N6GQ
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Hey folks, this is a great forum and I'm glad to be here.
I've been away from the brewing scene for a few years. I was an avid all grain brewer a good number of years ago but then life happened - lost my mom to head/neck cancer, went through a divorce from a 21 years marriage, and got my own head/neck cancer diagnosis all about the same time. They say any one of those things is pretty major but to do them all at the same time was pretty rough. Oh, and I moved from CA to TX as well. So it was a rough time but I'm happy to say I'm recovering - its been 2 years since I finished cancer treatment. I bought myself a fun new sportscar to celebrate (2019 ZO6 Corvette, drove it from the dealer in NJ back to TX, that was FUN!), bought a few new houses in TX, have been doing more of the hobbies I like (knife collecting, sharpening, shooting, driving, cooking, astrophotography, ham radio, metal detecting, Scotch, Bourbon and Tequila), and I think its time to bring brewing back into my world.
So I went to the local brew supply store and bough myself an Anvil Foundry, Anvil Fermenter, and all the goodies to go with it (since I left all my original brewing supplies back at my old house in CA).
The project for this weekend is going to be brewing a hefe in the new Anvil, and working on a kegerator.
I'm going to be searching these forums for kegerator ideas but I had a Keezer back in CA, and I may do the same thing here. Its just that chest freezers are like hens teeth thanks to COVID. I may consider one of the ready to go kegerators, but am going to be researching that angle too. So if anyone has any thoughts on what's available in today's market for a kegerator (either DIY or done) for 2 cornies and a CO2 tank I'm all ears.
BTW, are corny kegs still the hot set up?
Thanks guys for being here!
I've been away from the brewing scene for a few years. I was an avid all grain brewer a good number of years ago but then life happened - lost my mom to head/neck cancer, went through a divorce from a 21 years marriage, and got my own head/neck cancer diagnosis all about the same time. They say any one of those things is pretty major but to do them all at the same time was pretty rough. Oh, and I moved from CA to TX as well. So it was a rough time but I'm happy to say I'm recovering - its been 2 years since I finished cancer treatment. I bought myself a fun new sportscar to celebrate (2019 ZO6 Corvette, drove it from the dealer in NJ back to TX, that was FUN!), bought a few new houses in TX, have been doing more of the hobbies I like (knife collecting, sharpening, shooting, driving, cooking, astrophotography, ham radio, metal detecting, Scotch, Bourbon and Tequila), and I think its time to bring brewing back into my world.
So I went to the local brew supply store and bough myself an Anvil Foundry, Anvil Fermenter, and all the goodies to go with it (since I left all my original brewing supplies back at my old house in CA).
The project for this weekend is going to be brewing a hefe in the new Anvil, and working on a kegerator.
I'm going to be searching these forums for kegerator ideas but I had a Keezer back in CA, and I may do the same thing here. Its just that chest freezers are like hens teeth thanks to COVID. I may consider one of the ready to go kegerators, but am going to be researching that angle too. So if anyone has any thoughts on what's available in today's market for a kegerator (either DIY or done) for 2 cornies and a CO2 tank I'm all ears.
BTW, are corny kegs still the hot set up?
Thanks guys for being here!
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