Show us your Kegerator

[bendavanza]

Victorybrew:
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f35/sizing-your-chest-freezer-corny-kegs-75449/
sticky in this forum, very good resource.

 

[Ki-ri-n]

Just got my parts from Kegconnections

Not as impressive as others on here but I thought I'd post up anyways.....

 

[TwoHeadsBrewing]

Just got my parts from Kegconnections

Not as impressive as others on here but I thought I'd post up anyways.....

And...click free!

 

[Ki-ri-n]

Thanks TwoHeads!

 

[springer]

Just got my parts from Kegconnections

Not as impressive as others on here but I thought I'd post up anyways.....

I love the look of the old style fridges. And since you really don't open them a lot they aren't that bad on electric. I had and old GE late 50's that had turn style shelves when we bought the house and used it for bottled beer in the garage it died about 3 years ago and the new one maybe saves us 25-30 a years didn't see all that much in lower electric usage.But now with 3 kegerators going and a fermentation fridge the bill is up.


But some flames on her

 

[Ki-ri-n]

That's why I like this fridge. It's really not big enough but, I love the doomed top/doors with the old meat locker type handles. Plus it was free and still stays cool.

 

[alexdagrate]

Alright, I did this conversion last week with the 4.4 cu. ft. Frigidaire available at Lowes. It fits perfectly in our kitchen between the fridge and microwave and provides a nice place to hold fruit bowls....to bad those bowls are currently holding cookies! lol

is this the frigidaire that you used?

http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=61124-47224-FRC445GM&lpage=none

Lowe's site says it has a small freezer?

how'd you get around that?

 

[acencsu]

Here is my kegerator. I just finished it yesterday and the kit is from kegglebrewing.com. It's got 4 taps, which will soon have new tap heads whenever my brother brings me some (he owns a restaurant), and a four body regulator so I can keep them all at their optimum pressure. The fridge is a 2 or 3 year old frigidaire and the paint is blackboard spray paint from home depot. I've never posted here so I don't know if there's a minimum amount of posts before you can upload pictures but here's my attempt at least and maybe someone can quote it to show the picture. Also, sorry for the poor quality, the only camera I have is on my phone.

 

[arturo7]

Hey ace, nice rig!


Welcome to HBT.

 

[bionicbrew]

Here is my kegerator. I just finished it yesterday and the kit is from kegglebrewing.com. It's got 4 taps, which will soon have new tap heads whenever my brother brings me some (he owns a restaurant), and a four body regulator so I can keep them all at their optimum pressure. The fridge is a 2 or 3 year old frigidaire and the paint is blackboard spray paint from home depot. I've never posted here so I don't know if there's a minimum amount of posts before you can upload pictures but here's my attempt at least and maybe someone can quote it to show the picture. Also, sorry for the poor quality, the only camera I have is on my phone.

there you go.

 

[Tennessee]

Here is my kegerator. I just finished it yesterday and the kit is from kegglebrewing.com. It's got 4 taps, which will soon have new tap heads whenever my brother brings me some (he owns a restaurant), and a four body regulator so I can keep them all at their optimum pressure. The fridge is a 2 or 3 year old frigidaire and the paint is blackboard spray paint from home depot. I've never posted here so I don't know if there's a minimum amount of posts before you can upload pictures but here's my attempt at least and maybe someone can quote it to show the picture. Also, sorry for the poor quality, the only camera I have is on my phone.

awesome idea re: blackboard paint. I might have to try this.

 

[SowegaBrews]

awesome idea re: blackboard paint. I might have to try this.

I did mine this way. It's been tons of fun. Now have 4 taps and a bottle opener, but you get the idea.

 

[DanPoch]

Love this tap handle. Did you make it, or purchase is somewhere?

 

[BoiseJim]

Finally, after all my trials and tribulations, I can post my finished project. It's modest, but I'm the only one of my group of friends that has one.
Man, I'm gonna put on weight with this just on the other side of the kitchen!
Easily one of the most fun projects I've ever done!

 

[ThatGuyRyan]

I updated my kegerator and also made one for my friend. Mine is the 5 tap system and I still need to pull the wood back splash off and put another coat of poly on and remove stickers and clean the fridge. I just mounted it to check my hole placement. As for the panels mine is Cherry with a Oak plywood insert and the other is Oak with an Oak plywood insert. Both came out pretty well mine is not completely centered since I originally positioned my taps for a 4 tap system and now its a 5 tap but it works just fine.

 

[sethga]

Here's my Kegerator. I got this freezer for free, so I figured, I'd try to bend the middle shelf out of the way and if I broke it, no big deal. Bending worked, the position the shelf in is the natural straight route for those pipes so it worked out for me.

(larger pics here: http://www.ice8420.com/thumbnails.php?album=100)

It's my first, pieced together parts from Micromatic and voila, cold beer comes out. Temperature controller is a ranco.

Just started homebrew, with ciders. Right now I have to get the half-keg out of there so I can use it for cold crashing for a short while, then for dispensing later on

Here you can see how close the clearance is, I have to use low profile taps. Also you'll see the secondary regulators.

Drain

I had a problem with condensation on the top cooling area, and it dripping inside everywhere, so I made this little piece out of sheet metal and have had 0 problems since.

The front

This was when I was getting the temperatures dialed in.. I forget what my settings are but it maintains perfect 38F liquid temperature throughout.

 

[Baja_Brewer]

Here's my Kegerator. I got this freezer for free, so I figured, I'd try to bend the middle shelf out of the way and if I broke it, no big deal. Bending worked, the position the shelf in is the natural straight route for those pipes so it worked out for me.

(larger pics here: http://www.ice8420.com/thumbnails.php?album=100)

It's my first, pieced together parts from Micromatic and voila, cold beer comes out. Temperature controller is a ranco.

Just started homebrew, with ciders. Right now I have to get the half-keg out of there so I can use it for cold crashing for a short while, then for dispensing later on

Here you can see how close the clearance is, I have to use low profile taps. Also you'll see the secondary regulators.

Drain

I had a problem with condensation on the top cooling area, and it dripping inside everywhere, so I made this little piece out of sheet metal and have had 0 problems since.

The front

This was when I was getting the temperatures dialed in.. I forget what my settings are but it maintains perfect 38F liquid temperature throughout.

And the clickless version! (they'll appear when you hit 25 posts)

 

[Sky7]

I'll show some pics of the inside later, but here is my double tap keezer. Yes, I had to modify the tower for the second tap.

Restatement Brewing Co is the name of my homebrew that I make with another law student. I got the custom tap handle as Bass Custom, and I can't recommend them highly enough.

 

[bendavanza]

SethGA
You will find the condensation will diminish when you open the door less, I know at first we all like to open the door and fiddle with things until they are just right. That's a great solution to your problem, though.
-Ben

 

[redraider]

Sky7,

I love that tap handle! I might need to look into getting something similar. Also, as a law student myself, I appreciate the name of your brewery.

 

[Sky7]

Ha- I'm glad you like it. It's a great diversion from reading cases, isn't it??

 

[AJ_in_HD]

is this the frigidaire that you used?

http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=61124-47224-FRC445GM&lpage=none

Lowe's site says it has a small freezer?

how'd you get around that?

yep, that's the one. the freezer is nothing more than a shelf. There is a whole build thread dedicated to this fridge here. My build, along with many others are shown there. It's a tight fit, for two cornies, but doable as you have seen.

Cheers.

 

[sethga]

And the clickless version! (they'll appear when you hit 25 posts)

Thanks for that! I was wondering what the threshold was for inline images.

SethGA
You will find the condensation will diminish when you open the door less, I know at first we all like to open the door and fiddle with things until they are just right. That's a great solution to your problem, though.
-Ben

Hi Ben, actually the condensation would happen no matter what. I've had the kegerator for maybe 4 years now, I am really good about keeping the door closed. I think the problem was the top coil would get cold enough to juuuust frost over, then when the ranco killed the power, it would defrost. It made the top coil get surface rust and drip everywhere. Now, the top part either stays frosted up or drips into the cup, no problems

 

[alexdagrate]

Finally finished mine.

What model Magic Chef did you use? How many cubic feet is it?

 

[cardwookie]

 

[TwoHeadsBrewing]

Wow...I actually had to stop all movement because I needed my whole body to hate you with!

JK, nice setup...10 taps, all Perlicks, room enough for many kegs and a dead body.

 

[MultumInParvo]

Holy crap... Ten taps? That thing is HUGE!

It reminds me of the sad story of the Monstrator....

 

[Ki-ri-n]

Sweet Jesus, Mary & Joseph! It's the Baskin-Robins of Keezers!

 

[TheCapn22]

10 taps?! NICE!

 

[rrmiller]

Spinal Tap insists It'd be better if it went to 11.......:rockin:

 

[StunnedMonkey]

10 taps...and still room for a box of apples.

 

[Foamenter]

I know this is a bit premature, but it is kind of a photo of my (future) kegerator.

Turning this craigslist armoire,

into this super sexy B'armoire

by changing the entertainment center insert into a keg cooler/bar insert - a la sketchup

Done (almost)

see more here.

 

[IrregularPulse]

That is a think of beauty. You should get those hinges that allow the doors to swing open then tuck back into them selves or close back flat against the sides.

 

[Foamenter]

. . . You should get those hinges that allow the doors to swing open then tuck back into them selves or close back flat against the sides.

Yeah, I thought about getting hinges that allow the doors to lift off, cause it would be impossible to get the hinges/tracks that slide the doors into the cabinet.

The doors open further than the previous pic, here's one with the bar section doors open all the way, like they were for the party. It opens pretty far.

 

[Slinkymaster]

 

[Matthewprost]

I've been using the forum here for research for a while now and wanted to post here because this thread really advanced my hobby! I read all 100+ pages getting ideas on how to setup a kegerator and finally planned out mine with some extra cash I had. It's changed a little since then and I have some tweaking to do for sure. There's a nice little story about not being able to get the temperature below about 60°F AFTER I got the whole thing setup, but I'll save that for a troubleshooting thread.

Thanks for everyone who has shared their picture and posted in other threads as well!

So, here it is! (New Link)

https://sites.google.com/a/meiermedia.net/temporary-image-site/

Cheers!

 

[SevenFields]

Links do not work. Its says
"Use your Meiermedia.net account and password"

 

[Matthewprost]

BeerCigars-
Thanks, made a temporary site for them until I get enough posts to add them directly.

 

[scinerd3000]

how the hell do you keep all those filled? damn. That thing is sweet. Props

 

[jaja]

Well Sunday arvo we knocked up the new collar for the chest freezer that replaced my old one that died. Still second time around its a piece of piss though with lessons learnt from the first.

Basically 4 sides of 19mm wood with smaller also 19mm thick batons running along the top and bottom inside to give a better surface area to stick it down and for the fridge seals to sit. The middle then gets plugged with polystyrene to insulate and its easy to cut it and wedge it in nice and tight. Gas line feeds thru from outside and so to the temp probe. The wire basket is perfect to mount the pc fan blowing cold air on the back of the tap shanks and hold my hops, candi sugar and stubbies of yeast sit on the compressor hump. A suction cup bathroom shelf serves as drip tray .

Its still going to get some more bling with some decals I have planned to work with the funky red collar . A fourth tap hole is plugged up ready and awaing a fourth tap. I'm pretty happy with end result. Upgrades will include a 5 valve manifold, more kegs (can fit two on the hump and maybe wheels. Going to be a hit this summer I think.