right my nan ( see plays the game and dont get me crap presents ) got me this small but, shit hot beer keg, for christmas! i know that was 5 months ago, but had to wait for a sunny friday, to get on it!




now this got me thinking about installing a proper keg for some nice draft beer, so anyone done it? whats the best way to go about it??? i have a larder/cupboard in the corner of the kitchen that would be perfect, i hope

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how much does a keg hold (pints) cost £ss and how quick do you have to drink it once the seals broken

 

for lager you'll need gas (CO2 i think) and a proper dispenser for it etc.
best bet would be to speak to a friendly landlord and get him to add an extra keg to his order and that way you will get it trade price.
iirc they are 7 gallon so 56 pints (I THINK been a while!!!)


beer you can pretty much pull straight off the barrel (72pints), or local breweries etc would do 40 and 20 pint containers.
once opened, need drinking within a week.

 

yep would be lager, hmm ive got a mate whos just become a silent partner in a pub

 

just updated my first post with a little more info!

lager is slightly harder to keep what with the gas etc. but for a small home setup shouldnt be too bad.

 

and you will have to finish it in one week, keep the CO² bottle and keg at a decent temperature, if you cannot, adjest CO² with temperature etc...

You need to have it "flowing" if it stands a bit in the lines, it starts to taste bad.

 

Oh yeah, and if you count it all, it's more expensive as bottles

 

thats not the point tho

 

I know, great for showing off

You can get the perfect draft system from phillips tough, will cost about the same, and you will have to keep the kegs in the fridge and put them on the system 24 hours in advance.

You can get Stella on it, Jupiler, some german beers, ....
All in about 5 litres i think.

 

http://www.perfectdraft.com

Not perfect, but saves you having a CO² bottle

 

11 pints of stella @ €14,99 thats a bargin, ok so you need to buy the setup, but still

 

Problem will be getting the kegs to UK ?

 

yep, will search out more info, but the pub coolers dont seem to fetch much on ebay, so may be cheeper the real way

 

doesnt produce enough for me !

easuer to buy cans from kiwk save or somewhere

 

surely 88 pints is good enough for atleast one session

 

aye that might do me for two sessions but it is a lot of hard work. easier to get it from the local. less effort