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It's been 7 years since I embarked on this project. The bar served me faithfully for 4+ years but has been largely neglected the past 2-3 years as work and other commitments took more and more time, as well as my old group of friends that used to indulge at the bar moving away. Last month I...

Lift from the knees! Wasn't easy, and it proved how solid my collar was. The tricky part was the lack of clearance on top. I was able to lift it up and onto the collar, rotate, and slide down in. Only did that the once, every keg after that was 1/6 or quarter barrels!!!

For anyone wondering, yes, that old JC Penny freezer is still running after 3 years out in the elements! (knock on wood)

I realize this is an old thread, but a few updated pictures from last year after I turned the outdoor bar into an outdoor theater as well for summer parties. Enjoy! The screen is a white-painted sheet of plywood on pulleys that lowers down behind the bar when not in use. There is a cabinet...

My 1/6 barrel of Sam Adams Octoberfest came in today! A few weeks ago I called several distributors in my area I learned that my favorite domestic Miller Lite only comes in full sankey 1/2 barrels or pony 1/4 barrels - no slim quarters or 1/6ths. $120 and 2 days later my package from...

With some help of good friends (who like free beer) we finally polished off that half barrel of Lite a few weeks ago with pouring out the first half pint of each evening. Tonight I went back to work on the cooling line issues. I had nonstop problems with the 2000GPH pump. Even though it had...

After doing a little investigating, the pump I have is a submersible/inline, just had to remove the mesh cover to expose the intake threads. That of course required another special order from Grainger for adapters to my coolant lines. In the meantime I've just been pouring out the first...

To those who say my design was too complicated - well you're right! I didn't take into consideration the heat output on a 2000GPH pond pump. After 16 hours in the keezer, the keezer temp had risen to 82 degrees and the freezer was running nonstop and unable to keep it cool. I shutdown the pump...

I'm on the home stretch!! Yesterday the part from Grainger arrived and I hooked up the pond pump to the cooling lines only to discover I had 2 kinks in the copper coil inside the keezer from setting the keg in. 2 patches later I had that fixed and hooked up the pump again, I could see the...

Sub'd - looks great so far.

Water would probably work, but I like my beer as close to 32 degrees as I can get it! The antifreeze ensures I won't have frozen cooling lines.

Thanks for the feedback. Who knows how much life is left in that old freezer, but when it croaks I can always replace it with another and build a new collar. The plumbing up to the bar (which is the hardest part) won't change. No progress this week... my cleaning kit for the beer lines is in...

I had the day off work so got quite a bit done this afternoon. Only 3 trips to Home Depot in total!! First up was to drill a hole through the bar top to meet the PVC. Then I cut the PVC off flush with the bottom of the bar. Definitely need to paint the PVC yet. Then I built my post for...

After doing some more research tonight, I've decided to swap out the 3/8" vinyl cooling line for 3/8" copper tubing. Now the question is, do I wrap the two beer lines along both the outbound and return cooling lines, or just the outbound and run the return separate? Decisions, decisions!! I...

Got the Keezer moved outside to it's new home and hooked up to power. The temperature control is holding her steady at 31 degrees F. The gas lines (blue) are run through the right side to the CO2 tank sitting beside her. I have a piece of white wicker that matches the deck. It's framed and will...

Very little progress this week, boss man kept me hopping at work. I did manage to finish caulking the seams on the collar and insulating the collar. As soon as the rain passes I'll start building the PVC into the deck. The temperatures really only get cold enough to freeze a beer line from...

My parts arrived this week... now it's really time to get to work. This project is already making me thirsty for that first draft!:mug: Today I continued work on the collars. Put down a layer of R-1.3 yellow insulation between the freezer and the two collars and secured down with aluminum...

Made a little progress tonight. Can't tell from these pictures, but the freezer got a good scrubbing from top to bottom, then I built the inner and outer collars. A layer of weatherstripping (once it arrives in the mail this week) will go between the freezer top and the collar. Between the two...

View from behind the bar. Taps are going on the "L" by the back wall Front view of the bar. Chalkboard had the specials until last night's rain storm! Underneath the deck where the Keezer will go. Landscape slopes down and away so had to build a platform for it to sit on. The Green Keezer...

I've spent hours upon hours reading these forums over the last month - thank you to everyone else's posts who've got me going on building my first kegerator! My objective is a kegerator that is capable of keeping cold either 1 full 1/2 barrel commercial keg or two 1/4 barrel kegs. My local...