I'm in the very early planning stages for building an outdoor bar to be donated for my kids school fundraising auction. A small group of us are putting together a package, and we've already got a pair of these keg stools donated:
http://www.mattstools.com/product_info.php/the-keg-stool-kit-p-110000011
an outdoor swing being built by another parent, and a margarita machine being donated.
The centerpiece though is the bar that I'm building. I've already got a couple of granite slab remnants that I will use for the countertops (countertop height in the back with a bar height shelf in front). I want to build a kegerator into it, but have some questions I couldn't find answers to searching the site.
1 - This is most likely going to be purchased by somebody who has kids (it is a school auction). I plan on having the tap tower on top of the bar, what is the best way of locking this to prevent kids from sneaking a cold one when the parents are not home? Locking fridge with a disconnect inside?
2 - in building the two level bar, would it be better to have the tower on the bar height front, or the counter height rear?
3 - I've seen lots of instructions for building the kegerator and mounting the tower to the top of the fridge. I'm assuming it's as simple as running longer lines if I'm mounting the tower on the bar instead? Obviously the lines would need to be insulated.
4 - Should I plan to have two mini-fridges in the setup, one for the kegs and one for other cold drinks?
5 - Would you recommend going with a dual-corny keg system over a standard keg system? I haven't seen any microfridges that fit a full keg, and I'm thinking that for a home system having the smaller kegs would be better to prevent beer from sitting for a long time?
6 - Are there any recommendations for hardware for outside? Not knowing who this will be bought by I have no idea if it will be under cover.
Thanks, and I'm sure I'll have many more questions as the project progresses.
-Steve
http://www.mattstools.com/product_info.php/the-keg-stool-kit-p-110000011
an outdoor swing being built by another parent, and a margarita machine being donated.
The centerpiece though is the bar that I'm building. I've already got a couple of granite slab remnants that I will use for the countertops (countertop height in the back with a bar height shelf in front). I want to build a kegerator into it, but have some questions I couldn't find answers to searching the site.
1 - This is most likely going to be purchased by somebody who has kids (it is a school auction). I plan on having the tap tower on top of the bar, what is the best way of locking this to prevent kids from sneaking a cold one when the parents are not home? Locking fridge with a disconnect inside?
2 - in building the two level bar, would it be better to have the tower on the bar height front, or the counter height rear?
3 - I've seen lots of instructions for building the kegerator and mounting the tower to the top of the fridge. I'm assuming it's as simple as running longer lines if I'm mounting the tower on the bar instead? Obviously the lines would need to be insulated.
4 - Should I plan to have two mini-fridges in the setup, one for the kegs and one for other cold drinks?
5 - Would you recommend going with a dual-corny keg system over a standard keg system? I haven't seen any microfridges that fit a full keg, and I'm thinking that for a home system having the smaller kegs would be better to prevent beer from sitting for a long time?
6 - Are there any recommendations for hardware for outside? Not knowing who this will be bought by I have no idea if it will be under cover.
Thanks, and I'm sure I'll have many more questions as the project progresses.
-Steve
