13-tap Keezer

The 13th tap was somewhat a mistake. Got a little crazy with the hole-saw & drilled one too many. It has led to homemade root beer, though, so not all bad.

Started with a 26 cu ft freezer off CL. Lots of mistakes. Lots of learning. Wish I could've documented the build like so many do here, but I didn't have the means until recently.

All-in-all, something I am proud of.

That's a Monster of a keezer! Nice work.

Love your use of White labs Vials (at least that's what those handles looked like to me).

I don't know what I'd do with 13 taps.. probably nothing at all good would come from it!

Yes, White Labs vials with some grains in them.

Brewing 3.5g batches mainly now, so easier to fill/rotate.

Nice build. Course the question is......do they all have beer flowing through them?

That's a thing of beauty!

It also screams "Ain't no kiddies livin' here right now!"

Cheers!

wow! I am in awe sir, a work of art

Great work, but there's no way I could ever fill that many kegs, even with scaled down recipes. 4 different serving kegs is the most I've ever filled.

I gotta ask - how'd you attach the WL vials as tap handles? I've seen that before and thought that was a neat idea, but I've never seen how it was done.

Nice work, BTW. Good looking keezer you built there.

Looks like he drilled holes in the vial caps and nutted them to the threaded tap posts...

Cheers!

That much I gathered. Wondering the specifics. Is there a thread on HBT for that?

EDIT: i.e. thread pitch, specific hardware...

Seriously, how can you ever keep even half of them on tap constantly?

Is there some brewtopian town/city I'm missing out on where everybody brews all day?

Small batch brewing.....

Have 9 tapped right now (1 root beer). I've brewed much less this year than previous, so I expect to keep most full/rotating.

Used SS locking nuts for the handles (will get the exact dimensions later).

I like beer.

Looks great! I wish I had room in my house for something that size.

Tiber_Brew said:

That much I gathered. Wondering the specifics. Is there a thread on HBT for that?

EDIT: i.e. thread pitch, specific hardware...

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There was a thread several years ago, and that's what I used for my tap handles before making some nice wood ones. What I did was drill a hole in the cap, and then epoxy a nut to the inside of the cap. I also put a small piece of clear packing tape in the vial to hold the grains in so that I could tighten the cap onto the faucet, and then thread the vial onto the cap. That also made switching them out easier. The faucet threads are 3/8" coarse thread (16 tpi).

JuanMoore said:

There was a thread several years ago, and that's what I used for my tap handles before making some nice wood ones. What I did was drill a hole in the cap, and then epoxy a nut to the inside of the cap. I also put a small piece of clear packing tape in the vial to hold the grains in so that I could tighten the cap onto the faucet, and then thread the vial onto the cap. That also made switching them out easier. The faucet threads are 3/8" coarse thread (16 tpi).

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Cool, thanks!

How was the collar made! Is that wainscotting just glued on. I might be able to sell this idea to the wife! Only 4 taps! I wish to remain married!

DocDave

OK - So JuanMoore is correct. 3/8" 16 tpi. What I did was drill a hole in the cap. Place cap over bolt for tap handle on faucet. 3/8" 16 tpi lock nut to tighten the cap to the tap handle bolt. I then added the grain, etc. to the vials & tightened those onto the faucets before tightening faucets to shanks. I like the idea of using tape, but I didn't do that on this initial approach.

The collar is 1x4 red oak stained with minwax polyshade "golden pecan." Then there is a layer of insulation (R5) foam & a layer of 1/4x4 red oak behind that. The panels are wainscot that I framed with some trim. I stained them the same color & used adhesive to apply on 3 out of the 4 sides.

Black paint is chalkboard paint. Lots of coats. Stuff is great, but every where I read indicated that one must use lots of layers/coats in order for it to work properly. I think I used ~ 3-4 coats.

2DogsBrewing said:

I like beer.

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Hey, me too! Seriously -- amazing build, kudos to you. :rockin:

Any ideas for drip tray placement? Something I struggled with but have not come up with any thing that I want to implement yet.

wow!!! nice keezer. i'm about to take over my 10 cf chest freezer currently being used as a "pizza and ice cream freezer" to replace my 3-tap kegerator. most i could use is 6 kegs with it. 13?!?

13 was a bit more than i wanted. the deal on this on CL was quite nice, though. and it was nearly brand new.

This is wonderful sir. I appreciate your will.

That is amazing craftsmanship. Not to mention some busy brewing. Way to go...