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OK I know it has been about a year or more but we finally finished this project today. We got the shelves in place and converted the kegerator to sanke so we can bring kegs home from the brewery. Finally we have beer on tap again at the house.
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I have decided that it is time to start kegging my beer. Now that my new rig is finished and I am making 10 gallon batches. I do not want to bottle that much beer. So a couple weeks ago my roomate (who owns the house) ask me if it would be possible to put taps on the wall and keg my homebrew. I gave him an evil laugh and said sure I can.
So we decided to convert a small space next to stairs into a bar and tap center. I looked at the space and knew if I could get behind the wall there might be enough space to get a kegerator. Sure enough the space is huge. I am going to put a collar on a free mini fridge my buddy has for me. That should free up enough room for two kegs to fit, and two styles on tap at all times.
Anyway. Here are some pics. I will update as I make progress.
The desk is going upstairs. There will be a mini fridge here for bottles and wine. A bar top across the space above the fridge. Some shelves for pint glasses and other bar stuff and of course the taps and drip tray.
The guys that built the house were nice enough to leave us some trash.
The center stud taken out. This wall is non load bearing. It was a false wall to hold drywall. I can stand up completely in the space. It is about 61/2 feet in there
Collar for the fridge. Two corny kegs fit snugly now.
Fridge with lines coming through the collar. Soon to be nicely mounted along the wall.
Taps mounted to a nice piece of wood. Soon to be affixed to the wall.
OK I know it has been about a year or more but we finally finished this project today. We got the shelves in place and converted the kegerator to sanke so we can bring kegs home from the brewery. Finally we have beer on tap again at the house.
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I have decided that it is time to start kegging my beer. Now that my new rig is finished and I am making 10 gallon batches. I do not want to bottle that much beer. So a couple weeks ago my roomate (who owns the house) ask me if it would be possible to put taps on the wall and keg my homebrew. I gave him an evil laugh and said sure I can.
So we decided to convert a small space next to stairs into a bar and tap center. I looked at the space and knew if I could get behind the wall there might be enough space to get a kegerator. Sure enough the space is huge. I am going to put a collar on a free mini fridge my buddy has for me. That should free up enough room for two kegs to fit, and two styles on tap at all times.
Anyway. Here are some pics. I will update as I make progress.
The desk is going upstairs. There will be a mini fridge here for bottles and wine. A bar top across the space above the fridge. Some shelves for pint glasses and other bar stuff and of course the taps and drip tray.
The guys that built the house were nice enough to leave us some trash.
The center stud taken out. This wall is non load bearing. It was a false wall to hold drywall. I can stand up completely in the space. It is about 61/2 feet in there
Collar for the fridge. Two corny kegs fit snugly now.
Fridge with lines coming through the collar. Soon to be nicely mounted along the wall.
Taps mounted to a nice piece of wood. Soon to be affixed to the wall.