Friday 18 July 2008

The blog starts in true Debacle style.

This is the first real entry and you'll be plesantly suprised to hear that I'm already on a fast train to fuck-wit central!

One of the first jobs of this brewing season was to construct a kegerator from a perfectly good fridge and some draft beer parts that friends and family had ferried over from the US for me.
On the right you can see the progress of my kegerator. Not too bad so far. 3 Tap handles attached and a lovely shiny partially finished magnetic stainless steel drip tray. Surely all the hard work is done? Finish the drip tray and add beer! You would have thought so but not nothing is that simple here at Debacle. The next stage was to connect the kegs and lines for the beer and gas. Right let's put the 3 kegs inside. 1...2...BOLLOCKS! Only got room for TWO kegs. How the F**K did I not check that before drilling massive holes in a perfectly good fridge and attaching THREE taps. What a douche-bag! I now have a kegerator where one tap fires blanks!
The thing is though they were so close to fitting.
I'd have gotten away with it if it wasn't for those pesky shelf runners . How about I remove the runners, they're only plastic and surplus to requirements as I don't need the shelves anymore.
They just hold the shelves, right? Wrong! For some reason still unbeknownst to me,after dremelling off the runners I was shocked to learn the runners contain foam which allows the refrigerant liquid to flow through it. I'm no expert but they pool of liquid that has formed around the fridge tells me I just ruined a perfectly good fridge.

Welcome

Hi Guys
Welcome to my blog. Your opportunity to laugh at my misfortune as I stumble aimlessly through the world of home brewing veering from minor success to major cock-up.

If I learn from my mistakes then I'm on a steep learner curve but I'm not sure I am!

Wish me luck.

Soilboy