Phideaoux44
Well-Known Member
So I recently mourned the loss of my beloved bar that I built in '06. And I had since moved and the old one didn't fit right anyway, I decided it was time for a new bar to sit in my dining room. I love the idea of a kegerator/keezer setup since it can fit in a house and you can make it look nice, but I've never been a fan of the collar setup with the shanks running through. Mind you, I don't mean to knock all the gorgeous setups out there with those, I just have always preferred the look of the tap tower sitting on top, inviting me to come drink.
However, as with the first bar, I knew that one of the big reasons people seem to do the collar is that a tap tower mounted on a chest freezer smacks the wall when you open the keezer. So if you're determined to have a tap tower, you can leave it out in the middle of the floor (tacky) or slide it out every time you need to get inside (total P.I.T.A./ not always an option). So I came up with a design that allows you to slide it out easily, open it up, and then slide it back into hiding inside an otherwise nice looking piece of furniture. When people see it they don't think "oh there's a fridge" they think "wow, cool bar!" That's what I wanted. And I wanted it to be sufficiently awesome to house my baby: a gorgeous antique brass tap tower that I bought out of a bar up North.
I did my best to document the adventure with pics and I hope to see more people join my "no collar" bar movement. Perhaps someone else has done one similar, but I've never seen it so I thought I'd do a write-up on my adventure. I used all my good ideas on inventing this and ran out when it came time to name it, so for now it's just "Billy's bar," after my nickname. I'll start with a picture of the end result, and then move onto the construction.
However, as with the first bar, I knew that one of the big reasons people seem to do the collar is that a tap tower mounted on a chest freezer smacks the wall when you open the keezer. So if you're determined to have a tap tower, you can leave it out in the middle of the floor (tacky) or slide it out every time you need to get inside (total P.I.T.A./ not always an option). So I came up with a design that allows you to slide it out easily, open it up, and then slide it back into hiding inside an otherwise nice looking piece of furniture. When people see it they don't think "oh there's a fridge" they think "wow, cool bar!" That's what I wanted. And I wanted it to be sufficiently awesome to house my baby: a gorgeous antique brass tap tower that I bought out of a bar up North.
I did my best to document the adventure with pics and I hope to see more people join my "no collar" bar movement. Perhaps someone else has done one similar, but I've never seen it so I thought I'd do a write-up on my adventure. I used all my good ideas on inventing this and ran out when it came time to name it, so for now it's just "Billy's bar," after my nickname. I'll start with a picture of the end result, and then move onto the construction.