Show us your bar!!!!!

[HomeWetBar]

The original "HomeWetBar" I built in 2001 at the ripe old age of 21. Oak panels, fish tank in the front, refrigerator, liquor cabinet, and glass rack in the back. Here are the plans if you want to build one yourself or incorporate parts into your own design: http://www.homewetbar.com/blog/free-diy-home-bar-plans/

 

[HomeWetBar]

My new bar I built a couple years ago. Draft beer system, glass rack, wine refrigerator, liquor cabinet. Made of maple with a granite top. (sorry never wrote plans to this one)

 

[rvklein]

Such stunning woodwork! Did you build it yourself or hire a carpenter?

I called him a carpenter and he was insulted

 

[abeasst]

My new bar I built a couple years ago. Draft beer system, glass rack, wine refrigerator, liquor cabinet. Made of maple with a granite top. (sorry never wrote plans to this one)

Gorgeous. That's exactly the kind of bar I hope to build in our next house.

 

[HomeWetBar]

I called him a carpenter and he was insulted

Haha! Your bar is sure beautiful I can see why he would take offense, maybe "artist" is a better title!

 

[HomeWetBar]

Gorgeous. That's exactly the kind of bar I hope to build in our next house.

Thank you!

 

[nudarkshadowl]

My bar?! I guess more of a brew room lol.

First pour

 

[hungry4hops]

What's in the safe? I'm hoping you say really good beer! Lol

 

[nudarkshadowl]

Haha, my other hobby is target shooting. It would have to be a really really rare and expensive beer for me to lock it up and not drink it lol.

 

[HomeWetBar]

Haha, my other hobby is target shooting. It would have to be a really really rare and expensive beer for me to lock it up and not drink it lol.

Haha! Pretty sharp looking kegerator. Did you build or buy it?

 

[cfrazier77]

Haha, my other hobby is target shooting. It would have to be a really really rare and expensive beer for me to lock it up and not drink it lol.

I enjoy target shooting as well. What are you into, bench rest, bulls eye, combat pistol?

 

[jcorn]

My Kentucky Wildcat bar the girlfriends dad built me

 

[nudarkshadowl]

I enjoy target shooting as well. What are you into, bench rest, bulls eye, combat pistol?

Bench rest mainly, but I mostly enjoy going out to the desert and blowing stuff up with tanerite, lol. My main rifle is an aac sps 700 that I have done a bunch of work to. AICS chasis, night force scope, timney 510 trigger, srt arms shadow XL Ti can. Absolutely love the rifle!

 

[cfrazier77]

Bench rest mainly, but I mostly enjoy going out to the desert and blowing stuff up with tanerite, lol. My main rifle is an aac sps 700 that I have done a bunch of work to. AICS chasis, night force scope, timney 510 trigger, srt arms shadow XL Ti can. Absolutely love the rifle!

My favorite is my Savage 12 F/TR in 308. If I do my job it makes pretty bug holes at 200 yards. It is completely stock.

 

[RoxtonBrewing]

my kentucky wildcat bar the girlfriends dad built me

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[jcorn]

Those cats looked great in the Bahamas! Ready for football season too

 

[mytommygundont]

This is the bar project I've been working on. I still have to wire the fans, lights and temperature controller. As well as install a stainless steel door. There's never enough time.

 

[Ki-ri-n]

Just moved 2 months ago and finally got the basement mostly set up

 

[insp79]

Here is my new bar. Still working on it.

 

[jayway]

Far from done but here's mine after a lot of sanding and polishing. Pour in place concrete.

 

[ice_nyne]

Hey everyone, after a lot of lurking and reading I decided to post my work in progress. I have a 7cu ft Magic Chef I am turning into a keezer. Instead of mounting faucets on the collar, I plan to send lines out the back and through the wall into an adjoining game room, similar to what martianpc did.






Looks like I will need to make a mount plate for the hinge to get it to sit properly on the collar.


Primer drying and near ready for paint:


I plan to run a pair of 2" pipes from the back of the collar into the wall, one to feed the lines, the other for the computer fan. Is there a difference in cooling retention performance between using ABS vs PVC?

 

[Stealthcruiser]

Me thinks you're going to go along with the concept of using some copper tubing in the duct you route your lines through, like many do when they do a "coffin" build and the like.
The copper tubing helps as a "thermal mass" of sorts, and helps conduct the cool, ( fan assisted), to the area at the back of the taps, and to help keep the lines chilled to help avoid the dreaded "foamy pour".

How long you been "lurkin' " ?

You should have seen this in some of the builds by now.

Get busy lookin', or we'll have to rescind your "Lurker Fact Gatherer " badge.........

 

[ice_nyne]

Not planning on copper tubing. Going to mount the coffin top on the wall with faucets coming out on the other side of the wall where I am building a bar. Plan to insulate the f*** out of the keezer and faucet box, and put feed and return pipes between the two like Martianpc did here:

Total length between the boxes will be just over 4 feet.

 

[ParanoidAndroid]

Here is my new bar. Still working on it.

Love the old barn tin!

I have some tin from the 1950s I am saving for a tin roof over my bar. Its not as rusted as that as it still has a lot of the galvanized coating on it. I did a pallet wall and needed another type of wall beside it. I might steal your idea on the tin wall if I can find some more of it.

BTW, was yours already that rust color, or did you do the rust on your own? Ive heard of people buying new or fairly new tin and doing their own oxidation.

 

[pat_carnig]

many many impressive bar builds here. subbed for future reference ;-).

 

[shibby38]

Here's my bar. I converted my dining room that we never use (we have a large dinette in our kitchen).

Beer is kept in a fridge in the basement. A trunk line runs up to the first floor taps which is kept cool through a recirculating pump and reservoir in the fridge.

Dartboard with cork surround:

Finished with the drip tray below the faucets:

 

[RocketBrewer]

Very Nice work!

 

[Safa]

Absolutely beautiful


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[Butchhe]

Looks amazing! Did you build the bar?

 

[shibby38]

Looks amazing! Did you build the bar?

Yep. My wife helped design and pick out the wood/stains. It's all custom built.

 

[Butchhe]

Yep. My wife helped design and pick out the wood/stains. It's all custom built.

Bravo to the both of you.

 

[mtnagel]

That's awesome!

 

[insp79]

Love the old barn tin!

I have some tin from the 1950s I am saving for a tin roof over my bar. Its not as rusted as that as it still has a lot of the galvanized coating on it. I did a pallet wall and needed another type of wall beside it. I might steal your idea on the tin wall if I can find some more of it.

BTW, was yours already that rust color, or did you do the rust on your own? Ive heard of people buying new or fairly new tin and doing their own oxidation.

The tin, red wood, and the beam, in this bar, came from a dairy barn in Oklahoma that was being dismantled.
The bar counter was cut from a Cherry Bark Oak tree that had died in Texarkana, TX.

 

[Spellman]

shibby38, obviously I love the bar setup, but I absolutely love the idea of the cork surrounding the dart board! The finishes you chose are awesome and different and unique. The ledge next to the dart board is clutch! All I would need is a cot to sleep on and a urinal, I would never leave that room!

 

[HomeWetBar]

Love the reclaimed wood insp79!!

Stunning bar shibby38, really impressive!

 

[AndytheBeave]

that's a beauty

 

[VegasJ]

Just bought this place in June. As the story goes, the old owner & his wife used to have polka dances and quite the parties down here. Up to 100 people at times.

I plan to rebuild it & refinish the entire basement to get rid of the wood paneling (when time allows & when I can come up with a design I like). I want to have my Keezer built into the bar somehow yet accessible, but until then, she works!

 

[cfrazier77]

If it was mine I would keep it the way it is. It reminds me of my grandparents' place.

 

[nastybrew]

Finally finished mine

 

[nastybrew]