Show us your Kegerator

Just to clarify, you can safely transport gas bottles on their side. Just protect that valve!

Just wondering about using CO2 tank on it's side, could the liquid get past the regulator then expand in the gas line causing it to fail?

ancientmariner52 said:

Compressed gas bottles should always be stored and used upright and secured. The brass valves are rather brittle. Break a valve, and your bottle becomes a short-range ballistic missile.

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It starts at post 6812

I plan on adding a couple more taps and drip tray soon.

EdWort said:

Here ya go. First shot is with my $3 Lowes table legs which some folks thought looked like a Doc Johnson product.

I then got my custom made handles on there. There is a guy in San Antonio who makes these. He'll burn in any inscription you wish.

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Nice setup!! I am going to upgrade to perlick taps someday.

Update!! Finally got it finished and serving ice cold beers.

Finally got mine done!!!

Nice! The surface must’ve cost you a pretty penny though...

Ok it’s a mess
But it keeps me busy
6 taps
Room for 8 kegs, co2 and to cold crash my 6 gallon Frmentor

What is the benefit, other than space, of having the CO2 bottle outside of Kegerator versus inside?

accurate pressure readings...
I keep mine inside, I have plenty of space, but the pressure reading on a chilled tank is different - that and my regulator gauges are beginning to rust...

I bought this fridge off my local radio swap shop for $40. Holds 5 kegs.

I don't think I've posted mine in here before (or I totally forgot, totally possible!), but, me and SWMBO just bought a house and are moving in next weekend, aaaaannnndd......


I've been told I can build a full bar in the dining room!

That, in combination with my new brewspace in the basement, means I'm thinking I'll set up a keezer or kegerator in the basement, and run lines up through the floor/wall to the bar!

I've been doing a lot of reading up on this, but does anyone have good, comprehensive source of info on doing this?

Gljim1800 said:

Finished this a couple weeks ago. I keep building things around an unfinished basement so now working on that.

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Wow.... Just wow. Between this and the shuffleboard... I want your skills and space to work! Well done! Love the led lighting.

Julian Høstan Urrea said:

Wow.... Just wow. Between this and the shuffleboard... I want your skills and space to work! Well done! Love the led lighting.

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Shuffleboard? Did I miss that pic?

LoneTreeFarms said:

Shuffleboard? Did I miss that pic?

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It's a couple of post further down

-TC

Re:find said:

-TC

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Nice!!

Re:find said:

-TC

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Individual gas dialing on each keg, very nice!

Here is my pallet wood kegerator deployed at a couple of weddings we did the beer for.





And some build pics... 2 gas controls for carbing and pushing at the same time.

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-TC

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Could you elaborate on how you connected individual gauges for each line, and what make/model you're using?

Looks like the OP used a pair of these 6-gang Taprite secondaries.
Sweet...

Cheers!

Mine is a very common Danby conversion. With a few higher end features. I'm sure most of you have seen hundreds of these.

TNJake said:

Mine is a very common Danby conversion. With a few higher end features. I'm sure most of you have seen hundreds of these.

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Front view Danby

Custom honeycomb drip tray

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Custom honeycomb drip tray

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Traded up for digital thermostat

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Is that 33'F serving temp!? That's a cold beer

awoitte said:

Is that 33'F serving temp!? That's a cold beer

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Cold crashing I might have tried a glass at that point though too.

My little guy. Perfect for apartment or condo living!

day_trippr said:

Looks like the OP used a pair of these 6-gang Taprite secondaries.
Sweet...

Cheers!

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Curious why he needs 12 regulators for 6 taps..

awoitte said:

Curious why he needs 12 regulators for 6 taps..

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Six kegs serving, up to six carbing? I dunno, just guessing.

awoitte said:

Curious why he needs 12 regulators for 6 taps..

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I'm also curious, also doesn't appear to be room for more than four kegs in that unit, maybe eight if kegs can fit on the top shelf

phreaky said:

Well, it's taken me long enough. My last post in this thread was almost 4 years ago. Here's the project coming to a completion.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forum/...illed-long-draw-system-its-got-it-all.654428/

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I LOVE your sign! This is fantastic!

Finally got the bar area finished up. Now to keep them filled, and get the rest of the basement done.

tll77 said:

I'm also curious, also doesn't appear to be room for more than four kegs in that unit, maybe eight if kegs can fit on the top shelf

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Yep, you guys are right. I can fit (6) kegs up top and (6) kegs on the bottom. The top area I use to carb and the bottom to serve. What you can't see are another (2) regulators for nitrogen - I do nitro cold brew coffee and nitrogen carb'd beers on occasion, too. I also chose to run the lines up the vertical runner you see in the back, making them almost invisible when it's emptied out.

Honestly? You (and I) don't need that many regulators. If I were to do it again, I'd have (2) for carbing and (2) for serving, then break those out to the (6) and (6) gas inlets. Though, I will say that being able to fine-tune each keg is super helpful.

Generally I run (4) taps for beer, (1) for cold brew coffee, and (1) for carbonated water.

For carbonated water, you're carbing and serving around 24psi, so one regulator dedicated to that is ideal.

-TC

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Honestly? You (and I) don't need that many regulators.

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For sure. I use three regs(two secondaries fed by a primary) with manifolds on each, so I can have different pressures for beers I want at different carb levels. Gets me eight gas lines in the kegerator, two for carbing, six for serving. I don't do nitro beers as often, but when I do I just put the tank in the kegerator with a jumper line for that keg, same for draft coffee.
Hey, how's the cascade on your coffee?

My Home Depot special, slightly tweaked.



Ripped out the cheap guts after one or two kegs and replaced with quality parts and properly sized and length lines. Also added a second tap and 3d printed tap handles.

tll77 said:

Hey, how's the cascade on your coffee?

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It's pretty great in the middle of summer. Right now I'm not too enticed by cold coffee in the morning...

I'm still dialing it all in, but I will say that you shouldn't try to do cold brew coffee on nitro + C02 mix, carbonated coffee tastes gross.

-TC

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carbonated coffee tastes gross.

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Without a doubt.

I actually work for a wholesale roaster and we have a draft coffee product line. We've had a couple customers jack it up with beer gas.

Danby fridge with 3 gallon keg and inter tap faucet.

justinv29 said:

Here's my nearly completed keezer bar build. I wanted the coffin style tap box but also wanted to be able to utilize the top as a bar area in addition to making it easier to access the inside of the freezer so I went with an offset coffin.

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This is a really cool design with the top taps off to the side. No drilling through the top and such and providing a nice useable bar seating area.