EdWort
Well-Known Member
By now most of you have seen my portable kegerator (Ok, here it is one more time).
The problem I ran into was a 5 gallon corny sticks out by good 6 inches, but I wanted to take 5 gallons to the Texas Eggfest.
So what I did was pick up a cheap styrofoam cooler and cut a circle of of the bottom and placed it over the top of the keg and pushed it down till it set on the ice in the big cooler.
I then connected a picnic tap and my 16 gram CO2 charger to the keg. I wrapped the beer line around the keg and then added ice to the top cooler. The ice chilled the beer line as well.
I did not take a pic with the lid on, but the lid fits on and the two clips on the sides keep it from blowing away. It keeps the beer line cool and out of the sun. I wrapped a big towel around the gap between the big and small cooler.
My little $6 cooler allowed me to keep ALL of my 5 gallons of Pale Ale cool at the lake last weekend. A little funky looking, but with the lid on, at first glance, you would never think there was a keg in there.
It takes about 4 of the 16 gram CO2 cartridges to dispense 5 gallons of beer and I'm very impressed. I could have hauled a 5# cylinder out, but the convenience of using the little charger was WAY WORTH IT.
The problem I ran into was a 5 gallon corny sticks out by good 6 inches, but I wanted to take 5 gallons to the Texas Eggfest.
So what I did was pick up a cheap styrofoam cooler and cut a circle of of the bottom and placed it over the top of the keg and pushed it down till it set on the ice in the big cooler.
I then connected a picnic tap and my 16 gram CO2 charger to the keg. I wrapped the beer line around the keg and then added ice to the top cooler. The ice chilled the beer line as well.
I did not take a pic with the lid on, but the lid fits on and the two clips on the sides keep it from blowing away. It keeps the beer line cool and out of the sun. I wrapped a big towel around the gap between the big and small cooler.
My little $6 cooler allowed me to keep ALL of my 5 gallons of Pale Ale cool at the lake last weekend. A little funky looking, but with the lid on, at first glance, you would never think there was a keg in there.
It takes about 4 of the 16 gram CO2 cartridges to dispense 5 gallons of beer and I'm very impressed. I could have hauled a 5# cylinder out, but the convenience of using the little charger was WAY WORTH IT.