Chilling beer at wedding

[killerjoe]

Hey guys,

I've been asked to serve some of my homebrew at a buddies outside wedding this summer. Any crafty ideas on how I could keep all those (expected around ten) corny kegs of beer cold? Jockey boxes? I'm really stumped. Obviously I don't want to have solution that's too pricy. Any advice would be much appreciated.

 

[bluemoose]

Build a plywood box, mount the taps to it, fill it with ice and paint it with chalkboard paint so people can write dirty stories about the newlyweds.

 

[Redlantern]

Build a plywood box, mount the taps to it, fill it with ice and paint it with chalkboard paint so people can write dirty stories about the newlyweds.

That and get a big roll of plastic to line the plywood box so water is not dripping everywhere.

 

[IslandLizard]

That's a lot of kegs for a wedding.

Our club bought a 6-tap jockey box with a 7 channel cold plate. It was pricey though, but works great at events. It's still best to keep the kegs cool, but all can go in a large(!) rope tub filled with ice. Put a nice cover over it.

You can build one of those jockey boxes for way less than retail. But the cold plate is expensive unless you buy a used one (Craigslist, etc.). All the taps and shanks add up too.

Similar to what @bluemoose said, get a large chest freezer and build a keezer out of it. Either run it on an extension cord or simply fill with ice after putting your kegs in it. You could probably get away with mounting picnic taps instead of real taps.

 

[Jaybird]

Build a plywood box, mount the taps to it, fill it with ice and paint it with chalkboard paint so people can write dirty stories about the newlyweds.

That is a KILLER idea!

Cheers
Jay

 

[kenoglass]

A homebrew member served beer at his wedding here is how he did it
http://www.hungusbrews.com/2014/12/17/serving-homebrew-for-a-wedding-or-large-event/

 

[IslandLizard]

A homebrew member served beer at his wedding here is how he did it
http://www.hungusbrews.com/2014/12/17/serving-homebrew-for-a-wedding-or-large-event/

Such an elegant solution! And very pro!

 

[m_c_zero]

Home Depot buckets, ice and picnic taps. Super classy.

 

[bkboiler]

biermuncher also has a pretty cool build using a trash can, but it may get pricey for doing as many kegs as you're doing...
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=71719

 

[JawZziff]

A homebrew member served beer at his wedding here is how he did it
http://www.hungusbrews.com/2014/12/17/serving-homebrew-for-a-wedding-or-large-event/

seen a version of this that used copper coil tubing inside the cooler. hmmmm where to find some?......

 

[killerjoe]

Thanks a lot for the quick feed back guys. Those couple links for me the information I needed. I especially like the simplicity of the simple plywood-box-filled-with-ice idea as my friends are young and money + resources need to be kept in mind.

I have two corny kegs of my own and access to a sanke keg. We plan on renting/purchasing another sanke keg and considering that to be all the beer we will be serving (wine and hard alcohol will also be available). For this reason I think making a plywood box, lining it with and rigid insulation and plastic lining will work perfectly.

I'll keep the three up to date as I set it up leading to the day.

Thanks again everyone!

 

[bluemoose]

If you build a box put it out in the middle somewhere with one or two taps on each side to cut down on lines. Put all the taps on the same side and you slow down the process. 4 people pulling a beer at the same time sound like the way to do it. Just check to make sure your co2 setup can handle it.

 

[Ozarks Mountain Brewery]

I did a wedding and ended up just taking my whole keezer with taps from my house, wasn't as hard as I though transporting either, just take them out load the freezer, then put back in, same for unloading.
worked great

Make sure they are all full and no sediment in the keg otherwise it gets shook up and foams

 

[killerjoe]

Good idea!!

 

[casualbrewer]

Did a jockey box at my wedding this past october. Worked great.