Looking for some advice on a build I'll be working on soon. The goal is to construct a bar with DIY kegerator built in. I've seen a lot of builds of a basic bar with a standard chest freezer kegerator that slips in underneath, feeding the tap tower above, but what I want to do is have the interior of the framing of the bar essentially be an insulated fermentation chamber, but used for the purpose of refrigerating several corney kegs at a time, with lines running to the draft tower on the countertop.
Main reason for this is I don't like the idea of top loading kegs with a chest freezer, but rather would like to side load them, similar to a commercial under-the-bar fridge, but the cost of those are a bit too steep for me. I've built a large fermentation chamber before, and although it was functional, the framing was clunky and not too elegant. Since this will ultimately function as the base for a freestanding bar, I'd like the design to be simplified as well as effective. Just looking to see if anyone has built, or run across other builds similar to this so I can get some rough ideas to begin designing the framing.
Main reason for this is I don't like the idea of top loading kegs with a chest freezer, but rather would like to side load them, similar to a commercial under-the-bar fridge, but the cost of those are a bit too steep for me. I've built a large fermentation chamber before, and although it was functional, the framing was clunky and not too elegant. Since this will ultimately function as the base for a freestanding bar, I'd like the design to be simplified as well as effective. Just looking to see if anyone has built, or run across other builds similar to this so I can get some rough ideas to begin designing the framing.
