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new but took some time with this. going to add two more taps and trays.

 

I have a 5.0 cu/ft freezer that I want to convert with 3 taps. After measuring, 1 corny will have to sit on the compressor hump like yours. Do you have any problems with those cornys not being cold enough?

 

I came out to the garage one evening and a friend and his GF had about 6 glasses of my brett saison on the table and he was drinking the beer from a full drip tray. He never told me what happened but somehow he couldn't get the tap to close so they were filling all the glasses they could reach until he could get it shut down. I admire his determination not to waste beer but that drip tray had been emptied twice that day already and was probably pretty funky, plus half if not all of the glasses they filled were dirty.

 

Just finished my keezer this week. The wood work isn't perfect but it'll do until I can score a 14cu ft on craigslist and turn this into a lager box.

 

Did you just use plain old air compressor regulators. I'm thinking of it do to cost saving.

 

Nice HST theme, very unique.

 

No that is a Taprite secondary:

Taprite Four Regulator

The outlet valves are not check valves so I got these inline check valves to prevent the possibility of any beer back flow:

PVC Check Valves

 

HST and Ralph Steadman. He also does Flying Dog labels. But the fridge is a great canvas. I'm trying to decide what to do on mine when I get home.

 

Amazing how complicated the forward and backward movement of a Beer tap can be. I made those heavy ass chain handles because a ton of my friends would half open the tap and pour a big glass of foam. They are so heavy they almost flop forward on their own.

I was super confused for the first 6 months I had my keggerator up and running because people kept walking into the living room with big pours of foam. I kept messing with Pressure and line length trying to fix it. Then I watched them pour and realized they just can't figure out the complexities of perlick!!!

 

Here's mine I love it thanks for the inspiration

 

Here is mine. Commercial condiment fridge converted to hold three 5 gal kegs (2 tapped).

 

Awesome! Go Gators

 

This is for all you veterans and military enthusiasts out there:

I built the tower out of a brass 105mm artillery shell casing. I drilled two holes in it for the taps and insulated it with foam pipe insulation.

The most difficult part was figuring out how to attach it to the top of the refrigerator since it didn't have a flanged collar for screws. I settled on creating a wooden "donut" that bolts to the refrigerator. The artillery shell then slips down over the top. The donut is tall enough and the fit is tight enough that it holds the tower securely.

It's a bit of a pain to swap out kegs, but it gives me a chance to Brasso the tower from time to time since it tends to tarnish.

Here's to fresh beer on tap in the garage!

 

This is great work BadOman. Making good use of that 105 casing

 

The 105MM shell is a nice touch for a tap tower! Good job.

 

I have to say that using that shell is a very cool addition. Your tap handles are nice but a couple of 50 cal rounds or grenades would be a nice addition to the theme.

 

Nice job on tower... that is just too cool!

 

I have a .50 cal round I use from time to time but no grenades. I'll have to keep an eye out for one. Thanks for the idea!

 

Somewhere on here, maybe even in this thread, I saw a kegerator with two taps. One was a .50 cal round and the other was a grenade so I can't take credit for the idea.

 

I just wanted to thank everyone else who posted pictures and descriptions, great inspiration and ideas. I just finished this last night and this is my first post on here, so... no longer a "lurker" I guess.

It’s just a simple collar job but I may get a bit more elaborate with it in the future.



Untitled by nickgrant79, on Flickr


Untitled by nickgrant79, on Flickr

 

Very clean looking. I like it! Also, I have a stout faucet on mine. If you haven't perfected the NITRO thing yet, I have found that it works perfectly to carb the beer to a very low level using CO2 and then put it on beer gas (75% NITRO, 25% CO2) @ 25 PSI. Leave it there for serving. It takes about 2 weeks on the beer gas to start pouring like a true NITRO pour. Enjoy!

 

Thanks for the advice!

 

Hey guys
just picked up a small upright fridgedaire and was wanting to keezer it, but after looking at it looks like the shelves are made out of the "cooling element", and thinking it might not work as the only way to get them out of the way would be to bend them and probably screw them up. anyone run into this before?

 

Check this out illinoisbuck...might be helpful. Not my video

[ame=http://youtu.be/gnKJ8cHcuKg]Converting a Magic Chef 4.4 cubic feet mini fridge into a KEGERATOR! - YouTube[/ame]

 

You could turn the freezer on and pay attention if they get cold first?... Usually the elements on those freezers run on the sides... but you never know, and if they dont remove easy you probably spot on with them being the cooling elements...

If you can fit your carboy's in there i see an opportunity for a lagering fridge!.. My next venture is just that...

 

I just finished building mine, very excited! The black paint is actually chalkboard paint so I can easily keep track of when the beers entered primary, secondary, keg, and identify which beer is on tap. Probably will add a second tap in the future but I didnt want to bite off more than I could chew at first.

 

What do you call that black slab tat says gentleman jack? Ive been trying to buy one, but dont know how to search for it!

 

Bar Stools - Neon Signs - Tap Handles - Pub Stuff USA
try here

 

thanks dude

 

Finished it up this weekend and just loaded my first keg in last night.

 

Looks great!! What kind of paint did you use on the freezer? And also, is the lip at the bottom a tray with casters?

 

Hey BadOman, where'd you get that black knight tap? As an alum, I'd like to add that to my collection!

 

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Hey BadOman, where'd you get that black knight tap? As an alum, I'd like to add that to my collection!

 

The Florida Gators one?

 

Finished this one up last night. More pics to come.

 

Sorry guy, I'm a newbie learning my way around.

 

Very Eddie of you looks great :rockin:

 

The new Kegerator 2.0 is finally done, and only five days before the Fourth Annual Germantown Homebrew Festival.

A special thanks to Quaffer and MW66 for their build threads and everyone else who provided inspiration. I also want to thank Rustoleum for their White Appliance Spray Paint, which along with a wire wheel and my cordless drill restored the rusty top of the freezer. It honestly looks like new. I know with all the work that goes into these, most opt to start with a new freezer, but this was my mother's who passed away last March.

What's left of Kegerator 1.0 is in the second pic, God rest her soul as well.

 

Just finished upgrading to a three tap.