IN DEPTH: Draft Beer Systems and Building a Keezer

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June 23, 2020

IN DEPTH: Draft Beer Systems and Building a Keezer

Thank you for tuning in to our #HomebrewCon Online presentation, “IN DEPTH: Draft Beer Systems & Building a Keezer”!

We had a blast producing and presenting it and we hope you learned a lot. Below is a pick list of all the equipment we went over during our seminar. If you have any questions or need help customizing your own kegerator/keezer build, please give Todd a call at Kegconnection: 325-356-5204.

LIST OF EQUIPMENT USED DURING OUR PRESENTATION

Basic Kegging Kits – https://www.kegconnection.com/basic-kits-1/

Fridge Kegging Kits – https://www.kegconnection.com/fridge/

Tower Kegging Kits – https://www.kegconnection.com/tower/

CMBecker Disconnects – https://www.kegconnection.com/disconnects/

CMBecker Faucets – https://www.kegconnection.com/cmb-faucets/

CMBecker Inline Flow Control – https://www.kegconnection.com/cmb-inline-flow-control/

Draft Beer Towers – https://www.kegconnection.com/towers/

Kegerator / Keezer Drip Trays – https://www.kegconnection.com/drip-trays/

Kegerator / Keezer / Beer & Tower Shanks – https://www.kegconnection.com/shanks/

CO2 Cylinders – https://www.kegconnection.com/co2-cylinders-standard/

Taprite Primary Regulators – https://www.kegconnection.com/taprite/

Taprite Secondary Regulators – https://www.kegconnection.com/seconday-regulators/

LIST OF EQUIPMENT USED ON OUR KEEZER BUILD

Frigidaire 14.8 cu ft. Chest Freezer – https://www.homedepot.com/p/Frigidaire-24-8-cu-ft-Chest-Freezer-in-White-FFFC25M4TW/303207329

Heat Shrink Butt Connectors – https://amzn.to/3dd0Seh

Varathan Gunstock Wood Stain – https://amzn.to/2AzMi3n

Watco Danish Oil (Natural) – https://amzn.to/3dhMNMR

Inkbird ITC-608T Temperature Controller- https://amzn.to/2N5oerD

6-Way Air Distributor / Manifold with Checkvalves – https://www.kegconnection.com/air-distributor-6-way-with-check-valves/

10lb CO2 Cylinder – https://www.kegconnection.com/co2-cylinders-standard/

Taprite Dual Body Regulator – https://www.kegconnection.com/taprite-dual-body-regulator/

Taprite 2-Body Secondary Regulator – https://www.kegconnection.com/2-body-secondary-regulator-taprite/

Dual durometer NSF approved gas or liquid tubing, RED – https://www.kegconnection.com/gas-hose-red-5-16-id-9-16-od-per-foot/

Dual durometer NSF approved gas or liquid tubing, BLUE – https://www.kegconnection.com/blue-gas-or-liquid-hose-5-16-id-9-16-od-per-foot/

6 Faucet Drip Tray with Drain – https://www.kegconnection.com/drip-tray-for-6-faucets-21-wide-with-drain/

CMBecker V10 Flow Control Faucets with Creamer Action – https://www.kegconnection.com/cmb-v10-flow-control-faucet-w-creamer-action/

HomebrewCon Reminder!

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June 18, 2020

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Howdy, friends!

We wanted to remind you that #HomebrewCon Online starts TODAY! If you haven’t registered yet, head on over to HomebrewCon’s website and sign up. There’s lots of fun talks, information to be shared, and yours truly will be giving a presentation on draft beer systems and how to build out a keezer. We had such a good time preparing this seminar for you all and I hope you enjoy it as much as we have. There will also be a coupon code given out to all #HomebrewCon attendees who make it to our seminar so be on the lookout for that as well! Have a fantastic rest of your week and we hope to see you at this year’s #HomebrewCon Online.

cheers,

joshua

Water volume for steeping grains, open vs closed transferring, and adding a carb stone to your keg — Ep. 186

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June 11, 2020

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Water volume for steeping grains, open vs closed transferring, and adding a carb stone to your keg — Ep. 186

Hope you’re doing well, homebrewer!

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and we thank you for tuning in to another episode of Homebrew Happy Hour podcast… the podcast where we answer all of your home brewing questions and discuss anything related to craft beer!

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On Today’s Show:

FIRST we are SO EXCITED to announce the 5 winners of our HomebrewCon Online ticket giveaway! Tune in to see if your name was drawn and check your inbox later today because I’ll have all the details emailed to you if you were one of our winners. Congrats to all who won and, even if you didn’t win, we sincerely hope that you’ll join us on June 18th thru the 20th for the online event. We will be presenting at 4pm Central timezone on June 18th and our talk is titled “IN DEPTH: Draft Beer Systems and Building a Keezer”. We’ve put a lot of work into this presentation and we’re extremely proud with how it turned out so come join us (link to register is here: https://www.homebrewcon.org/ )

We also took your questions and had a great time this week producing the show. Covering topics like the appropriate amount of water when you have specialty grains to steep as part of your extract recipe kit, moving from open transferring to closed transferring during fermentation and bottling/kegging, and also the pros and cons of adding carb stones to the gas dip tubes of your homebrew kegs.

We want to hear from you!

If you have a question that you’d like us to discuss on a future episode, please click on the “Submit a Question” link at the top of our website or you can now call in your questions via our questions hotline @ 325-305-6107 and leave your message after the beep. This is a friendly reminder that, if we choose your question for a future episode, we give you a $25 gift card to that episode’s sponsor!

Let us know what you think and enjoy the show!

cheers,

joshua

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Under carbonated bottling, pitching dry yeast for stuck fermentation, and collar size on a keezer — Ep. 185

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June 4, 2020

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Under carbonated bottling, pitching dry yeast for stuck fermentation, and collar size on a keezer — Ep. 185

Howdy, my homebrewing friend!

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THANK YOU for tuning in to this episode of our Homebrew Happy Hour podcast… the podcast where we answer all of your home brewing questions and discuss anything related to craft beer!