Corny Cooler Portable Kegerator

[Dixon9717]

That's awesome great job

 

[texwake]

I'm still waiting on someone to use a Yeti type cooler to see how that works. I don't have the disposable income to waste if it does not, so I'm waiting on someone else to be the guinea pig. haha

 

[boasist]

Great inspiration. I just made a Stella clone on request that will be ready for Xmas. I'll need something to transport/dispense this with. I've built these items in my amazon cart, about $200 total not including the keg, but everything else. I'll update once complete, I have a couple of months!

 

[lostmarbles10]

Grill-out season in upon us and I got tired of the need to bottle beers to bring to a picnic, so, I decided it was time to build a portable kegerator. I have seen a bunch of posts and articles on building one out of a cooler but they all seemed to be for 2.5 gallon kegs - don't have any of those and don't want any...

I used a 100 quart Coleman Xtreme wheeled cooler, drilled some holes, put in a Perlick tap and a drip tray. I got a mini-regulator from Williams Brewing that runs off of paintball CO2 cartridges and ran that to the keg through a hose with a shut-off valve. The keg is held in place with two fabric straps that I fastened to the bottom of the keg. And I added a digital thermometer that I found which fit perfectly into one of the cupholders.

I positioned the corny to rest against the side of the cooler opposite the wheels because there is a sort of ledge on the other side and that side has the big handle to rest the cooler on when standing up.

I used it yesterday for the first time and it worked great. I bought a dozen of those blue freezer packs and it got the cooler down to 35 in about an hour and it stayed cold all afternoon. While it was upright, sitting on the handle, it was very stable - you would have to try to knock it over.

Overall, it was pretty easy and well worth the effort...

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i know this is an old thread but love this concept and want to build something similar but i'm having trouble figuring out how exactly you strapped the keg into the cooler. i see you said you attached the straps to the bottom of the keg but i am having trouble understanding how that is holding it in the cooler