Show us your bar!!!!!

[mpf82]

I want to thank both of you for keeping me up last night researching plans into building my own bar. I'm house hunting for the first time and would love to set up something like the both of you have.

I figured since I got my inspiration from this forum, i should share with everybody. Good luck on the hunt and eventual bar build!

 

[Scout]

A friend of mine was selling his bar, so I bought it.






I have a fourth chair for the setup. The middle fridge doesn't get cold, so I have to figure that out. I 'd like to just replace all three with one big unit so I can fit a sanke and some corneys. Regardless, for $100, I'm happy with it.

 

[zpack]

A friend of mine was selling his bar, so I bought it.


I have a fourth chair for the setup. The middle fridge doesn't get cold, so I have to figure that out. I 'd like to just replace all three with one big unit so I can fit a sanke and some corneys. Regardless, for $100, I'm happy with it.

just an fyi your pics aren't showing, photobucket doesn't allow photo hosting anymore.

 

[ISUBirds]

Opposite the bar is a home theater area with couches and a projector. I don't have any photos of that area though. To the right of the bar on the other side of the wall is brewery storage. I would love to go all electric one day and brew right there and put in a window to the brewery....But that's for another day.

 

[zpack]

Here is my mostly finished bar. Progress pics are on the previous page. I don't know how to change that picture orientation my apologies

 

[Scout]

just an fyi your pics aren't showing, photobucket doesn't allow photo hosting anymore.

Yeah I see that now. I have a Flickr account, maybe that will work.

https://flic.kr/p/Yb4fXg

https://flic.kr/p/XUYq2A

https://flic.kr/p/WUm3zj

 

[jEld]

Here's my pride and joy! Chest freezer is hidden behind the wall in the furnace room. 100% DIY.

 

[milldoggy]

Here's my pride and joy! Chest freezer is hidden behind the wall in the furnace room. 100% DIY.

Think I used that same dry stack on my fireplace

 

[SCfb75]

Its mostly finished just need to get doors for the stereo cabinet above the fridge. Progress slowed once the kegerator was finished, too busy keeping taps full and emptying keg.

 

[Horseflesh]

I went for a sci-fi look for my bar. I am a grown man and this seemed entirely reasonable. Don't judge me.

The room has two sides. One is full of pinball machines and other games, complete with blacklight carpet. The other is an open space with a bar, and a video projector with 135" screen. We wheel in chairs as needed for theater seating. (The open area can also be used for party guests milling about, Xbox Kinect games, yoga, etc.)

The beer taps, alas, are downstairs in the garage. It is a nice room but there just isn't room for everything. At least all the bottles of hooch fit on the shelves behind the bar.

Having my own barcade provides inner peace. I only wish it was bigger so I could have more games, and more beer.

Here's a shot before the room was full, gives you a better idea of what the bar area is like. The bar itself was built by our contractor based on our sketches. I built in LED lighting including animated front panels and variable-color infinity mirrors as the bar tops.

 

[Genuine]

I've been absent for a few years, but I finally finished my bar!

That looks amazing! Definitely huge inspiration for mine

 

[SirSpectre]

Here is my bar that I remodeled this year. Before and after! Only 2 taps.

 

[zzziippyyy]

Hi All! I just found this forum and thread. Mine is a work in progress. I will be adding a nitro and co2 tap ,2 taps thru the wall to a keezer on the other side of the wall. The wall is only 2 inch's thick where the shelves are built in, so I plan on mounting my faucets right thru the wall to a keezer placed right up against the other side of the wall. Location will be third shelf up on the wall. The wall being used is the same one where the siding glass door is. The bar top is 12 coats of tung oil, its a solid slab of hemlock 3 inches thick. I don't like paint or stains so if you look around all my wood is au natural. This is a summer place only. Any suggestions or comments welcome!

 

[deprecated]

This is a summer place only. Any suggestions or comments welcome!

Great work! I'm jealous. Only thing I can suggest is a HBT BBQ this summer at your place. July is good for me. We just need an address.

 

[turkeylord]

WOW there are some beautiful bars in here! I have a looooong way to go.

Here's a pic of my decidedly unfinished basement bar.

 

[FloppyKnockers]

I'll play. I just finished mine up. There's a more detailed thread here, but here's the final product.

 

[kingmatt]

Technically not a 'bar' but this is where I fill my glass:

 

[kingmatt]

Here's my pride and joy! Chest freezer is hidden behind the wall in the furnace room. 100% DIY.

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That is really nice! What software do you use to track your kegs on the flatscreen?

 

[gromitdj]

That is really nice! What software do you use to track your kegs on the flatscreen?

Looks like taplist.io

 

[italarican]

We bought our first home earlier this year with a long, open basement that was screaming for a bar. We've been working on the front bar this year and are almost done. Next year will install the tap handles and hope to build the back bar and finish overall design.

 

[italarican]

Some progress shots:

 

[Genuine]

We bought our first home earlier this year with a long, open basement that was screaming for a bar. We've been working on the front bar this year and are almost done. Next year will install the tap handles and hope to build the back bar and finish overall design.

I noticed all the little details that went into it and it's amazing! Great job!

 

[italarican]

I noticed all the little details that went into it and it's amazing! Great job!

Thanks! This has been our first real DIY project but was planned for months.

 

[Zooksta]

Here's my simple little bar, put it in few years ago.

 

[wyowolf]

Some nice setups here.

Here are a couple of pics of mine. I didn't start serious home-brewing until after I had finished the basement and bar, otherwise I'd have put taps in. I'm still pondering how I might retrofit some in.

A couple of pics of the bar, and a couple of the rest of the main theater area. There's now a poker table along the back well left of the fireplace:

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is that one big area? or did you sep the bar/theater... im in the same dilemma.. my bar area i have now is about 16 x 16 and the planned theater is 16 by 20 or so... its all unfinished at the moment... going back and forth between dividing them up or making it an open area...

 

[rdavidw]

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[rdavidw]

is that one big area? or did you sep the bar/theater... im in the same dilemma.. my bar area i have now is about 16 x 16 and the planned theater is 16 by 20 or so... its all unfinished at the moment... going back and forth between dividing them up or making it an open area...

I went with putting my bar on the opposite side of my theater in one big room. My high end 5.1 sound system, turn table and 84" TV are in my living room with the kitchen behind it. I like the acoustics of the 20' ceilings in the family room better then the basement. My basement has a 70" TV with a decent 7.1 sound system. The nice thing about having the bar in the back is that when entertaining, you can swivel the bar stools around for extra seating. It also makes speaker placement easier and its less distracting than having the bar to a side of the screen.

I am a bit of a nerd for movies and music. A big advantage of having your bar in a separate room with a dedicated AV room is that if you are entertaining the theater experience is less distracting. Although I don't always like my guest, I have never tried to lock myself in a separate undisturbed theater room. ; ). If I am enjoying the home theater experience alone or with just my wife and kids then the empty bar behind us is not a distraction. My setup is in the post above and here: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forum/threads/new-home-basement-bar.663517/

Cheers

 

[rdavidw]

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[NightOwlBrewing]

My bar in progress. Getting close to the first pour.

 

[duder1982]

Here is a picture of mine in progress, this will be in my theater room in the basement.

 

[Mic Carp]

Recycled pallets and other scrap wood.
I’m a renter so the whole thing can be disassembled if/when i move. Its my mexican mardi gras bar

 

[Tobor_8thMan]

Here ya go... sip a few pints at the bar. See the brewery thru the glass window. Talk beer. Enjoy life. Life is good!

 

[max384]

Enjoying a beer

 

[cyberbackpacker]

Looks great @max384 ... I think just adding some color to the other walls would really to help to tie it together and finish it off!

 

[GnenieGone]

Looks great @max384 ... I think just adding some color to the other walls would really to help to tie it together and finish it off!

Color is nice @max384, but I'm think a full 8 labeled HB Tap List and an address! [emoji3]

 

[6Tap]

Enjoying a beer

Great job!

 

[max384]

Thanks everyone!

The color is there to stay. The wall color is matched to the grout color between the bricks. What we do need to do is hang up some pictures to break up the large open wall space.

And, sadly, all my taps are empty at the moment. My keezer died. However, in happier news, the next step of the project will be to build a walk-in cooler on the other side of the wall that will house the kegs. So hopefully I'll have the taplist full in a couple months.

 

[Tobor_8thMan]

To max384. Very nice! If I didn't know better I'd have thought it was a professional bar.

 

[6th Street Brewer]

Max, puts mine to shame. Looks great!

 

[Zooksta]

An update to my bar; put in new flooring, cabinets, and Spike CF15 unitank.