My hobby has grown since getting my first homebrew kit from the wife and daughter for my birthday, Christmas Eve this past year. I've built my own brew stand, a 2 tier HERMS stand with converted keggles. Did my first all-grain batch a few weeks ago and had to get things ready to start kegging.
My initial plan was to use my old "garage" standup fridge but after looking at the reality of converting it, I opted to buy a chest freezer from Lowe's, their Holiday 7 cf unit.
I built a 7" collar, hardwired the ebay controller into the existing wiring so that it controls the cooling after the freezer's thermostat. It holds 5 corny kegs and a 10lb CO2 tank. I built a shelf out of some crazy thick cardboard I saved from having a new Toyota H55 transmission shipped to me. The shelf is so I can store all my pint glasses inside the keezer.
Obviously, I painted it also, wife wouldn't be flexible on having the big white freezer anywhere other than the garage. I used the Rustoleum "aged copper" to kind of match our patio furniture and the deck color.
In any event, thanks to this forum for all the helpful threads and advise putting such things together. Very simple and easy project, can't wait to pull my first pint in the coming days...
I used chalkboard paint along the front bezel so that I could label what was in each tap easily...
I hoard cardboard, had this leftover from the H55 delivery, fits perfectly on the lip of the freezer so that I can store all the pint glasses in the same place as the beer...
My initial plan was to use my old "garage" standup fridge but after looking at the reality of converting it, I opted to buy a chest freezer from Lowe's, their Holiday 7 cf unit.
I built a 7" collar, hardwired the ebay controller into the existing wiring so that it controls the cooling after the freezer's thermostat. It holds 5 corny kegs and a 10lb CO2 tank. I built a shelf out of some crazy thick cardboard I saved from having a new Toyota H55 transmission shipped to me. The shelf is so I can store all my pint glasses inside the keezer.
Obviously, I painted it also, wife wouldn't be flexible on having the big white freezer anywhere other than the garage. I used the Rustoleum "aged copper" to kind of match our patio furniture and the deck color.
In any event, thanks to this forum for all the helpful threads and advise putting such things together. Very simple and easy project, can't wait to pull my first pint in the coming days...
I used chalkboard paint along the front bezel so that I could label what was in each tap easily...
I hoard cardboard, had this leftover from the H55 delivery, fits perfectly on the lip of the freezer so that I can store all the pint glasses in the same place as the beer...