I stumbled across this on a local auction site and just won it with the highest bid. So I need to pick it up, get it all cleaned up and into service.
I figure I did pretty well at $200 into it so far after auction fees and tax but it needs lots of cleaning. I think I will do the shotgun approach and replace all the lines with new ones and replace the plastic taps with metal ones like the center one for a start. There is a home brew supply shop a couple miles from my house that sells bulk line.
I have a bunch of bar keeper's friend to get it all polished up. She is dirty but should clean up well. I also need to make a new handle for the sliding door on top which is shown partially open in the pics. I will probably make something out of oak I am thinking and maybe replace the front door handle as well with a matching one.
One thing I am not sure about is what are the two small cylinders in the back of the fridge? Any ideas? There are two lines one going in and one coming out of each of them. I think they are for pop but I haven't ever seen a mini keg that small. I think it might be part of an optional kit that the manufacturer had.
Initially I think I will set it up a D Coupler and do a keg of commercial beer. I have some contacts that might be able to hook me up with kegs on the cheap. When I say commercial beer it will be the local small breweries nothing like your big Bud, Miller or such. Maybe next spring I will look into getting some cornie kegs and start up a run of home brew. If those are soda tanks in the back I might keep one for Root Beer using it only for that and have two taps for Home Brew beer. From what I have read from Beverage-Air's web site this unit should hold 3-4 cornies pretty easily.
Thanks for any help with this project.
I figure I did pretty well at $200 into it so far after auction fees and tax but it needs lots of cleaning. I think I will do the shotgun approach and replace all the lines with new ones and replace the plastic taps with metal ones like the center one for a start. There is a home brew supply shop a couple miles from my house that sells bulk line.
I have a bunch of bar keeper's friend to get it all polished up. She is dirty but should clean up well. I also need to make a new handle for the sliding door on top which is shown partially open in the pics. I will probably make something out of oak I am thinking and maybe replace the front door handle as well with a matching one.
One thing I am not sure about is what are the two small cylinders in the back of the fridge? Any ideas? There are two lines one going in and one coming out of each of them. I think they are for pop but I haven't ever seen a mini keg that small. I think it might be part of an optional kit that the manufacturer had.
Initially I think I will set it up a D Coupler and do a keg of commercial beer. I have some contacts that might be able to hook me up with kegs on the cheap. When I say commercial beer it will be the local small breweries nothing like your big Bud, Miller or such. Maybe next spring I will look into getting some cornie kegs and start up a run of home brew. If those are soda tanks in the back I might keep one for Root Beer using it only for that and have two taps for Home Brew beer. From what I have read from Beverage-Air's web site this unit should hold 3-4 cornies pretty easily.
Thanks for any help with this project.