SWMBO agreed to let me build a keezer for the kitchen on the condition that it didn't look like it belonged in the garage. So the goal was to create a keezer that looked like it was part of the kitchen design from the beginning so I went with white cabinets and a butcher block counter top.
I took some nice shortcuts to keep the cost down including using a $20 1" Craft Master's pine slab from Lowes for the countertop, adding a skirt to make it look double thick. Build details below but first some final product shots...
With standard 3 tap intertap tower:
and a version with Chalkboard tap handles and LED strip... it wouldn't be a real coffin keezer without LEDs! (I had to cut down the middle tap handle to fit.)
And the internals w/ 18' Bev Seal Ultra per tap, Coldpour 2 tower cooler
I got my hands on a free 10 year old 5 cft frigidaire chest freezer with some rare dimensions (internal 22" length x 16.5" width.) It had some nice depth compared to newer models. I was able to fit 3 kegs (1 ball, 2 pin) and a co2 tank w/ regulator (BARELY!) It is so tight that all the tubing has to be in the perfect spot to close the lid so it will be a little bit of pain to work with but worth it for having 3 taps in such a small spot. Plus it is in the kitchen I can refill the Soda Water keg with a long line of tubing directly from the filter water at the sink so one less keg to pull since I never clean that keg anyways.
Continued with the build....
I took some nice shortcuts to keep the cost down including using a $20 1" Craft Master's pine slab from Lowes for the countertop, adding a skirt to make it look double thick. Build details below but first some final product shots...
With standard 3 tap intertap tower:
and a version with Chalkboard tap handles and LED strip... it wouldn't be a real coffin keezer without LEDs! (I had to cut down the middle tap handle to fit.)
And the internals w/ 18' Bev Seal Ultra per tap, Coldpour 2 tower cooler
I got my hands on a free 10 year old 5 cft frigidaire chest freezer with some rare dimensions (internal 22" length x 16.5" width.) It had some nice depth compared to newer models. I was able to fit 3 kegs (1 ball, 2 pin) and a co2 tank w/ regulator (BARELY!) It is so tight that all the tubing has to be in the perfect spot to close the lid so it will be a little bit of pain to work with but worth it for having 3 taps in such a small spot. Plus it is in the kitchen I can refill the Soda Water keg with a long line of tubing directly from the filter water at the sink so one less keg to pull since I never clean that keg anyways.
Continued with the build....