Build Your Own iKegger Package

The fermenter is where you change your wort (sugar water made from grains and hops boiled together) to beer by adding yeast. The yeast converts the sugar to alcohol and carbon dioxide. In a standard bucket the carbon dioxide escapes through a valve so you need to add more CO2 once fermentation is complete to carbonate the brew. With a pressure fermenter and the filling kit (in accessories at he bottom, which includes an adjustable pressure relief valve) you can keep exactly as much of the produced CO2 as you need to carbonate the beer as it brews, meaning when it finishes fermenting all you have to do is chill and drink it! If you already have a fermenter that you are happy with just skip this step or are not looking to brew your own beverages you can just skip this step.

• The storage vessels are where you keep your beer till you are ready to drink it, they can be the only kegs you use or you may add smaller kegs for the left over brew, filling at bars, taking with you etc.
• All our equipment can also be used to pour from 50L commercial kegs. If that's what you are after you don't need a keg, just the coupler that goes on top of the keg and then all the other gear we sell will connect to that (make sure to choose the coupler with the ball lock posts).
  • A Type Coupler: Tooheys, Coopers, XXXX, and most Craft Breweries kegs
  • D Type Coupler: Carlton Draught, CUB, Fosters & VB Kegs
  • S Type Coupler: Asahi, Heineken, Hofbrau Kegs
• The 10L keg requires a separate spear making it a little more expensive than a 19L keg which has the connections built in. The 20L fermenter also makes a great storage keg with a floating diptube so you can even use it lying down.

Note: With homebrew you can leave your brew in storage kegs somewhere cool (like a cupboard, garage etc) after filling and transfer to a smaller keg to chill and serve from your fridge if you don't have a beer fridge large enough for big kegs.

These are perfect for taking your homebrew out and about with you, whether that is to the backyard, a mates place or just to the couch.

• All the options below come with a keg spear (the lid which has gas and liquid posts and a pressure release valve). This allows using the same gas and liquid connections, taps etc as fit onto the pressure fermenters and storage kegs so you can mix and match the system to suit you each day.
• We recommend getting the filling kit from the fermenter section if you want to fill a small keg from a larger one or from a pressure fermenter.
• The filling kit also allows you to leave a large keg connected to a small keg in the fridge with the tap on the small keg. The small keg will always be full and ready to disconnect and take with you. The large will empty 1st so you can clean and refill it while finishing off the small keg.
• The premium black kegs have double wall insulation and will stay cold for up to 10 hours without being in a fridge or esky (this depends on environment, it will be less in full sun on a 40 deg day at the beach)
• We recommend getting the mini regulator to use with one of these but you could also use the large regulator and a sodastream gas bottle for a moderately portable system.
• For sizing see this page under "Keg Dimensions"

Here you can choose how you want to pour your brew out of your kegs once you are ready to drink it. All taps work on all kegs and both pressure fermenters. You can either have taps directly on the kegs, on the front of a fridge (or esky), or on a bar or benchtop. You will need to add one tap for each keg you want on tap at the same time but you can mix and match (for example you can have 2 taps on shanks for the home fridge and then add a pluto gun for portable beers)

• If choosing the direct connected flow control tap you will need either the plastic or steel connection to connect it to the keg post
• You can choose to add a stout spout to the flow control tap, this is great for pouring stouts or nitro coffee (if you get a nitro gas system)
• Building through a fridge door or esky - choose either flow control or standard tap. You need one unit for each keg you want on tap simultaneously.
• Building a bar top font - choose either standard or flow control taps, you can have up to 3 taps on one font, all connections are included.
• Sizing for all the kegs, including the height with the different taps attached can be found on this page by scrolling down to "Keg Dimensions"
• You can also remove the taps at any point and swap them from keg to keg as valves prevent any lost gas or liquid. This also means you can store kegs lying down and just connect the tap when you want to pour a drink if height is an issue.

Here you can choose which regulator you want to use. The regulator reduces the high pressure of the liquid CO2 in a gas bottle or bulb down to a usable pressure that you can set depending on what you are carbonating or dispensing. For more information see this page about force carbonating and brewing under pressure.

These items can be sourced locally if you choose and you will need to find a local company to refill a 2.6kg gas bottle if you get one of them. A map with many CO2 refill places can be found here.

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