Keezer or Kegerator

[bits]

I have an opportunity to pick up a Danby 5.8 Cu ft kegerator for just about free. My reservations on this is it comes with a 2.5 gallon c02.. Most of what I researched on this website is people are using 5 gallon. I'm also a bit concerned about the regulator (being that I can't see specifics about it anywhere). My goal is to have eventually 3 kegs on tap - one being cold brew coffee (I know I will need a separate nitrogen lines/regulator etc) and the Danby only comes with one faucet - I will need to upgrade things.

Should I go with the "free" Danby or build a keezer? If I build the keezer it will be far more expensive and I will need to do some additional research (for example - I think I need to do an upright because I don't have much floor space for it - but I see most people are doing chest freezers so I need to find the right one).

help. suggestions. thoughts?

Thanks.

 

[Braufessor]

Wellllll...... free is free. You could always start with the kegerator and move toward the keezer/fridge setup . Maybe even have both eventually Then you could use one as a temperature controlled fermentation chamber - which is one of the most important pieces of brewing hardware.
Personally, I have a small chest freezer and an upright fridge. The freezer doubles as a fermentation chamber/lagering/serving setup. The fridge is behind my bar and I can fit 6 kegs in it. I just go with picnic taps on everything. Did the tap handles etc. for many years and got sick of cleaning them. Picnic taps are just so easy.

 

[tgmartin000]

Go with the free, see how you like it, then you can upgrade later if you decide you need something better.

 

[bigwheell]

Free is good! If you don't like it, you can convert it to a ferm chamber at a later date and go with the keezer build.