Recent content by BrickBrewHaus

Thank you for the kind words! Yes, walnut for the corner posts. Apparently getting a true 4x4 walnut post is difficult, so these are actually three pieces of walnut glued to make a 4x4. You can see the individual boards if you look closely at some of the pics. Man, where to start (I had LOTS...

Yep, we had the auction about a month ago. Unfortunately, we only sold it for $2400. A disappointment to be sure. There were at least two guys that we were certain would bid on it, but neither did. In the end, a friend of ours bought it and they were ecstatic to get it. While it didn't bring the...

Sorry, I missed this question when I originally replied. The back is open. Take a look at the pic in the original post where the cabinet is unfinished in my garage. That's how it looked after it was finished; just the two 1x6" poplar boards across the top and the bottom.

Correct. I used this shank: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01EVI92AU/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1&tag=forumyield-20. It has a 3/16" barbed fitting which attached to the beer line. As for attaching the shank to the black pipe...The shank simply passes through the reducer...

Thank you! Can you clarify? Are you wondering how the tailpiece of the shank connects to the beer line? Or how the shank connects to the black pipe?

Haha, we totally wung it. One of those braces held a ~160# man and we have 5 braces, so I think we're good. Each brace is two 1x2" poplar boards (so each brace is 2x2") secured by pocket hole screws to 1x6" poplar spanning the width of the cabinet.

Correct and correct. No problems that I'm aware of. I couldn't verify visually that there was not a kink, but the beer poured well. I'm assuming there would've been foaming at the faucet if there was a kink.

I used this: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01EVI92AU/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I never tried anything else. In doing some research, I saw these recommended in a couple posts/blogs and decided to try them. They worked well for me.

Yep, all the visible lumber is walnut. The faces are walnut veneer plywood. We used a little bit of poplar for the underside bracing, but that was relatively minor from a price point of view. Frankly, I don't know what the lumber cost. It was all donated by a local lumber yard. One of the guys...

I understood. I'll be sure to report back!

Kegs are not part of the auction item. They are being served that night (to amp up the interest in the keezer) under whatever alcohol serving provisions are in place for the event.

Yep. The assumption was that most/all potential bidders are NOT homebrewers. So we set it up to hold 3 Sanke sixtels.

I'll need to see whether there is a formal minimum bid provision. Frankly, I'll be disappointed with anything less than $5k. I think I'd ugly cry if it only got $2500. Fingers crossed!

The beer lines are inside copper pipes, which extend into the keezer a few inches. Then there is spray foam insulation around the copper pipes, inside the black iron pipe. In theory, the copper pipes conduct cold up the length of the beer lines to the faucets. I've taken a few pulls in the...

Thanks! The hope was that it be a beautiful piece that just so happens to serve beer. Chancy indeed. I'm confident we'll get a few grand for it, but obviously hopeful for much more. I don't know if there's a minimum bid. It'll will be a live auction and I don't recall there being a minimum in...