So after about 3 weeks of off and on work I finished my Keezer build. A huge thank you to many great posters and builds here on HBT. My build is combination of ideas from many different builds. A special thank you to GraintoGlass as most of my ideas were "borrowed" from his build.
I started this project with a post debating on buying a dual tap kegerator versus building my own. That thought quickly changed to I might as well built a 4 tap keezer and skip the intermediate mini-fridge kegerator step.
Onto the pictures!
I found a good deal on new/refurbished freezers locally on ebay. This 7.1 CuFt Igloo was $169 and I picked it up locally
I decided I wanted the ability to easily move this around in my mostly unfinished basement so I built a caster frame for the freezer.
Freezer on base with casters
I then built a collar for the base and painted it black to match the freezer.
Next up was to build the collar. I used a two piece design with 2x6 for the inside and 1x8 for the outside. The way it's built the inner collar sits on the freezer and the outer collar secures it to the freezer frame. I did lay a bead a silicone down but it's mostly secured by the weight of the wood/equipment on the collar.
The interior insulation is 1" EPS with a few layers of foil tape.
I have a Taprite dual primary and a taprite 3 way secondary.
Currently there are 4 kegs inside, 2 5gl ball lock cornies, 1 2.5gl(caribou slobber) and 1 3gl(flavored sparkling water). Next up is to step up my brewing to fill those 2 5gl kegs.
The faucets are 3 Perlick 630s and 1 650s. I'm really happy how this came out and was a relatively easy project. If any new keezer builders have any questions feel free to ask!
I started this project with a post debating on buying a dual tap kegerator versus building my own. That thought quickly changed to I might as well built a 4 tap keezer and skip the intermediate mini-fridge kegerator step.
Onto the pictures!
I found a good deal on new/refurbished freezers locally on ebay. This 7.1 CuFt Igloo was $169 and I picked it up locally
I decided I wanted the ability to easily move this around in my mostly unfinished basement so I built a caster frame for the freezer.
Freezer on base with casters
I then built a collar for the base and painted it black to match the freezer.
Next up was to build the collar. I used a two piece design with 2x6 for the inside and 1x8 for the outside. The way it's built the inner collar sits on the freezer and the outer collar secures it to the freezer frame. I did lay a bead a silicone down but it's mostly secured by the weight of the wood/equipment on the collar.
The interior insulation is 1" EPS with a few layers of foil tape.
I have a Taprite dual primary and a taprite 3 way secondary.
Currently there are 4 kegs inside, 2 5gl ball lock cornies, 1 2.5gl(caribou slobber) and 1 3gl(flavored sparkling water). Next up is to step up my brewing to fill those 2 5gl kegs.
The faucets are 3 Perlick 630s and 1 650s. I'm really happy how this came out and was a relatively easy project. If any new keezer builders have any questions feel free to ask!