A keezer to be proud of

[MedStud88]

So after stalking these forums for quite some time, I finally decided to pull to pull the trigger and build my first keezer. I wanted something that was good looking enough to be placed inside the house and not look tacky. I also wanted it to have a clean, macho appeal. I had some leftover Diamond plate that i figured would look great against a black paint job when polished up. I'm posting this to share the results and garner some feedback. lemme know what you guys think.

 

[EuBrew]

Nicely done! I am stealing the "cable ties" idea

 

[Bensiff]

Looking for feedback or for compliments?

Its not my style; but, that looks extremely well done. Far nicer than most any build I have seen here.

 

[Brew_Dude41]

Very nice. For Clarification, what is the vertical pcv pipe?

 

[Ole_Smoky]

Very nice build, what did you use to insulate the collar? I'm at the stage in my build and can't decide between a couple options.

 

[Rotor_Head]

Looks friggin awesome. The diamond plate looks really, really good. so does the lighting. What are the external lights wired into?

 

[GrainToGlass]

Congrats! Looks great, I love the metal and black combo.

 

[joshesmusica]

i'm looking to build a keezer at some point, so i'm just trying to get my ideas down. but i'm wondering, is that much hose actually necessary?

 

[Ole_Smoky]

From what I was reading you need to tune the hoses. You want 1 psi to push the beer out the tap, there is some fancy calculator online that tells you the length of hose needed to accomplish that. I think generally it's about 5'? I'm sure someone will chime in that knows a little more. I won't be setting up my lines for 2 weeks atleast

 

[MedStud88]

Simple velcro cable ties from home depot, they work great!

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

Very nice. For Clarification, what is the vertical pcv pipe?

Fan tube. Keeps the air moving inside and more consistent.

 

[Psylocide]

Looks great, love the lighting.

Now brew some beer to put in there.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

Wait, so it cost 3x the average price with no depreciation but has 10x more maintenance? Is that an oil leak?

 

[MedStud88]

Nicely done! I am stealing the "cable ties" idea

They're simple velcro ties found at Home Depot, they work great!

 

[MedStud88]

Very nice build, what did you use to insulate the collar? I'm at the stage in my build and can't decide between a couple options.

I went with 1/2 inch foil faced foam sheeting, wrapping the edges with aluminum insulation tape to make it look clean

 

[ThomasO5608]

Really nice work! The LED lights are a nice touch. Would look nice in the "Man Cave"

 

[MedStud88]

Looks friggin awesome. The diamond plate looks really, really good. so does the lighting. What are the external lights wired into?

Thank you sir! For the led lights i used a simple AC/DC 12v cell phone charger off of amazon. pretty much any 12v charger will work just fine, splice positive to positive, negative to negative and stare at the pretty blue lights hahah

 

[MedStud88]

Very nice. For Clarification, what is the vertical pcv pipe?

The vertical pvc pipe runs down to a pvc base with 1/4 inch holes drilled throughout. At the top you see a 3 inch bilge blower fan. Essentially it allows you keep the kegs off the base and either push air down through the piping or pull air up for total circulation. In addition, I bought some metal closet shelving from Lowes and cut it to perfectly fit the space using a dremel tool and simply covered it all with perforated tool box lining to clean up the look.

 

[MedStud88]

i'm looking to build a keezer at some point, so i'm just trying to get my ideas down. but i'm wondering, is that much hose actually necessary?

So I'll admit that I kind of went along with the flow (no pun intended) and went with 6ft lengths of beer line (1/4inch ID) because that was what I was informed would be ideal. Now with my adjustable flow perlick faucets it may be overkill and I personally don't care for how much hosing is inside but the flow/head seems just perfect and I just keep the mess to a minimum with velcro ties. Gas lines however don't really matter for length, just so that you can run gas to a keg at any position inside the keezer.

 

[Ole_Smoky]

Ah so that's what the little dial is on the side of the faucets? I was wondering that, I'll have to look into those, If i could run shorter hoses that would be sweet.

 

[pvpeacock]

Wow, what a great job. Well thought out and well executed. You obviously put a lot of time into this. Congrats.

 

[JonW]

Great job... looks awesome! Definitely macho looking, which tells me you're probably single. LOL

Only one suggestion... lose the worm clamps and invest in some oetikers.

 

[MedStud88]

Ah so that's what the little dial is on the side of the faucets? I was wondering that, I'll have to look into those, If i could run shorter hoses that would be sweet.

Yea they're the Perlick 650ss flow control faucets, the dial allows you to change the flow/pressure of serving at the faucet real time. I didn't have any homebrew ready to keg when the keezer was finished so I grabbed a sixth barrel of land shark to break it in with the neighbors and having to ability to cut the head on a finicky keg without opening the lid was pretty awesome, I'd recommend anyone who's building to consider them!

http://www.perlick.com/bar-beverage...apping-hardwarecomponents/beer-faucets/650ss/

 

[DPBISME]

Very Spiffy..... I went in a different direction and my "insides" are as basic as they get....

I did mine this way so we could "belly up" to the bar....

 

[DPBISME]

The vertical pvc pipe runs down to a pvc base with 1/4 inch holes drilled throughout. At the top you see a 3 inch bilge blower fan. Essentially it allows you keep the kegs off the base and either push air down through the piping or pull air up for total circulation. In addition, I bought some metal closet shelving from Lowes and cut it to perfectly fit the space using a dremel tool and simply covered it all with perforated tool box lining to clean up the look.

I really like this idea and may retro fit mine to do the same...

 

[jonbourg]

That is sick!!! Wow, I love it!! The diamond plate rocks!

 

[xandersaml]

Heck yeah! That's nice.

 

[OkanaganMike]

Very cool looking! I was just in a recycling place and looking at checker plate wondering why I've never seen a guy use it on a keezer. I'm not a woodworking guy and figured "Hey! there's an out for making a mess of wood!"

 

[Rotor_Head]

Admittedly, I cheated and got this guy at 9mos old for 550. Still, I'm STOKED to keg my brew and not have to through the A$$ pain of bottling.

 

[-TH-]

Wait, so it cost 3x the average price with no depreciation but has 10x more maintenance? Is that an oil leak?

It's gotten much better since the AMF years