Apollo
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Nice build! I hope that one day I can put together something that looks half as good.
BTW, The Usual Suspects is a great movie. :rockin:
BTW, The Usual Suspects is a great movie. :rockin:
Very nice looking build! Keep the pics coming. Is that the ebay temp controller or a Love?
It's a Widmere Hefe clone which was my compromise for the BMC drinkers who'll be at the party. I was just seeing if they poured halfway decent, and I'm sure that was mostly the yeast from the bottom of the keg.
*bump*
pics of Keezer Soze in it's permanent home with polish 3" copper?
-=Jason=-
LOVE IT!!!
quick question - what is the distance between centers of the shanks (ie - spacing of taps - center to center)
How'd you make those sweet tap handles...yeast vials filled with malt??
Awesome Tower! I was looking for a little more info on what shanks you used and how you attached them. Did you just sandwich the 1" copper pipe and tighten the shank / nut?
Hopefully that makes sense. Thanks!
I just noticed this thread today. I am actually in the middle of my keezer build and am making the sides of my collar similar to yours. I am using 1x12 poplar for the outside. 1/2" blue installation board in the middle, and 1/8" sheet of birch on the inside. I am just planning on painting mine white because the freezer is in my garage and my tiame is limited. Where my shanks will go through, I may add some 1/2 strips of poplar to stiffen it up there. I geuss i am worried my system will not be very energy efficient because overall it will end up being like an 1 1/2" thick. That and the installation board only has an R value of 3.
What do you think?
JuanMoore said:Sounds fine to me. A lot of people here use just a 2x without any insulation at all (~1.5 R value?). I haven't heard any complaints of major inefficiency issues, and what you're describing would have 2-3 times the R value. I'm no expert, but I'd think making it airtight is just as if not more important than the R value of the collar.
If you really wanted to you could use some aluminum foil. It would help reduce radiant heat transfer, and might help a little. You could staple it to the poplar and/or plywood, or tape it to the foam before assembly.
OHIOSTEVE said:Rather han welding or soldering the copper, couldn't you just use a 90 elbow at the corners? Or would that not look as nice?
The main reason for me was that 3" copper elbows are $30-$40 each, but I also think they wouldn't look near as nice.
Love this build, so you basically used the one outlet for cooling and the other for the rope lights, my question is what would the diagram be for just the cooling outlet and no heating or rope lights? I have searched for an answer but came up empty...could i just use the other templates minus the heating wires?
I may name mine Julius Keezer. I don't brew on a Brutus, so it would be safe
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