Tips and Gear for Your Kegerator.  A collection of tips, how-tos, reviews and gear to help you put together a kegerator to serve your homebrew.

Kegerator How To’s and Tips:

• Balancing Your Draft System
• Kegerator Beer Line Temperatures & Reducing Foam with a Recirculating Fan
• Temperature Probe Placement – To Immerse or Not To Immerse
• Checking for Gas Post CO2 Leaks
• Handling Kegerator Condensation
• Build a Spunding Valve – fix over carbonation and more
• Kegging CO2 Use Estimations and Calculations
• Make a CO2 Utility Line
• Tips and Gear for Growler Filling
• Repairing Loose Cornelius Keg Handles and Bases

Kegs, Kegging Systems and Keg Repair Parts:

• Bulk Replacement Keg O-Rings
• Quad Seal Dip Tube O-rings
• Oversize Keg Lid O-ring – from William’s Brewing for leaky lids
• What’s the Difference Between Ball Lock Kegs and Pin Lock Kegs?
• Home Brew Keg Roundup – New & Used, 5 and 2.5 Gallon & More!
• Ball Lock Kegging System | More Ball and Pin Lock Keg Systems
• 5 Gallon Pin Lock Kegs | 4 Pack – via AIH
• Torpedo Kegs – 1.5, 2.5 and 5 Gallon
• Hands on Review: Torpedo 10 Gallon Ball Lock Homebrew Kegs!
• Brand New, NSF Certified 5 Gallon Ball Lock – [Review]
• 5 Recent Keg Finds – dynamically updated
• Replacement Keg Lid – Ball Lock | Pin Lock
• Universal Poppets
• Non-OEM Replacement O-Rings for CM Becker QDs
• Hands on Review: “Ball Lock Keg Wrench” – 11/16″+7/8″ Ratcheting Wrench – via Apollo Tools Wrench Set

Faucets, Tap Handles and Drip Trays:

• Perlick 630SS @ AIH and MoreBeer – forward sealing (will not stick and more resistant to contamination) and stainless steel
• Perlick 650SS @ AIH and MoreBeer – forward sealing, stainless steel and flow control.  Flow control allows you to vary resistance making it easier to serve higher carbonation beers with less beer line.
• Customized Tap Handles from GrogTag – code HBF2017Q1 gets you 10% off
• Tap Handle Angler – Keeps long handles from touching your wall or refrigerator
• Hand Made Custom Engraved Tap Handles
• Coupling Washers – Go between tail piece piece and shank
• Unique Tap Handles at AIH
• Update International DTS-419 Rectangular Stainless Steel Drip Tray
• Faucet Locks for Perlick Faucets
• Universal Faucet Plug – fits many faucet designs
• There are lots of faucet plug offerings and models available and they seem to change often.  Search Amazon for “beer faucet plug” to shop around

Intertap Faucets and Accessories!

• Hands on Review: Intertap Forward Sealing Faucets and Accessories!
• Intertap Faucets and Accessories at MoreBeer
• Intertap Stainless Steel Faucet at Amazon
• Search Amazon for “Intertap Faucet” 
• Intertap Faucets and Accessories at Adventures in Homebrewing
• Intertap Faucets and Accessories at William’s Brewing

DuoTights and EVABarrier Tubing!

DuoTights are cool enough that they get their own section!  DuoTight Fittings are awesome: Easy to use push to connect fittings compatible with EVABarrier lined tubing.  Clamp-less installation and reconfiguration.

• Kegland DuoTight Fittings and Accessories! at William’s Brewing
• DuoTight Push In Fittings & EVABarrier Double Wall Draft Tubing at MoreBeer
• Build a DuoTight CO2 Gas Manifold! – for Kegland EVABarrier Tubing
• Hands on Review: Kegland BlowTie Diaphragm Spunding Valve! – part of the DuoTight lineup
• Duotight Push-In Fitting – 9.5 mm (3/8 in.) x Female Beer Thread DUO117 – an easy way to convert to sanke kegs

CO2 Regulators, Manifolds and Gear:

• Great Prices on Gas Manifolds at William’s Brewing
• Custom, Made to Order CO2 Manifolds – Your choice of # of connections and connection type
• CO2 Quick Disconnects with Inline Shutoff Valves – for gas and beer
• Taprite Regulators at kegconnection.com – Keg Connection gives you a double warranty.  Check product pages for details and availability
• Hands On: MoreBeer’s Expandable CO2 Manifold System
• Taprite Triple Gauge, Double Pressure CO2 Regulator – maintain two separate pressures, allows you to carb more quickly at higher pressure or serve higher or lower carbonation beers while maintaining a consistent “house” pressure for most of your kegs
• Mini Flex Compact Regulators at Keg Connection – versatile mini regulator with multiple connection options

Temperature Control:

• Inkbird Pre-Wired Dual Stage Temp Controller – Review
• Inkbird ITC-1000
• Homebrew Hack: Mimicking Dual Stage Temp Control with a Single Stage Controller

Gas and CO2 Tubing, Fittings, QDs and Clamps:

• Oetiker Stepless Clamps for Gas and Beer Lines
• Beverage Line – Thickwall 3/16″ ID x 7/16″ OD | EJ Beverage Ultra Barrier 3/16″ ID x 7/16″ OD – high flexibility, low oxygen permeability | 1/4″ ID x 1/2″ OD
• Gas tubing – 1/4″ ID x 1/2″ OD | 5/16″ ID x 9/16″ OD
• Inline Flow Control Valve for Dialing in Carbonation Levels
• Keg King Flow Control Shank Adapter – Control Flow at the shank for dialing in carbonation and pour
• Taprite Beer Carbonation Tester
• SWIVEL FLARE TEE – 1/4″ BARBS – Tee adds an FFL to a liquid or gas line
• 1/4″ MFL Male to 1/4″ Male Flare Coupling – Connect multiple FFL lines together
• Great Prices on CM Becker QDs and Flare Adapters
• Low Profile Pin Lock QDs (5/8″ Shorter vs Standard) – Liquid – Gas – Combo
• Female Flare (FFL) to Male Beer Thread – allows you to hook pin lock or ball lock QDs to commercial kegerators and beer line

Growlers, Filling Growlers and Portable Serving:

• Portable Draft Serving Options
• Stainless Steel Ball Lock Carbonator Cap – or – CarbaCap – Fits on 1L and 2L size PET Soda Bottles for carbonating and pressurizing for easy transport
• Growlers: Lifeline 7508, Stanley Classic Growler, Hammertone Green also in Hammertone Navy and available as a gift pack with stacking pints, Klean Kanteen 64-Ounce Insulated Growler With Swinglok Cap
• Growler Fillers – allow you to easily attach tubing to your growler.  Use a length of tubing to ensure that you’re filling from the bottom up – Standard Faucets | Perlick 525 | Perlick 600 Series

Cleaning:

• Review: Mark’s Keg and Carboy Washer
• Build a Recirculating Draft Line Cleaning Pump
• Mark II Keg & Carboy Cleaner… As a Recirculating Draft Line Cleaning Pump
• Ball Lock Jumper Post – easily connect multiple lines for cleaning
• Building a Simple Draft Line Flushing Setup
• BLC – Beer Line Cleaner

Miscellaneous:

• Keg Lid with Hang Tab – from William’s Brewing – allows you to hang something, probably something for dry hopping, inside your keg
• Eva-dry E-500 for Handling Kegerator Condensation
• Keg Gaskets and Replacement Part Numbers
• Oversize Keg Lid O-Ring – for leaky lids
• Blichmann Engineering QuickCarb Keg Carbonator – Carbonate quickly without over-carbonation
• Keg King Kegerators – Ready Made Kegerators Designed for Homebrewers – at William’s Brewing and MoreBeer

ALL Draft Related Reviews:

• Hands on Review: Safecid Beer Line Cleaner
• Hands on Review: Nukatap Counter Pressure Bottle Filler!
• Hands on Review: BN-Link Digital Two Stage Temp Controller – Fermentation & Kegerator
• Hands on Review: Kegland Hang Tab Keg Lids – works on ball lock & pin lock kegs
• Hands on Review: Kegland Ball Lock Kegs!
• Hands on Review: Kegland 2.5 Gallon Ball Lock Kegs!
• Hands on Review: Kegland Digital Gauges!
• Hands on Review: NukaTap Flow Control Faucets!
• Hands on Review: AMCYL Ball Lock Kegs!
• Hands on Review: Valuebrew’s EPDM Keg O-Rings
• Hands on Review: AEB Italian Made Ball Lock Kegs!
• Hands on Review: KegLand Ball Lock Disconnect With Shank
• Hands on Review: Kegland DuoTight Rigid Joiners
• Hands on Review: FLOTit 2.0 Floating Dip Tube w/DFI, Double Filter Inlet!
• Hands on Review: Valuebrew Stainless Steel Ball Lock Jumpers – Works with Liquid AND Gas

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