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Old 05-01-2008, 01:05 AM
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A lightbulb went off today. I think I will place a scale under my keg permantly to calculate remaining beer. Anyone tried this? Any downsides?
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Old 05-01-2008, 04:11 AM
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. need to know the empty weight, and each type of keg and beer may be different. Do it and let us know. When I'm getting close, I just tip it to "feel" the weight.

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Old 05-01-2008, 07:41 AM
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Don't know what kegerator you have, but I tried it with a 1/6 barrel and couldn't fit the scale in my Danby.
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Old 05-01-2008, 03:15 PM
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ive got a custom built deep feeze converted rig. Plenty of room. I will try to post pics later. Living in Okinawa I can only get 1/2 barrels of Miller Light.....I know, a nightmare for some of you guys.
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Old 05-01-2008, 03:49 PM
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ive got a custom built deep feeze converted rig. Plenty of room. I will try to post pics later. Living in Okinawa I can only get 1/2 barrels of Miller Light.....I know, a nightmare for some of you guys.
If that doesn't motivate you to start home brewing....
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Old 05-02-2008, 06:32 AM
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seriously? No Sapporo or Kirin? I actually think Miller Lite is the best macro light beer on the market, but that isn't saying a whole lot. Sometimes we buy it between kegs because I can get a case of bottles or a 30pack of cans for 15 bucks.
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Old 05-02-2008, 07:36 AM
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Miller Light is very cheap here in NJ a Keg is about 60.00-67.00 with tax. I have it now because my family drinks all my beer. They and I killed a keg of amstel in just under two weeks.
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Old 05-02-2008, 09:52 PM
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seriously? No Sapporo or Kirin? I actually think Miller Lite is the best macro light beer on the market, but that isn't saying a whole lot. Sometimes we buy it between kegs because I can get a case of bottles or a 30pack of cans for 15 bucks.

the japanese have a lockdown on all of their kegs. no resturant/bar/licence no keg.....they also require a different coupler which i know is an easy fix.
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Old 05-14-2008, 05:33 PM
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kirin ichiban is incredible stuff love it alot. In the states it uses a standard coupler. BUt over there is a different story.
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Old 05-14-2008, 11:34 PM
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i love kirin ichiban. orion, the local okinawan brew is good also. they will not cough up a keg for anything. you can onlt rent them for beach parties and they want them back the next day.
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Old 05-15-2008, 11:31 PM
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ive got a custom built deep feeze converted rig. Plenty of room. I will try to post pics later. Living in Okinawa I can only get 1/2 barrels of Miller Light.....I know, a nightmare for some of you guys.
Just traded my empty Miller Lite rubberized keg today for a keg of Bud Light for my graduation party

The one bar I got the Miller Lite from my brother works at and they forgot to charge me a few months back so I got a free keg and beer. So all it costed me was $60 even for the Bud Light at the other bar my brother works at
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