I *LOVE* my keezer!

[Moose_MI]

It's not fancy but it has been the single best thing I've done since starting this obsession. Fermentation chamber? Yes, but water bath worked just the same. Pitch rate..no problem, I build starters that will end you. Plate chiller...sexy as he!!..love watching the numbers drop...it's like porn. Chugger pump?...u bet'cha. But...I would give it all up and go to pre hopped extract before I would give up my Keezer

 

[chisena]

Super stoked about it aye? Right on. It's awesome to pull a draft at home. I just added a nitro tap and am in seventh heaven...

 

[Zepth]

I had the keezer before many a thing. Before the fermentation chamber for sure (though I did make a couple good lagers in the keezer while serving others), before the wort chiller, and before the 10g batch size e-kettle. The nitro tap was the latest brewery upgrade. Not my recommended upgrade sequence for others, but the one I took.

 

[Natdavis777]

Nice keezer... Better poster in the background:rockin:

 

[Moose_MI]

Nice keezer... Better poster in the background:rockin:

Thanks!

 

[bendog15]

Awesome keezer! Man I love mine too. Best thing I ever did with this hobby. I'm still in love with it

 

[BigPicture]

Not only do we get to drink some pretty awesome beer...............................................

But we have DIY projects that rival anything NASA has built!!!!!!!

 

[bendog15]

Never in my wildest dreams did I ever think I would be making my own (delicious) beer. And to have it on tap at my house?? Life has been good.

 

[Dixon9717]

Now I have keezer envy. Good looks great.

 

[mongoose33]

I like the base--wheeled dolly? How did you build that? I'm in process of building a keezer and want the collar to hinge at the bottom, not at the top--so that it lowers the lip when lifting a keg into the keezer.

Problem is that if it's against the wall, that won't work. But if I can easily pull the keezer away from the wall about 8" or so, I could tilt that collar/lid up and have an easy lift.

 

[Moose_MI]

I like the base--wheeled dolly? How did you build that? I'm in process of building a keezer and want the collar to hinge at the bottom, not at the top--so that it lowers the lip when lifting a keg into the keezer.

Problem is that if it's against the wall, that won't work. But if I can easily pull the keezer away from the wall about 8" or so, I could tilt that collar/lid up and have an easy lift.

For me the wheeled base is awesome and I would highly recommend it. I did not have it for the first month and had to keep my co2 in keezer. When I wanted my 5th keg to carb and condition in the keezer the bottle had to come out. I didn't really like the regulator in the keezer anyway....screws up the fill gauge and I've heard the humidity in keezer can be hard on regulator.

Anyway, it's just 4 caster wheels I had and 2x4 frame with a couple 2x4 cross members running under the foot pegs of the freezer. I'm not a woodworker and my impatience meant I did the platform with 4 kegs of beer in my keezer....if I can do it anyone can.

I have mine hinged on top and bottom of collar....again I highly recommend this. I used the freezer hinges for collar bottom and just some regular door hinges for collar top . Your point about not being able to open the collar without 8 inches clearance is exactly why you really want a wheeled platform. The wheels platform doubles as a shelf for the co2 bottle to rest on and I just used 2' of heat duty Velcro as a strap to hold it against the back of Keezer.....brew on!

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

I did a wheeled base for my keezer as well. In addition to all the benefits above, I could also wheel it from the garage to the backyard very easily for parties.

 

[Zepth]

Problem is that if it's against the wall, that won't work. But if I can easily pull the keezer away from the wall about 8" or so, I could tilt that collar/lid up and have an easy lift.

Nothing saying you need to have the taps on the opposite side of the hinges...

That said, who wants to look at hinges all day? Just a quick insomnia fuelled thought.

 

[mongoose33]

I have mine hinged on top and bottom of collar....again I highly recommend this. I used the freezer hinges for collar bottom and just some regular door hinges for collar top . Your point about not being able to open the collar without 8 inches clearance is exactly why you really want a wheeled platform. The wheels platform doubles as a shelf for the co2 bottle to rest on and I just used 2' of heat duty Velcro as a strap to hold it against the back of Keezer.....brew on!

Nothing saying you need to have the taps on the opposite side of the hinges...

That said, who wants to look at hinges all day? Just a quick insomnia fueled thought.

I teach....problem solving and thinking outside the box. One of THE hardest things for people to do is look at their assumptions and then question them. I'm fairly good at it, but the above just tickles my fancy.

The two outside-the-box ideas above are hinging BOTH the collar and the top, and having the hinges on the same side as the taps. Brilliant thinking.

I didn't use my usual method of parsing problems like this, and I suppose it's because it's about my hobby, not something....important. Or so I thought. I'm trying to teach myself to do it all the time, but it's not an easy mindset.

The key here is something like this: in the first case, it's in assuming the hinges have to go on the lid or the collar, and that's singular--one or the other. I need to train myself that whenever I have a "one or the other" situation I ask myself, "why not both?"

The other is with the hinges in the back. I teach that one should look at each element of a proposed solution and reverse, increase, decrease, or remove the elements and see what you've got. In this case, with the statement "The hinges are in the back" obviously it should be broken down as in "the opposite of back is front," "do I really need hinges?" and even so much as "do I even need to use the top?"

I'd already considered just making a collar w/ an insulated top instead of the freezer lid.

You two made my day. Not just because of the keezer ideas, but because of the thinking.

 

[BigPicture]

NASA would be impressed!

 

[Moose_MI]

I teach....problem solving and thinking outside the box. One of THE hardest things for people to do is look at their assumptions and then question them. I'm fairly good at it, but the above just tickles my fancy.

The two outside-the-box ideas above are hinging BOTH the collar and the top, and having the hinges on the same side as the taps. Brilliant thinking.

You two made my day. Not just because of the keezer ideas, but because of the thinking.

I can't take credit for being brilliant.....good looking - sure .... But not brilliant. I found the idea on posts here...I think it's fairly common.

 

[Moose_MI]

Haven't givin props to my keezer lately so here goes.......its my beer shrine...the beer arc of the covenant but I get to touch it and not die.

 

[Fedora]

My keezer died last week.

Thanks for bringing that memory up and rubbing my face in it, you cold hearted bastards.

 

[Moose_MI]

My keezer died last week.

Thanks for bringing that memory up and rubbing my face in it, you cold hearted bastards.

Eeesh...sorry dude. I am taking a moment of silence in remembrance of your keezer....... ......... .......... ............ ............

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It was a good keezer...not the best keezer, but it was your keezer. Sure, others were dressed up as coffins or perhaps had tile back splashes but yours did not need such amenities to be cherished ...no sir! Yours was a keezer that pleased the masses..it faithfully served delicious homebrew for you and your friends and we will never forget it!

 

[day_trippr]

LOL! Definitely didn't see ^that^ coming

But - in the spirit of the thread (and definitely NOT rubbing even more salt into anyone's wounds ) - I am also totally enamored by my high-tech/low-art keezer...


Cheers!

 

[Moose_MI]

LOL! Definitely didn't see ^that^ coming

But - in the spirit of the thread (and definitely NOT rubbing even more salt into anyone's wounds ) - I am also totally enamored by my high-tech/low-art keezer...
Cheers!

"Low art" ? Ar you kidding me? I am moved to tears...amazing!

 

[Moose_MI]

Well the old gal gave up the ghost a few weeks ago. Just finished the new one!

 

[skraeling]

I build starters that will end you.

My favorite line of that post

Just started my keezer build, all my friends are threatening that I need to move across the street from them.

 

[Moose_MI]

Just reviving an old thread.

Love my keezer! It’s not the fanciest but it’s mine and it makes me happy!

 

[Sbe2]

I’m with you

 

[cloudybrewer]

Me, too! So freaking cool. Mine is small and the paint job looks bad, but that's just a testament to the struggles of my early brewing career.