Work in Progress!

Flyangler posted a great source for Perlicks- so I bought a couple and finally made my kegerator look nice, instead of using picnic taps. Well, with some modifications, I put three kegs in the apartment sized fridge but only had order two faucets and drip trays. So, I got online and ordered another faucet set up and drip tray. It's not finished, but here is the work so far:



The black area above the taps is chalkboard paint, so I can write the beers over the taps.

A few messes and a few minor incidences slowed the work, so it took several hours, but I'm happy with it so far!

Random question: Is that brush on or spray on chalkboard paint?

Looks good by the way.

Spray- on chalkboard paint. I'm supposed to let it sit 24 hours, then chalk it up and erase it before using.

Is an apartment size fridge the same thing as a dorm size fridge? Like the size of the Sanyo everyone uses?

No, this fridge is about 5 feet tall and about 3/4 the size of a regular fridge.

Looks great! Care to repost the Perlick link (if the source is still available)?

Looks Good!!

bsay said:

Looks great! Care to repost the Perlick link (if the source is still available)?

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Sure! I bought two (now three!) of these: PERLICK FORWARD SEAL FAUCET WITH SHANK @ Williams Brewing

It's by far the best price I've seen for the faucet, shank, parts, and tap handle. I got the drip trays from them, too.

Thanks. I'll have to pick me up some of those.

So, that fridge, how many kegs can it hold?

It holds three, with the co2 tanks outside, or two with a co2 tank inside.

Looks nice Yoops.

Love it... I'm new here and your creativity is giving me an "oh face" :rockin:

I'm definately going to have to start kegging next year. Stuff like this just makes me too jealous.

Congrats!!! Looks good

Hooray for Yooper! Looks good- have a draft for for me !

Now you got to work on your brew-haus!

Nice! I really need to get some Perlick taps... I came back from break and I swear I nearly snapped off one of my faucets, I even had to switch back to the small black tap handles so I was getting better (good) leverage.

Good call, looks great!

khuygie88 said:

Nice! I really need to get some Perlick taps... I came back from break and I swear I nearly snapped off one of my faucets, I even had to switch back to the small black tap handles so I was getting better (good) leverage.

Good call, looks great!

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I get frustrated with my standard faucets too, but I've noticed that if I pull on the handle and also push on the front, it takes much less force.

Looks like the 14 cuft that I re-converted into a fermentation cabinet (but much, much less rust).