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For years I had a restaurant style refrigerated kegerator in my garage. I'd buy the cheap but tasty 40 dollar 15 gallon kegs of Natural Lite and the occasional bottle of CO2. Hundreds of gallons of beer flowed through that spout. Add a pool table and the picken's are ripe.
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The grocery stores in Cologne Germany sell those 5L mini-kegs of Kolsch from the local breweries, they go for about 10 Euros each there($12). They're gravity fed so I stick them in the fridge on the top shelf. There's no tap mechanism, just vent it, pull the petcock out and pour into a glass. All I've had have been great, but once you open it it's not going to stay fresh, you can't drink half then come back a few days later and expect good beer. Once you open it you need to finish it pretty quick. 5 liters is about 14 twelve ounce beers so it's not that much, two guys can easily finish one off in one sitting, or one guy if you're on your game.
I like them, most people over here haven't seen them so my guests think they're neat. The local german beer is great stuff so it's a good way for me to bring home some good beer most folks have never had for cheap. Fresh Kolsch, yum! You're giving some folks an education in what proper light bodied yet flavorful beer is like, quite superior to American mass market swill.
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And the bottle lids made great joint holders........
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Remember when refrigerated keg dispensers were required equipment in every midcentury den?
Guy up the street had one in his garage which he (stupidly) left unlocked. He chased us down the street in his robe one night, we were on skateboards and had three, one gal milk jugs full each at about 1am. Badass SOP where I grew up. We had a line on more than one. If not a kegerator, than the garage/patio fridge kept full of Hamm's or Oly.
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men.
In it is contentment
In it is death and all you seek
(Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
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Remember when refrigerated keg dispensers were required equipment in every midcentury den?
Guy up the street had one in his garage which he (stupidly) left unlocked. He chased us down the street in his robe one night, we were on skateboards and had three, one gal milk jugs full each at about 1am. Badass SOP where I grew up. We had a line on more than one. If not a kegerator, than the garage/patio fridge kept full of Hamm's or Oly. Beer fridge is a necessity.
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The grocery stores in Cologne Germany sell those 5L mini-kegs of Kolsch from the local breweries, they go for about 10 Euros each there($12). They're gravity fed so I stick them in the fridge on the top shelf. There's no tap mechanism, just vent it, pull the petcock out and pour into a glass. All I've had have been great, but once you open it it's not going to stay fresh, you can't drink half then come back a few days later and expect good beer. Once you open it you need to finish it pretty quick. 5 liters is about 14 twelve ounce beers so it's not that much, two guys can easily finish one off in one sitting, or one guy if you're on your game.
I like them, most people over here haven't seen them so my guests think they're neat. The local german beer is great stuff so it's a good way for me to bring home some good beer most folks have never had for cheap. All of the bier houses in Germany are that way.
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Remember when refrigerated keg dispensers were required equipment in every midcentury den?
Guy up the street had one in his garage which he (stupidly) left unlocked. He chased us down the street in his robe one night, we were on skateboards and had three, one gal milk jugs full each at about 1am. Badass SOP where I grew up. We had a line on more than one. If not a kegerator, than the garage/patio fridge kept full of Hamm's or Oly. Beer fridge is a necessity. Yours is locked, right? I know there's some teenagers in NC.
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men.
In it is contentment
In it is death and all you seek
(Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
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Remember when refrigerated keg dispensers were required equipment in every midcentury den?
Guy up the street had one in his garage which he (stupidly) left unlocked. He chased us down the street in his robe one night, we were on skateboards and had three, one gal milk jugs full each at about 1am. Badass SOP where I grew up. We had a line on more than one. If not a kegerator, than the garage/patio fridge kept full of Hamm's or Oly. Beer fridge is a necessity. Yours is locked, right? I know there's some teenagers in NC. Yep, attached garage, anything worth a chit is locked up. Crackheads will get low hanging fruit in the blink of an eye. Ahh! "teens" Yes, no shortage of teens. NbN and all that.
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The boys brought up three kegs from Texas . . .gonna tap them tomorrow! ![[Linked Image]](https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/gallery/80/full/146404.jpg)
"All that the South has ever desired was that the Union, as established by our forefathers, should be preserved, and that the government, as originally organized, should be administered in purity and truth." – Robert E. Lee
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I love the draft when we to the Meskin restaurant.
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