I don't have any tall coolers. Standing them on their side was a stroke of genius!
Michele, when you go public, I want in on the initial stock offering.