Scored a free 'kegerator' - any brewers here?

[oldGSfan]

Among my many bad habits, I'm a beer lover. This setup was free, he had built it for soda for his kids - what was he thinking?

Good quality parts, all there, 4 tall soda kegs (perfect), C02 and regulator, distributor, taps all nice, fridge works. Thermostat too. I'll have it looking much less forlorn soon, replace that wood riser for the taps with something. I brewed a lot when living in Australia, the cost was 1/4 of buying a slab at the store. They sold cans of malted barley in Safeway for about $10. Strangely I got a vintage glass carboy for free a few weeks before, and was looking at my long-neglected brewing supplies. Kismet!

Anyway, don't judge a book by its cover, it's a good setup for the money

[Rich82GS750TZ]

Kegger at Tom’s house. Nice score.
I brewed when in college. Kind of miss it. Roommate took the carboy and the rest of the brewing supplies when he moved out. Had a nice stash of Grolsch bottles with the ceramic flip caps too. Never got back into it. I know my then girlfriend / now wife objected to the smell in the apartment. But I think I could get away with it now in the garage. Ah, but I have enough hobbies. Maybe when I retire.

[argonsagas]

Long time ago I used to brew my own. Rick, my next-door neighbour, loved what I made and asked me to make some for him....and he wanted it really extra-strong.

I did what he asked...it was about 11 to 12 percent alcohol.

Rick downed the first in a few seconds and I warned him this was really strong....he had another....same way and then two more...all in half an hour or less.

That was about the same as drinking two full bottles of wine.

As Rick went to his front porch with his fifth brew in hand I happened to have a camera.there and was taking pictures of the kids. Rick plunked down on fold-up webbed chair just as I moved the camera toward him.

Rick was a big guy, a firefighter, about 6 ft 2 and 220 lb

He was well away from sober and plunked his body down hard on the chair, just as I snapped his photo. It was perfect timing, as the webbing broke and Rick went arse-first right through the chair bottom.!

Sadly, Rick has gone, now, but we looked at the photo and laughed about that moment for years.after,

[oldGSfan]

The glass carboy still has the label on it from the early 90s. A bit 'on the nose' these days haha.

[Baatfam]

The wife and I brewed our own for a few years.
I learned it was a lot of work, and they sell the stuff already made down at the corner store.

[Nessism]

Did the home brew a couple different times. Last time, my buddies decided they wanted something more exotic, so they made a batch of mead. Used a glass Sparklets water bottle. I checked out at this point, because the last thing I needed was something more potent than homemade beer. Anyway, all in good fun.