Hi. SWMBO is encouraging me to build the keezer of my dreams. Part of me knows this is an attempt to divert my attention from her recent infatuation with Amazon Prime - there are days we get multiple UPS deliveries - but I've decided to take the high husband road and overlook these (for this billing cycle anyway) and allow her encouragement to inspire this build, seeing as I have five gallons of Kolsch and five of a Hoppy Red fermenting away that I really don't want to bottle.
Soooo. I ordered a 14.8 cu ft maytag chest freezer that will show up on Monday. I joined this site to get some help and haven't slept in three days reading everyone's keezer build posts.
I'm thinking about canceling and getting a 7.0 cu ft instead. I probably won't have more than 4 beers on tap this year and if I do, I'm thinking it might be better to have two 7 cu ft keezers instead of one 14.8. Then I could keep the other one at a different temp and actually lager. I'm planning an Oktoberfest brew next so I'll need a ferm chamber anyway.
I love the 7's for the portability (bring it out for a block party) and if I ever made it part of the inside of the house it's a much more acceptable size. But the 14s would give so much more room for growing and running cables. Space isn't an issue for me in this house as I have an extra "car" space in the garage for my brewery, but of course it could be an issue in the next.
Anyone else struggle with the 7 vs 14 and what did you do? (current home depot prices are $200 for the 7 and $400 for the 14.8 so not much difference in $/cu ft)
Soooo. I ordered a 14.8 cu ft maytag chest freezer that will show up on Monday. I joined this site to get some help and haven't slept in three days reading everyone's keezer build posts.
I'm thinking about canceling and getting a 7.0 cu ft instead. I probably won't have more than 4 beers on tap this year and if I do, I'm thinking it might be better to have two 7 cu ft keezers instead of one 14.8. Then I could keep the other one at a different temp and actually lager. I'm planning an Oktoberfest brew next so I'll need a ferm chamber anyway.
I love the 7's for the portability (bring it out for a block party) and if I ever made it part of the inside of the house it's a much more acceptable size. But the 14s would give so much more room for growing and running cables. Space isn't an issue for me in this house as I have an extra "car" space in the garage for my brewery, but of course it could be an issue in the next.
Anyone else struggle with the 7 vs 14 and what did you do? (current home depot prices are $200 for the 7 and $400 for the 14.8 so not much difference in $/cu ft)