Newbie Keezer build questions

[Vintage Iron]

I'm new to the whole homebrewing thing. I jumped in with both feet and picked up a couple corney kegs off CL for my first batches. Noticing that our "extra" basement fridge is now full of kegs and CO2, it may be time to start looking at a keezer build to free up that "pop/wine fridge".

Anyway... The question I have revolves around the fact that I am the only beer drinker in the house. If I build a 4-keg keezer (for variety) how good are the tap handles at not getting "skunky" when not used? (I get it that it may be best to buy the best taps one can find....Perlicks?) If I have a 4 keg set up (might as well, the 7.0 freezers are nearly the same price as the 5.0s) will the less-used taps get moldy or otherwise go bad?

I don't plan on building a tower, just a collar, so no beer lines to get warm. Any thoughts are greatly appreciated.

 

[PADave]

Get good faucets, go with Perlicks or Intertap. No reason for them to go "skunky." I'll often go a week or two between pours of a beer and no issues.
Here is my recent built, if you're looking for some ideas.
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forum/threads/frigidair-8-7-cf-fffc09m1rw-keezer-build.639727/

 

[micraftbeer]

I built a 4-tap keezer last summer. Love it. It was an upgrade from 2-tap kegerator. Of course with 4 taps, human nature leads you to having 4 beers on tap. It just works that way. So some stuff sits for a while.

I'll typically get extra foam on the first pour, but I've never had a beer go bad. You do need to clean your lines periodically or you'll get some funky tastes going on, but I haven't had any issues with the beer itself going bad.

Now one weird thing I've had happen since I've gone to my 4-tap is spiders. I've had these yellowish house spiders show up in my beers more than once. I concluded they must be crawling up into the dark caverns of un-used taps thinking they're a nice place to hang out. Then when I pour a pint, "down came the beer and washed the spider out." My solution for that (only about 2 weeks in) is some little short tap brushes that I bought from Adventures in Homebrewing.

https://www.homebrewing.org/Clean-Plug-Beer-Faucet-Cap_p_1555.html

 

[SteveH aka shetc]

Perlicks = No funk

 

[mongoose33]

I have perlicks....never had an issue.

BTW, check this out as you plan your keezer build and see if there's anything there you might want to adopt:

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forum/threads/easy-peasy-no-glue-keezer-build-with-lots-of-pics.632550/