Yes they are cold plates. As pointe out space ad cost became an issue with wanting to serve 8 beers. It works well keeping beer coming out cold. Normally I pre chill kegs as a precaution but even out in heat for hours the beer still comes out nice and cold.
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The tap handles are fairly straight forward. They are just really nice blocks of wood cut to proper dimensions. You can buy different screws or bolts to make them accept a standard faucet. We then carve them using a dremel tool and paint the letters with acrylic paint. A little poly and sanding...
The block is a plate chiller. It has 4 X 12' coils in it that will allow it to cool 4 beers. While not as effective as a long stainless steel coil they will coil a room temp beer to serving temperature pretty easily. When in use you fill the cooler full of ice and it chills the block. The...
This is a custom jockey box we built. The wood is Tiger Maple and then we used rigid foam insulation (2 layers thick to insulate walls. We covered with fiberglass and resin to seal for water. We carved our logo on both the front and back side, painted the carved area and then used stain to...