Crazy excited about my new Kegerator...

[The Pale Horse]

It was a good find off CL. I ended up paying $30 for the kegerator and the CO2 bottle (out of date and empty)

There is enough room for another keg, possibly a third, but I'll attempt to start slow and wait for some more cash flow before I put a few more taps in

but either way, I am so excited that now I can enter into the world of kegging

P.s. I also got this regulator with it too

 

[Tiber_Brew]

Way to go, man! Welcome to kegging!

I still bottle, but predominantly keg ever since I built my kegerator.

I scored the fridge for $50 and spent another $200 in hardware. Took about 3 hours total to build.

Behold:

TB

 

[The Pale Horse]

Thanks TB, I like the bumper stickers on the fridge too, I need to paint mine

 

[Tiber_Brew]

Sweet, do you have a paint scheme in mind?

You're entering a downward spiral, my friend. Welcome aboard.

 

[The Pale Horse]

haha as much as I wouldn't like to admit it, I have been on a downward spiral for over 2 years now

not sure about the paint scheme, but I painted some chalkboard back when I was in college onto a mini fridge (now going to be used for lagering) before I got this and I really liked how it turned out. Maybe not the whole thing, but possible some chalkboard right above the taps

 

[JetSmooth]

Looks great! I have an old 1950's fridge I need to rewire and insulate before paiting and converting.

 

[TomSD]

Great find!

I went the build a keezer with all new stuff route and damn was it expensive getting everything I needed, heh.

 

[The Pale Horse]

Great find!

I went the build a keezer with all new stuff route and damn was it expensive getting everything I needed, heh.

Thanks, being a broke recent college grad, I was depending on craigslist for any sort of "find" and hopefully this turns out to be a good one

 

[celticcolorado]

I love the old style fridge. Looks Great! I just bought a freezer on CL for a keezer build. Now I just need to save up for the kegging equipment.

 

[knotquiteawake]

Sounds like a great deal! Someone is selling the SAME fridge on craigslist here with 2 tanks, 2 taps, and a johnson controller for $200. I tried to swing it by SWMBO but looks like a no for now, I just spent over $500 building a home media computer for "us".
Christmas is so freeking far away!

 

[The Pale Horse]

Sounds like a great deal! Someone is selling the SAME fridge on craigslist here with 2 tanks, 2 taps, and a johnson controller for $200. I tried to swing it by SWMBO but looks like a no for now, I just spent over $500 building a home media computer for "us".
Christmas is so freeking far away!

hahah "us"

 

[knotquiteawake]

it worked when I was ordering the parts.
I should have saved my "free pass" for the kegging equipment.

 

[The Pale Horse]

now here's my real problem, I have a beer that is ready to be bottled/kegged, and really all I am missing is a CO2 line, line cleaner, and I have to get my bottle certified and filled.

I am running a little low on spending cash and plan on buying some ingredients to brew tomorrow, so do I suck it up and put up the cash to keg the beer in the primary? or do I bottle this one and keg the next?

 

[TomSD]

Could probably get away with taking the CO2 bottle to a swap place. What you get back will be certified.

 

[Tiber_Brew]

Could probably get away with taking the CO2 bottle to a swap place. What you get back will be certified.

Definitely. That's what I do. No deposit or anything. Straight up trade, empty 20# for a full one. $17.50 all said and done. I recommend it.

TB

 

[The Pale Horse]

I'll have to try that, because I stopped by the LHBS and had them look at the kegerator and bottle before I bought the disconnects etc and they said that since it was out of date, they wouldn't fill it

 

[prosper]

Good find! I'm scared to add up the amount I've spent on mine so far. Much, much more than you have, that's for damn sure. And I'm still a couple hundred dollars away from being 'done.'

But I did get a nice care package in from kegcowboy yesterday, with some shiny new perlicks and other miscellaneous hardware

 

[Tiber_Brew]

Good find! I'm scared to add up the amount I've spent on mine so far. Much, much more than you have, that's for damn sure. And I'm still a couple hundred dollars away from being 'done.'

But I did get a nice care package in from kegcowboy yesterday, with some shiny new perlicks and other miscellaneous hardware

Perlicks?!

That's why it's so expensive!

Should be a fine unit when finished!

 

[prosper]

I'm just procrastinating right now, looking at the kegerator thread for inspiration, then I'm going to run to the hardware store for some supplies to build my tower (and maybe wrap my ugly freezer in some nice laminate hardwood floor material.)

 

[TomSD]

I started doing the numbers in my head when I was driving home from spending close to 700 at beverage factory today. It made me shudder, lol. All said and done it will end up costing me over a grand for a 4 tap keezer on wheels with perlicks. Of course that includes 8 kegs, regulators, CO2 tank, etc so I don't feel too bad.

I also figure this will last pretty much forever and work well in the long run.

 

[The Pale Horse]

Definitely. That's what I do. No deposit or anything. Straight up trade, empty 20# for a full one. $17.50 all said and done. I recommend it.

TB

I started doing the numbers in my head when I was driving home from spending close to 700 at beverage factory today. It made me shudder, lol. All said and done it will end up costing me over a grand for a 4 tap keezer on wheels with perlicks. Of course that includes 8 kegs, regulators, CO2 tank, etc so I don't feel too bad.

I also figure this will last pretty much forever and work well in the long run.

$1,000!! I bet that is one purrty keerzer

I am trying to keep mine under $100 for the time being ahaha

 

[TomSD]

Eight kegs, a four way regulator, a two way regulator and a 10# CO2 tank put a pretty big dent in that too though. Doesn't seem fair clumping switching to kegs and building a keezer all in one but that is how I did it so it is how I see the numbers. Still a more than expected, lol.

 

[The Pale Horse]

Eight kegs, a four way regulator, a two way regulator and a 10# CO2 tank put a pretty big dent in that too though. Doesn't seem fair clumping switching to kegs and building a keezer all in one but that is how I did it so it is how I see the numbers. Still a more than expected, lol.

I'm going to take mine one keg at a time.........or at least I'll try

Although, with tailgating season coming up, I need to either invest in a beer gun or one of these.............

 

[TomSD]

I'm going to take mine one keg at a time.........or at least I'll try

Although, with tailgating season coming up, I need to either invest in a beer gun or one of these.............

One of those would be totally badass for tailgating.

 

[knotquiteawake]

for ONLY $200 you can have one just like that!
http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/for/1923228979.html
looks like a rip off to me.

 

[Tiber_Brew]

for ONLY $200 you can have one just like that!
http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/for/1923228979.html
looks like a rip off to me.

That's not even a kegerator! It's a jockey box. Definitely a rip off.

TiberplusithasbudweisertaphandlesBrew

 

[The Pale Horse]

for ONLY $200 you can have one just like that!
http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/for/1923228979.html
looks like a rip off to me.

OUCH! I may just have to pass on that one