Hi all
We will renovate our kitchen soon, this renovation will open up a lot of countertop area. I have convinced my girlfriend two install 2 beer taps on the wall of the new kitchen extension. Below is an image of the new kitchen area:
As you can see, the taps will be installed above the new countertop on a concrete wall facing the garage. The shanks will go through the wall towards the garage where it will be connected to kegs. In the garage, it will look like this:
Connecting the taps to the kegs is pretty easy but I'm hesitating about the best way to chill the keg lines. I have several options:
A) Install the kegerator inside the cabinet and use something like this Glycol Pump Kit For Kegerators & Short Draw Draft Systems --> I'm not sure if this will be enough to keep the lines cool?
B) Purchase a glycol chiller and use a glycol trunk lines: Glycol Trunk Line --> much more expensive and I'm not sure if I can install kegs AND chiller inside the cabinet? The added benefit is that I can use the chiller for fermentation, since I will be investing in a unitank next year.
C) Put he kegerator against the wall where the tap connection is --> cheap since the length of the line outside the kegerator is kept at a minimum but I lose the cabinet on the left of the image above. It's not possible to make a corner cabinet and have the kegerator inside a cabinet at this location because the garage is positioned 2 steps lower than the kitchen.
All input is welcome!
Thanks,
Gilles
We will renovate our kitchen soon, this renovation will open up a lot of countertop area. I have convinced my girlfriend two install 2 beer taps on the wall of the new kitchen extension. Below is an image of the new kitchen area:
As you can see, the taps will be installed above the new countertop on a concrete wall facing the garage. The shanks will go through the wall towards the garage where it will be connected to kegs. In the garage, it will look like this:
Connecting the taps to the kegs is pretty easy but I'm hesitating about the best way to chill the keg lines. I have several options:
A) Install the kegerator inside the cabinet and use something like this Glycol Pump Kit For Kegerators & Short Draw Draft Systems --> I'm not sure if this will be enough to keep the lines cool?
B) Purchase a glycol chiller and use a glycol trunk lines: Glycol Trunk Line --> much more expensive and I'm not sure if I can install kegs AND chiller inside the cabinet? The added benefit is that I can use the chiller for fermentation, since I will be investing in a unitank next year.
C) Put he kegerator against the wall where the tap connection is --> cheap since the length of the line outside the kegerator is kept at a minimum but I lose the cabinet on the left of the image above. It's not possible to make a corner cabinet and have the kegerator inside a cabinet at this location because the garage is positioned 2 steps lower than the kitchen.
All input is welcome!
Thanks,
Gilles