Sometimes you stumble onto something you never thought would be possible. I was building a couple of keezers for both dispensing and fermenting since I live in the tropical climate of Miami Beach, I wanted a more economical solution than keeping an entire garage at 65F for fermenting. That's when I get a call from my A/C guy who knows I brew beer asking if I would be interested in some dispensing equipment FREE. A local restaurant was getting rid of it because they were going with another system... then this happened:
That's right. A six tap glycol system. In my garage.
Here's where I was when I got the call, making two standard keezers
They are almost done, just need to finish up insulating the collars and attaching a little extra bracing. The temp controller does a great job even without the insulation but I suspect it will get a lot better once fully complete.
However, it's on the inside where things are different. Here's a picture of the "test keg" (crappy Mich Ultra).
Now the cool stuff!
Glycol Unit:
Co2 and Nitrogen bottles with dual blend mixer so I can have stout and regular beers:
That goes into the regulators so I can force carb or just dispense. Here's a close up:
Pretty close to the ultimate keezer system I think and all because of a "right place/right time" and another reason being a regular at a bar is valuable. Install of this insanity would have been super expensive had it not been for the help of some friends!