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  16. keg fridges

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    my buddy has a mini freezer for his two kegs. works out beauty and the taps sit flush on top. great

    http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Make_a_Kegerator

    What you'll need

    1. Refrigerator

    2. Conversion kit

    3. CO2 cylinder

    4. CO2 gas (inside the canister)

    5. Screwdrivers

    6. Power drill

    7. 1⅜" and ⅞" hole saws

    8. Measuring tape

    9. Hacksaw

    10. A keg of delicious beer

    Some supplies

    Some supplies

    Some more supplies

    Some more supplies

    There are kits, too

    Conversion kits are a great way to go because they are cheaper than buying the components separately and are easy to find online.

    Conversion kits come in two styles: door-mounted taps for upright fridges and towers for chest freezers and compact fridges. We got a basic single-tap door-mounted kit and a five-pound aluminum CO2 cylinder for $192 from the folks at BeverageFactory.com for this project.

    You can also probably get everything you need at a local homebrewer's supply store.

    How to proceed

    Step 1: Find a fridge

    If you don't have an old fridge rotting in your garage or basement, somebody else does. We found many, many options on Craigslist, including several freebies. Be sure to take a measuring tape with you when you go to check out a fridge. If you want to fit a full-size keg in your kegerator, they are 16 1/8" in diameter. With the CO2 canister inside, you will need an interior cavity of 28" by 18". Compact fridges that can fit a keg are harder to find, so we opted for a free, upright fridge that was advertised as working (which turned out to be true). While it takes up more space than a compact fridge would, it has the advantage of being able to fit two 5-gallon kegs.

    Tip: If your spare fridge has a freezer, you can use the freezer for chilling your steins!

    Step 2: Drill a hole in your fridge

    Measure a spot for your tap low enough on the door so the freezer door can open without hitting the tap handle. Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired

    Measure a spot for your tap low enough on the door so the freezer door can open without hitting the tap handle. Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired

    Save for tapping the keg, this is the most fun part. But this is also the only step with any real risk of messing up, which we did.

    Find a place to put the tap -- make sure you put it low enough so the freezer door can open without hitting the tap handle. Mark it with a pen, then draw a mark on the other side of the door as well. Drill a ¼" pilot hole through the whole door. Then, drill a hole with the 1 ⅜" hole saw, just through the outer layer of the door, and drill the ⅞" hole saw just through the inner layer of the door. Measure the thickness of the door between the holes, then saw your PVC pipe to that length so it inserts into the hole.

    Some advice: We made the mistake of starting by drilling the smaller hole through the outer layer. This wasn't the end of the world, but we no longer had the pilot hole to hold the drill in place while we sawed the larger hole. We ended up fitting a broom handle into the hole, and drilling a pilot hole in the end of it to guide the saw.

    Drill, baby, drill! Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired

    Drill, baby, drill! Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired

    Step 3: Install the tap

    Install the tap faucet on the front of the door. Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired

    Install the tap faucet on the front of the door. Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired

    Connect the faucet to the shank and moderately tighten with a wrench (some kits come with a special wrench for this purpose). Insert the shank into the PVC pipe and fasten it with the shank nut.

    Push the beer hose onto the other end of the shank and fasten with a clamp. You will need to put the loose clamp onto the hose before attaching it to the shank. At the other end of the beer hose, insert a rubber washer into the nut and then screw the nut onto the top of the keg coupler. Tighten with a wrench.

    Install the drip tray around a foot below the tap by putting screws into the door to hang the tray on.

    Step 4: Connect the CO2

    Hook up the gas canister. Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired

    Hook up the gas canister. Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired

    Add a clamp to the gas hose and then fasten it to the thin end of the keg coupler and clamp it down. Add a clamp to the other end and then fasten it to the thin end of the CO2 regulator and tighten the clamp. Attach the end of the regulator with a nut on it to the CO2 cylinder. Tighten it with a wrench. Be careful not to over-tighten it, because you will need to remove it to refill the canister.

    Step 5: Tap the keg

    Insert the coupler into the keg with the handle pointing up. Rotate the coupler until it stops. Pull out the handle and push it down until it snaps below the catch.

    Next, open the regulator valve near the hose on the gage by pointing it along the hose. Open the valve on the top of the tank. Turn the regulator clockwise until the gage reads around 10 psi. You may need to adjust this to get the right amount of gas for each keg of beer.

    If you have a double gage regulator, the second gage shows how much pressure is in the keg. It will drop as the beer gets lower and help you predict when you will need a new keg.

    Step 6: Mmmm... BEER

    A perfect pour. Photo: Jon Snyder

    A perfect pour. Photo: Jon Snyder

    The first beer will probably be mostly foam, as will the second. But by the third beer, it should be close to the right gas pressure. If it's not, fiddle with the regulator until it is.

  18. Luddites rejoice!

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    I was talking to some guy at moe.down this year. His friends got arrested at the border for bringing over drugs. Which is very stupid thing to do. He then tells me they were from Chicago and the directions the got said to cross the border and drive through Canada. So they followed those directions without even realizing they would be searched at the border or needed passports. So since they didn't have passports they weren't allowed to cross the border and they were searched where all their drugs were found. They were then arrested. haha

    sure you can follow gps instructions. then their is a thing called common sense. Must have been wookies or ignorant Americans haha too much!!!!

  19. Have we ever tried this?

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    I love boards like this and pt, the information i have obtained over the years have had good tips for travel, recommendations on places to stay and eat and shows to check out i may not have known otherwise. And I have scored some heady vynil from tips from these boards. And I also get entertained by online personas. Makes work go by that much quicker. If you can navigate through all the rubbish their is some good stuff on here and the lady and myself loves the Foodies forum :) Thanks yall .

  24. Phish Compulsive Downloaders Unite

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    Posted · Edited by Guest

    make some room...

    half way down the thread are the links.

    http://www.phantasytour.com/phish/boards_thread.cgi?threadID=2009983

    The Nancy Tracks:

    Nancy Tracks

    Bivouac Jaun/Space Antelope:

    Bivouac Jaun

    Early and Rare Material 83-85:

    Early and Rare Material 83-85: Jam, Slave, Antelope, Hydrogen, Hurricane

    1987 Ernest Anastasio Demo:

    1987 Ernest Anastasio Demo

    1987 Promo Tape:

    1987 Promo Tape

    1987 The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday:

    TMWSIY

    Pre-1990 Fishman on John Paluska’s Answering Machine:

    Fishman’s Frankenstein

    1990 Wendell Studios:

    Wendell Part 1

    Wendell Part 2

    1993 Fishman’s Geodome:

    Fishman’s Geodome: May 15, 1993

    1994 Purple Dragon Studios:

    Purple Dragon Studios, 4-26-94 Atlanta GA

    1995 Left Nuts:

    Left Nuts

    1997 Free Single European Release:

    Free European Release

    Billy Breathes Sessions:

    Billy Breathes Sessions

    Farmhouse Japanese Import:

    Farmhouse Import Tracks

    1998 Ghost sessions/Bearsville Studio Sessions:

    Disc 1

    Disc 2

    Disc 3

    1998 KBCO Studios:

    KBCO Studios: Driver, Wading In The Velvet Sea, Possum, Roggae

    2000 KFOG Studios:

    KFOG Studios Berkeley, CA: First Tube, Bug, Get Back on the Train, Sand, Heavy Things, Piper, The Inlaw Josie Wales, Dirt, Farmhouse

    2000 Sonic Studios:

    Sonic Studios: First Tube, Farmhouse, Twist, Heavy Things, Back On The Train, Piper, Inlaw Josie Wales, Bug, Gotta Jibboo

    2000 Austin City Limits:

    Austin City Limits

    2002 Victor Disc:

    Victor Disc part 1

    Victor Disc part 2

    2002 Round Room:

    Phish Round Room Barn Sessions Part 1

    Phish Round Room Barn Sessions Part 2

    2002 Round Room Outtakes:

    2002 Round Room Outtakes

    2003 IT Summer Sampler:

    IT: 2003 Summer Sampler

    Undermind Sessions:

    Undermind Demos

    Undermind Outtake ‘Tiny’:

    Tiny

    2004 Summer Sampler:

    What I Did on My Summer Vacation

    Trey Day 19 – With Tom Marshall:

    Trey Day 19: Slave to the Traffic, Light (original - White Tape), Run Like an Antelope (original - White Tape), Kneuyarta (original Icculus), I Am Hydrogen (original), Log (original Divided Sky), Just For This Moment In Time (Tom Marshall), Adam & Eve (from 'Man From Nantucket' recording session)

    Treyday 20 - With Tom Marshall:

    Trey Day 20: NICU (original), Silent in the Morning (original, with The Horse intro), The Wedge (original), NICU (original), Silent in the Morning (original, with The Horse intro), The Wedge (original), Skip the Goodbyes (Amfibian), Trey & Tom (in studio) – Inexorably, Trey & Tom- Walls of the Cave (original), Trey & Tom (Mathilda) - My Swollen Gland

    Treyday 21 - With Tom Marshall:

    Trey Day 21: Trey & Tom- Waste (original from Caymen Islands), Trey & Tom - Teaching a Stone to Speak (from 'Man From Nantucket' recording session), Trey & Tom – Reach, Trey & Tom - No Regrets

    Trey & Tom - Wading in the Velvet Sea (original), Trey & Tom - Twist (original), Trey & Tom - Limb by Limb (original), Limb by Limb, The Birdwatcher (Phish's very last recorded song in 2.0)

    Trey Day with his Daughters

    Trey Day with his Daughters: Eliza Anastasio (in studio) - Goodbye Head, Trey Anastasio - Goodbye Head, Trey Interviews Daughters, Eliza & Isabella Anastasio (Hot Peppers)(in studio) - Grandparents Song, Bob Marley - Soul Shakedown Party, Trey & daughters, Stevie Wonder - Golden Lady, Trey & daughters, Phish - Limb by Limb, Trey Anastasio Band - Black Dog LIV, Eliza & Isabella Anastasio (in studio) - Pigs, Pigs, Pigs, Eliza & Isabella Anastasio (in studio) - Pokemon Song

    Mike's Fountain Jam:

    Fountain Jam

    2008 Andelman’s Yardsale:

    Green Sparrow Demo's and Outtakes

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