OT: Beer Thread
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My keg fridge. 5 taps, no waiting.
your set-up's better than mine, that's for sure.
i used to have a ball valve 2-head diverter, but that cheap piece of crap broke. so i gave up. hated my set-up anyways.
sully1410
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My keg fridge. 5 taps, no waiting.
I know which guys can build my bomb shelter when it's time!!!
alright. some beer porn.
draught fridge and work station, including wild yeast starters.
blurry pic. sorry. top shelf has the Cantillon. the carboys on the bottom have barleywine aged on wine-soaked oak cubes with brett.
beer.
the Belgian section.
the Canada and US area, including some Hill Farmstead, Bruery, KBS, etc
draught fridge and work station, including wild yeast starters.
blurry pic. sorry. top shelf has the Cantillon. the carboys on the bottom have barleywine aged on wine-soaked oak cubes with brett.
beer.
the Belgian section.
the Canada and US area, including some Hill Farmstead, Bruery, KBS, etc
Very cool, HannuJ. Love the beer tap fridge, and I'd have a heyday if you gave me the choice of beers to pluck from the shelves to partake in. 
I've got a fridge in the garage I've been contemplating putting a tap on. Any advice on kits or DIY routes?
I've got a fridge in the garage I've been contemplating putting a tap on. Any advice on kits or DIY routes?
Very cool, HannuJ. Love the beer tap fridge, and I'd have a heyday if you gave me the choice of beers to pluck from the shelves to partake in.
I've got a fridge in the garage I've been contemplating putting a tap on. Any advice on kits or DIY routes?
my advice? don't do a kegerator. hah.
first, where will you get your keg from? homebrew or commercial?
it's 20 litres of beer. i drink beer, but i like variety. 20 litres takes me 3 months to kick. which is why i don't have multiple taps like NI does.
there are lots of websites that tell you how to set it up. i am lazy and i bought mine off of a beergeek who had 2 of them. $120 delivered to my door. a bit of a deal. you can buy the parts from a store in mississauga or you can go to Toronto Brewing and they have the parts there.
once it's up and running, you just need to worry about cleaning your lines on a relatively regular basis and refilling the CO2 tank once a year
nobody important
the pessimist returns
Righteous beer cellar, Hannu. I am not worthy.
Gin, DIY is the way to go. I bought my parts from Simgo in Mississauga, much cheaper than going through a homebrew shop. I'm no handyman but I had no trouble putting together my fridge. The people at Simgo were very helpful in determining what I needed.
I have a 20 lb tank and I go years between tank exchanges. Again, don't use a homebrew shop. They aren't gas suppliers, they're just acting as a middleman and you pay for it. You will have to find a gas supplier that's homebrew friendly, I do my tank swaps through a Praxair outlet.
There are two types of kegs: ball lock and pin lock. This is your first decision, and everything else will be built around that choice. Ball lock kegs are taller and thinner. Measure where the keg will sit, and keep in mind the front to back distance available when the door is closed. You'll notice on mine the retaining bar on the door had to be removed.
If this is for home brewing, sourcing kegs at a cheap price is a discussion we can have offline.
Gin, DIY is the way to go. I bought my parts from Simgo in Mississauga, much cheaper than going through a homebrew shop. I'm no handyman but I had no trouble putting together my fridge. The people at Simgo were very helpful in determining what I needed.
I have a 20 lb tank and I go years between tank exchanges. Again, don't use a homebrew shop. They aren't gas suppliers, they're just acting as a middleman and you pay for it. You will have to find a gas supplier that's homebrew friendly, I do my tank swaps through a Praxair outlet.
There are two types of kegs: ball lock and pin lock. This is your first decision, and everything else will be built around that choice. Ball lock kegs are taller and thinner. Measure where the keg will sit, and keep in mind the front to back distance available when the door is closed. You'll notice on mine the retaining bar on the door had to be removed.
If this is for home brewing, sourcing kegs at a cheap price is a discussion we can have offline.
Thanks for the info, HannuJ and nobody - thankfully, I already spend time at Praxair to get my welding gases, so I could fill up on more ... fun stuff while I'm there. 
Used to make wine when I lived back in Winnipeg, then stopped when I moved to Toronto due to lack of time and space (lived in a condo for the first 8 years we were here). I've been seriously considering getting back into it, and also very much considering brewing beer too.
Used to make wine when I lived back in Winnipeg, then stopped when I moved to Toronto due to lack of time and space (lived in a condo for the first 8 years we were here). I've been seriously considering getting back into it, and also very much considering brewing beer too.
Thanks for the info, HannuJ and nobody - thankfully, I already spend time at Praxair to get my welding gases, so I could fill up on more ... fun stuff while I'm there.
Used to make wine when I lived back in Winnipeg, then stopped when I moved to Toronto due to lack of time and space (lived in a condo for the first 8 years we were here). I've been seriously considering getting back into it, and also very much considering brewing beer too.
i like my booze.
i'd never make wine at home. in my opinion, you can never come close to what the wineries do. you can't source their quality of grape. whereas, with homebrewing, you can source the exact same ingredients that a brewery has and make beer just as good (or better) than the commercially available thing.
if you're in a condo, read up on BIAB (brew in a bag). not ideal if you want high efficiency beer, but you can make damn good beer with it. easy and cheap way to get into brewing. you can make smaller batches, but, dollar-wise, if you want to keg your beer, 20 L is the way to go. buy 2 kegs and they don't take up that much room. fermentors can ferment in your closet. you can pretty much hide your BIAB stuff easily.
but my all-grain set-up is one of the reasons we built a cold cellar. our basement needed a reno and it's a weird L-shaped basement. the bottom part of the L wasn't being used, so we put up a partition wall. it's funny when we bring friends over who haven't seen the basement. you just hear "wow....wow...." and the excitement of them being able to pour their own pint of beer.
i've dialed down my homebrewing quite a bit. drying (hahahaa) to drink less and to drink through some of my cellar. beergeeks tend to be packrats. last night, i had a Crooked Stave beer that i bought 2 or 3 winters ago. it was delicious. i was cellaring it for this inevitable day. so silly. so i'm trying to drink some of it down. a fun challenge.
Interesting, HannuJ. Will have to look that group up. We've been in a house for almost 16 years now, but never did hop back into wine brewing. Did manage to make a few back in Winnipeg that we actually didn't mind, so I'd like to try that again. On the beer side, ff space isn't an issue would you still recommend starting with BIAB, or should I just bite the bullet and go full into brewing?
CorgisPer60
Barking at the net
Bunch of beer snobs in here. 
I'll happily down my swill of mainstream hops like a real Canadian pleb. I still have some Sam Adams in the fridge that I need to finish up. Not a super huge fan of the after taste. Should try some Alexander Keiths red or something afterwards.
I'll happily down my swill of mainstream hops like a real Canadian pleb. I still have some Sam Adams in the fridge that I need to finish up. Not a super huge fan of the after taste. Should try some Alexander Keiths red or something afterwards.
Holden Caulfield
He's guilty
Since this was taking over the OT thread the Beer/Wine/Alcohol posts have been moved here. Please redirect that type of talk to this thread from this point.
sully1410
#EggosForEleven
Just went on a tour of Yukon Brewery. Sampled eight different beers, and they were all delicious. I'll have to look for them when I get home.
nobody important
the pessimist returns
High five, Hannu! We did it! Our incessant beer geek nattering got us the only HF Boards beer thread created.*
* If there's another one, I don't want to know.
* If there's another one, I don't want to know.
Holden Caulfield
He's guilty
High five, Hannu! We did it! Our incessant beer geek nattering got us the only HF Boards beer thread created.*
* If there's another one, I don't want to know.
The Kings forum has had one for years. That's where I got the idea
nobody important
the pessimist returns
Load up while you're there. The only one I've seen regularly stocked is the Red Ale.
Ducky10
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If anyone believes Minneapolis isn't a great city for craft beer, they haven't been there for a very long time.
Winnipeg is about where they were 5-6 years ago, with archaic liquor laws finally being changed. It will continue to build here and I expect a lot of great offerings as more breweries and pubs pop up. Even the selection at places like the Grant Craft Beer market(10 growler taps) and a number of MLCC stores has been growing exponentially, there are no shortage of great options from some fantastic brewers.
Also, FGB and Half Pints do a whole lot more than their standard bottled offerings. They regularly put out small batch product that is simply great.
Winnipeg is about where they were 5-6 years ago, with archaic liquor laws finally being changed. It will continue to build here and I expect a lot of great offerings as more breweries and pubs pop up. Even the selection at places like the Grant Craft Beer market(10 growler taps) and a number of MLCC stores has been growing exponentially, there are no shortage of great options from some fantastic brewers.
Also, FGB and Half Pints do a whole lot more than their standard bottled offerings. They regularly put out small batch product that is simply great.
Boreal
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I thought I appreciated beer a little bit. Goodness gracious. I'm a cabbage patch beer fan in comparison. HFJets don't play when it comes to beer. Well done, folks.
I don't know if it's been mentioned, but I will plug Paddock Wood from Saskatchewan. Paddock Wood - Bete Noire is tasty if you like a dry finish, oatmeal stout. 606 is a half-decent IPA. I prefer the Bete Noire. But it's apples to oranges.
I don't know if it's been mentioned, but I will plug Paddock Wood from Saskatchewan. Paddock Wood - Bete Noire is tasty if you like a dry finish, oatmeal stout. 606 is a half-decent IPA. I prefer the Bete Noire. But it's apples to oranges.
Fly home from Edmonton, so can't bring much, unfortunately. If I were driving I would stock up!
