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Aug 26, 2009 13:30:21 GMT
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Me and SWMBO are in the process of splitting up, and once she has arranged a mortgage to buy me out (she lives 5 minutes from work and spent the last 9 years getting the decor how she likes it), I will be on the hunt for a place of my own.
Hopefully this will give me room for a second car, but more importanly let me decorate how I want.
Planning a bar if I can find somewhere with room.
Would love to install a beer engine/handpump and run beer from polypins, but has anyone done anything like this, with handpumps and optics etc.
It could be in the house, or it could be a country pub styled shed with a comfy armchair and a TV.
Show me your bars. I want inspiration.
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Aug 26, 2009 16:43:56 GMT
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The manual real ale pumps are a simple pump with a tube to the keg - nothing to complicated.
There are so many pubs being sold off at the moment - mostly complete with all fixtures and fittings and with a condition that they are no longer used as pubs - must mean that loads of pub equipment is being skipped.
I know this doesn't help much but might be a way to a free bar!
;D
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Old Fords never die they just go sideways
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Aug 27, 2009 14:18:38 GMT
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Good idea, never thought of skip diving for bar kit, I imagined it would be trade auctioned when the places was closed.
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Aug 27, 2009 14:47:49 GMT
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Join the forum at Jimsbeerkit.co.uk and have a look around - plenty of home bars for inspiration, and sometimes some beer engine for sale, too.
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Aug 27, 2009 16:47:04 GMT
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Cheers I'll look into that.
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Aug 27, 2009 18:27:23 GMT
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Cheers jrevillug, had a look, some good stuff on there.
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Aug 27, 2009 19:40:04 GMT
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I've got a few bit's and bob's I put for sale on here a while back that might interest you. 2foot long brass door bars and so on, beer lights, light up fosters ice tubs and such like. Up in Southport if you're interested  |
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Aug 27, 2009 20:23:11 GMT
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Depends on whether you're going for a traditional pub or a more modern themed bar.. but I have one of these up for grabs  It chills Jagermeister (or any spirit for that matter) to about minus 15 degrees centigrade. They're not available to the public, I bought mine from a pub because they didn't have any room for it. And neither do I... EDIT: I believe once you get to that stage of a relationship, 'she who must be obeyed' is probably incorrect Without knowing (or really wishing to know) the ins and outs of why you are splitting up, I wish you the best of luck in becoming an unattached man again  |
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Last Edit: Aug 27, 2009 20:25:50 GMT by ben711200
...proper medallion man chest wig motoring. |
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Aug 27, 2009 21:08:26 GMT
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My old man was a sales rep for a few breweries for years and his loft is an Alladin's cave of pub merchandise/promotional curse word stretching back to the late 60's
EG:
Beer mats
Beer towels
Ash trays
Pens pencils
Some signs
Small mirrors
Glasses
Tankards
Posters (Even the one with a young Pamela Anderson posing for Labatt's)
Loads more70's/80's tat
Pm me when you get sorted out and I'll knock up a goodie bag for you as a housewarming pressie ;D
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Aug 27, 2009 21:56:39 GMT
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I've got a few bit's and bob's I put for sale on here a while back that might interest you. 2foot long brass door bars and so on, beer lights, light up fosters ice tubs and such like. Up in Southport if you're interested Might be shortly, but I need to sort out the house and work out what room I have. |
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Aug 27, 2009 22:01:38 GMT
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Depends on whether you're going for a traditional pub or a more modern themed bar.. but I have one of these up for grabs It chills Jagermeister (or any spirit for that matter) to about minus 15 degrees centigrade. They're not available to the public, I bought mine from a pub because they didn't have any room for it. And neither do I... EDIT: I believe once you get to that stage of a relationship, 'she who must be obeyed' is probably incorrect Without knowing (or really wishing to know) the ins and outs of why you are splitting up, I wish you the best of luck in becoming an unattached man again Looks a bit modern and funky, was planning something very old looking, with maybe some carved wooden gargoyles for detail and a mirrored back/shelf/optics area, and maybe a canopy over the bar for hanging tankards. I've just gotten used to her being SWMBO for the best part of 15 years. The split is very friendly at the moment, neither of us is seeing anyone else, she has just gotten sick of my miserable mug and actually looks forward to the time alone if I go out. |
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Aug 27, 2009 22:06:33 GMT
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My old man was a sales rep for a few breweries for years and his loft is an Alladin's cave of pub merchandise/promotional curse word stretching back to the late 60's EG: Beer mats Beer towels Ash trays Pens pencils Some signs Small mirrors Glasses Tankards Posters (Even the one with a young Pamela Anderson posing for Labatt's) Loads more70's/80's tat Pm me when you get sorted out and I'll knock up a goodie bag for you as a housewarming pressie ;D Oh that would be smashing, thanks. |
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Depends on whether you're going for a traditional pub or a more modern themed bar.. but I have one of these up for grabs It chills Jagermeister (or any spirit for that matter) to about minus 15 degrees centigrade. They're not available to the public, I bought mine from a pub because they didn't have any room for it. And neither do I... EDIT: I believe once you get to that stage of a relationship, 'she who must be obeyed' is probably incorrect Without knowing (or really wishing to know) the ins and outs of why you are splitting up, I wish you the best of luck in becoming an unattached man again A word of warning, these Jagermeister machines are dangerous. I half-gatecrashed a party once where they had one of these and they started playing drinking games. Suffice to say that it did not end well and I was eventually kicked out of the house by the host!  |
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Aug 28, 2009 10:02:08 GMT
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just buy a pub?  |
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Volvo back as my main squeeze, more boost and some interior goodies on the way.
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Aug 28, 2009 10:59:42 GMT
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just buy a pub? HaHa, these days that isn't such a silly idea. |
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Aug 31, 2009 21:28:06 GMT
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Hmm, that Jim's Beer Kit site is dangerous.
It is giving me too many ideas to be safe.
Think I'm going to start with Turbo Cider, then get myself a full Cornelius setup once the bar is built.
This could get expensive when you start to including gas and regulator (Welding CO2 and Welding regs can do).
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