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Briandg · 11-18-2008, 11:54 AM

I've been thinking about brewing, but it will wait until the first of the year. I wondered, how does one keg a beer? I was running laundry the other day, and realized that I had an empty 1.5 gallon tide jug with a tap built in, and damn, that was the answer I needed. So, I grabbed a couple of 40ounce bottles of pbr at the gas station, and loaded one up with that.

Once the pressure built up, the damned thing leaked.

Do any of you know about another one that has a better tap?

ronin · 11-18-2008, 01:53 PM

PBR would make anything leak

Briandg · 11-18-2008, 02:07 PM

It'll make you more than leak, hell, it's made me regurgitate a time or two. Should'a tried shaking that thing to see what happened then!

grtrx · 11-18-2008, 03:01 PM

brew beer with larger moloecules so they can't slip out, or find a detergent in a less slippery container.

Stevo · 11-18-2008, 03:05 PM

The only other thing I would point out it that if you are going to use it the way I think you are - the tap would be at the bottom of the "keg". If you are going to make your own beer, you don't want the stuff off of the bottom.

Briandg · 11-18-2008, 04:38 PM

heavy water and polysaccharide chains ought to do that. I can probably use carbon trioxide, too.

Kegged home brew, here I come.

Briandg · 11-23-2008, 08:01 PM

I guess that it's about time I leveled with you guys and said I was bullshitting. I can't even imagine storing an alcohol containing beer in something that had earlier held a scented detergent product. Even PBR couldn't stand up to that.

It came to me when I went past some boxed wine, and that very second, it was tossed far out to sea. I don't want my stout to have hints of fresh breezed tide.

grtrx · 11-24-2008, 04:41 AM

Ah, may I suggest Gain, it has a more pleasing sprucey odor, and the purple tinge it ads to the beer, simply awesome.

BTW, Brian, I think some of us are used to getting shot in the ass. I for one take flak there 2-27 times a day.

Smogre · 11-24-2008, 02:35 PM

I would suggest wrestling alligators but only if you've recently pounded a box of Matilda Bay!

grtrx · 11-24-2008, 05:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Smogre

I would suggest wrestling alligators but only if you've recently pounded a box of Matilda Bay!

'wrestle' alligators... some call that reptile rape but who am I to judge?

11-18-2008, 11:54 AM	#1
Briandg CW Squirrel Wrangler Herf God Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: southwest Missouri Posts: 35,518	another great idea shot straight in the ass! I've been thinking about brewing, but it will wait until the first of the year. I wondered, how does one keg a beer? I was running laundry the other day, and realized that I had an empty 1.5 gallon tide jug with a tap built in, and damn, that was the answer I needed. So, I grabbed a couple of 40ounce bottles of pbr at the gas station, and loaded one up with that. Once the pressure built up, the damned thing leaked. Do any of you know about another one that has a better tap?

11-18-2008, 01:53 PM	#2
ronin The Duke Herf God Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 20,302	PBR would make anything leak __________________ Words are what men live by. A man's word even if it means his destruction must be honored

11-18-2008, 03:01 PM	#4
grtrx Contributing Editor Herf God Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Naperville IL Posts: 44,579	brew beer with larger moloecules so they can't slip out, or find a detergent in a less slippery container. __________________ "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." - Sir Winston Churchill "A sick thought can devour the body's flesh more than fever or consumption." - Guy de Maupassant

11-18-2008, 03:05 PM	#5
Stevo Club Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Marietta, GA Posts: 1,295	The only other thing I would point out it that if you are going to use it the way I think you are - the tap would be at the bottom of the "keg". If you are going to make your own beer, you don't want the stuff off of the bottom. __________________ Resident nutjob.

11-24-2008, 04:41 AM	#8
grtrx Contributing Editor Herf God Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Naperville IL Posts: 44,579	Ah, may I suggest Gain, it has a more pleasing sprucey odor, and the purple tinge it ads to the beer, simply awesome. BTW, Brian, I think some of us are used to getting shot in the ass. I for one take flak there 2-27 times a day. __________________ "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." - Sir Winston Churchill "A sick thought can devour the body's flesh more than fever or consumption." - Guy de Maupassant

11-18-2008, 02:07 PM	#3
Briandg CW Squirrel Wrangler Herf God Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: southwest Missouri Posts: 35,518	It'll make you more than leak, hell, it's made me regurgitate a time or two. Should'a tried shaking that thing to see what happened then!

11-18-2008, 04:38 PM	#6
Briandg CW Squirrel Wrangler Herf God Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: southwest Missouri Posts: 35,518	heavy water and polysaccharide chains ought to do that. I can probably use carbon trioxide, too. Kegged home brew, here I come.

11-23-2008, 08:01 PM	#7
Briandg CW Squirrel Wrangler Herf God Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: southwest Missouri Posts: 35,518	I guess that it's about time I leveled with you guys and said I was bullshitting. I can't even imagine storing an alcohol containing beer in something that had earlier held a scented detergent product. Even PBR couldn't stand up to that. It came to me when I went past some boxed wine, and that very second, it was tossed far out to sea. I don't want my stout to have hints of fresh breezed tide.

11-24-2008, 02:35 PM	#9
Smogre Club Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Colorado Posts: 2,627	I would suggest wrestling alligators but only if you've recently pounded a box of Matilda Bay! __________________ "Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin." -- Aesop (620-560 BC)