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Old 02-22-2009, 03:12 PM   #11
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I use picnic taps for all of my beers. I can fit 6 kegs in my fridge. It works out well for me.


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Old 02-22-2009, 05:21 PM   #12
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I've got a small fridge large enough inside to fit a cornie and a 5lb CO2 tank. I can see going through the hassle of cooling a tower for a nice bar like some of you have but not on a small fridge like mine. I can't decide if I'm just gonna start out with the picnic tap or go straight to the perlick on the upper portion of the door.


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Can't get cheaper than the picnic tap and my beer tastes as good as anyone's.
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Yeah, when I start kegging (soon) I'm planning on going cheap (ie picnic tap in a fridge) until I get a bar built and put a nice tap on it.

If I spend more than the minimum money on anything in between, it'll be a portable cooler with taps for kegs on the go (or something else that I'll keep and use even after I've got the bar in).
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