SWMBO approved Keezer

I converted an old TV armoire cabinet to a hidden Keezer that my SWMBO approved. We have space issues that leaves no room for a Keezer, I realized we never turned on the old 34 inch tv that was in this cabinet anymore so I rebuilt it as a Keezer. Used a 5cf frigidaire chest freezer that will hold 4 corneys. Only two taps for now may add a third later.

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Sweet!

awesome!

looks great, now you just need some chalk for your chalk board!

Great looking job.

That is absolutely amazing!

It looks nice, do have any larger pictures?

Here are some larger pictures, I still need a drip tray and I am going to put a clear finish on the wood.

Absolutely Bitchn. I think this might be the excuse I was looking for to get rid of that 4000 lb tube TV I have, which occupies an armoire at the moment, and go for a flat screen!

Dude I hate you... My swmbo just looked over my shoulder and saw this... She wants me to build one just like this..

Over all pretty sweet

Can't believe you posted pictures of an incomplete project...no drip tray....

Alucard1983 said:

Dude I hate you... My swmbo just looked over my shoulder and saw this... She wants me to build one just like this..

Over all pretty sweet

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Me too.

Way to up the ante.

Now I need to learn carpentry skills.

But all sarcasm aside, this looks awesome. I can't really blame her. It just looks like a helluva lot of work. I don't care if my junk's ugly.

Ingenuity my man, ingenuity. Awesome.

very nice!

Sardoman said:

Me too.



But all sarcasm aside, this looks awesome. I can't really blame her. It just looks like a helluva lot of work. I don't care if my junk's ugly.

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It really was not that hard to do, I think I have about 12 hours of work in it so far.

Hey! I put in about 5 hrs into it too!

Very nice looking setup. And where did you get that beer sampling caddy? I haven't seen a round one like that before.

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Any pics of the build?

This thing is amazing. My swmbo keeps saying how ugly my kegerator is. She would love it if I could hide it like this.

I did not take any pictures of the build unfortunately. It was not that hard, I started buy removing the old TV and cleaning all the stuff that was stored in the caninet. I than removed the back panel, shelves in the lower cabinet, and the shelf the TV sat on. I than installed the Freezer from the back offset to one side to allow room for the CO2 tank to be stored in the lower cabinet.
I decided that I would not use the lid of the freezer and use a removable bar top to access the freezer. I than built a collar to allow a ball locks to fit on the freezer hump, installed the tower that I built for the faucets. I used a board covered in chalk board paint to make up the difference of the old TV shelf and the new bar top. I than used bead board to trim out the cabinet and built a shelf for my glasses. I Used 2 under cabinet lights wired through a door switch so the lights come on when the doors are opened.

nhwrecker said:

Very nice looking setup. And where did you get that beer sampling caddy? I haven't seen a round one like that before.

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That was a gift, I believe a woodworker makes these in his garage. I think he has a web site, I will try to get the address and report back.

That is a beautiful build. I would struggle with a simple collar. Nice work.

nhwrecker said:

Very nice looking setup. And where did you get that beer sampling caddy? I haven't seen a round one like that before.

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This is the website to the guy that made the Beer Sampling caddy.

Adirondack Furniture, Kitchen Accessories & Custom Projects

It is a nice little caddy.

Nice - I think I could even get that one approved by the SWMBO. I have one of those Armore's in my sitting room. Holds a bunch of crap and a printer. Would be much more productive as a kegorator.

Thanks for sharing!

Are you circulating the air up into the tower? Did you use straight shanks or "elbow" shanks like for towers?

Very nice! How do you add/remove the kegs? Does the chalkboard come off?

EDIT: For some reason the pictures weren't coming through in the first post. Now I see what's going on.

Jeebas said:

Are you circulating the air up into the tower? Did you use straight shanks or "elbow" shanks like for towers?

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Yes, I am using a 120 volt 80mm fan to move the cool air to the tower. I used 5 inch straight shanks, if i did it again I would use 3 inch or elbow shanks.

bigfuzzybearsam said:

Very nice! How do you add/remove the kegs? Does the chalkboard come off?

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I made the bar top removable to access the freezer.

Hey Chowe, How is the seal between the bar top and the collar?? Do you lose any cold air in between? And did u just use weather strip to make the seal??

I used weather stripping between the bar top and the collar. I also used a piece of rigid foam on the bottom of the bar top to insulate it.

Nice work ... Looks great ... Now here's an idea for your next project https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/my-ferm-chamber-swmbo-approved-259888/

very nice job.. love it!

I had a request for more photos, I recently added a 3rd tap to the keezer.