My Basement Bar Build!

Finishing up the bar tonight! Pics to come...

Final coat of poly is on!

Gorgeous. Really nice work.

Looking great guys!!!

Great Job !!!!

First drinks at the new bar!! Still working on some finishing touches!!

Nice!

Looks GREAT !!!! Cheers. I see you have a cat that supervises all activities as well !!!

Excellent work sir!!! Very Nicely done! What does the cat think of it??

Nice work, when are we all invited over?

Beautiful work! In the "cat" photo it appears that the plywood sucked up a lot more color than the pine planks and the oak on top; I think that only adds to this bar's beauty. Cheers!

454k30 said:

Beautiful work! In the "cat" photo it appears that the plywood sucked up a lot more color than the pine planks and the oak on top; I think that only adds to this bar's beauty. Cheers!

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That's because they are two totally different woods. The ply is Ponderosa Pine, the boards are most likely spruce.

Good to know. Also, it is a pretty cool effect. I can't wait to build my own bar as well. The oak top on that thing is gorgeous!

Did you go with a "Pergo type" floating flooring? Just an observation, I installed the same thing in my house and that type of floor is very unforgiving when it comes to spills. Any amount of liquid needs to be cleaned up, COMPLETELY and IMMEDIATELY or the seams will swell and buckle, not pretty! Just keep a rag handy all the time and be a spill nazi!

mrshungry4hops said:

Hungry4hops is making a lot of progress on the flooring tonight!!

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Hungry4hops,

For your bar top did you do a piece of plywood with an oak slab on top, or is that two pieces of plywood with an oak veneer?

Brewfist said:

Did you go with a "Pergo type" floating flooring? Just an observation, I installed the same thing in my house and that type of floor is very unforgiving when it comes to spills. Any amount of liquid needs to be cleaned up, COMPLETELY and IMMEDIATELY or the seams will swell and buckle, not pretty! Just keep a rag handy all the time and be a spill nazi!

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yeah its floating floor, we have it in our living room also, never had a problem with spills. I do tend to clean up spills asap so thats probaly why i never had a problem!

454k30 said:

Hungry4hops,

For your bar top did you do a piece of plywood with an oak slab on top, or is that two pieces of plywood with an oak veneer?

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I used a piece of plywood then a piece of oak plywood on top, I just picked the best looking one out of the stack at the depot here's a better picture of it and our first drink to celebrate!

Turned out great! Any plans to install a draft tower?

hungry4hops said:

I used a piece of plywood then a piece of oak plywood on top, I just picked the best looking one out of the stack at the depot here's a better picture of it and our first drink to celebrate!

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That looks great, man! I am going to order those plans and start working on my own bar soon.

Where did you get that sweet barrel from that last pic??

Beautiful bar by the way! Keep it up.

Slick!

Brewfist said:

Turned out great! Any plans to install a draft tower?

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Already in! The first is flow control for a randell type hop infuzer, the two in the middle are perlick 525s the forth spot is reserved for nitrous (wishful thinking)

CraigTheKeg said:

Where did you get that sweet barrel from that last pic??

Beautiful bar by the way! Keep it up.

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Got the barrel from victory brewing company, they used it to make dark intrigue, awesome beer still have a few left! We are just using it as a table now

Just made a custom mirror for behind the bar for less than 10 bucks! Used a mirror that I already had, bought contact paper, frosted glass paint! Trying to add more decor to the room.

Nice.

hungry4hops said:

Got the barrel from victory brewing company, they used it to make dark intrigue, awesome beer still have a few left! We are just using it as a table now

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This is very cool.

mrshungry4hops said:

Final coat of poly is on!

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that is some awesome work. very jealous. im saving these pics for reference in the future for when i build 1.....i hope. gotta ask about how much something like that set you back in materials though.

wormser said:

that is some awesome work. very jealous. im saving these pics for reference in the future for when i build 1.....i hope. gotta ask about how much something like that set you back in materials though.

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Probably around 500, the arm rail was.the most expensive part 180.00! But well worth the money!

Nice work on the bar! Very classy. Am I the only one that wants more information on how you built out that kegerator? Are you holding 4 cornies in that thing?

Cheers.

NathPowe said:

Nice work on the bar! Very classy. Am I the only one that wants more information on how you built out that kegerator? Are you holding 4 cornies in that thing?

Cheers.

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Just two, but I also have a diy randall I have a tee in the keg line splitting it into 2 taps one regular one infuzed im hoping to add nitrogen at some point also (fourth tap)

just thought i would take some up to date pictures!

Wow! Great work, that came out awesome.

Hey Hungry4hops,

Looks awesome! I'm thinking about building something a little smaller, but similar. What kind of wood did you use for the top of your bar / counter? I'd like to use something nice like that, but am not sure what others are using.

Thanks in advance, and again, great job!

Cheers.

Jipper said:

Hey Hungry4hops,

Looks awesome! I'm thinking about building something a little smaller, but similar. What kind of wood did you use for the top of your bar / counter? I'd like to use something nice like that, but am not sure what others are using.

Thanks in advance, and again, great job!

Cheers.

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the top is just a 4x8 piece of oak plywood and oak arm rail, good luck with your build!

Awesome job man! That is a bar to be proud of!

that is slick man!

very nice build. I enjoyed reading through all of this. the bar looks awesome. If you even care, I bet some faux tin ceiling tiles would look cool in a basement bar along with some crown molding. Might give it a real cool authentic pub feel.

Great looking bar! Give some more.details on that miniature Bags set, never seen one before.

I have to agree on the mini bags set! I might just make one, but it's a neat thing!

automobiliben said:

Great looking bar! Give some more.details on that miniature Bags set, never seen one before.

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Tabletopcornhole.com they are also on eBay. its great for tailgating to you can play on the hood of a car!