Portable hardside keg cooler

[bf514921]

Is there another product like this outthere? Or somewhere this one is for sale? Just the cooler part would begreat
https://www.amazon.com/Panchos-Brew...de6e906320300e20185e4c4fcc66295a&data1=999999

I have used soft sided ones in the past and do not like them

 

[day_trippr]

When "Pancho" Lozano came out with that "cooler" it was the answer to a long sought ask for many as it totally made sense. To my knowledge it was the one and only double-walled cooler capable of fitting a 5g ball lock keg. fwiw, I use a wheeled rectangular plastic trash bin that fits a pair of 5g ball locks with plenty of room for ice that I wrap a sleeping bag around to cut down the melt speed somewhat...

Cheers!

 

[mac_1103]

Doesn't seem to be. But maybe check out this thread for some similar ideas or this one for a DIY version. If you have a 2.5 (or 3) gallon keg you can DIY one out of a ten gallon igloo cooler much more easily.

 

[bf514921]

http://www.homebrewing.com/articles/beer-dispensing-cooler/ came across this one too. I like the simplicity and mostly self contained

 

[CascadesBrewer]

http://www.homebrewing.com/articles/beer-dispensing-cooler/ came across this one too. I like the simplicity and mostly self contained

I still need to do the assembly, but I picked up a 5 gal beverage cooler (from Lowes, I liked the blue better than the bright orange) and a Nukatap Mini with the mounting package. My 10L / 2.6 gal Torpedo kegs fit in with enough room on the top and bottom for some ice, but they fit a lot tighter than the picture in that article. It makes me question if that is a 5 gallon cooler in the picture.

 

[mac_1103]

It makes me question if that is a 5 gallon cooler in the picture.

I also question whether it's a three gallon keg. And whether the cooler is five gallons or not, the picture is a rubbermaid not an igloo (so is the link). The dimensions might be a little bit different even if the volume is the same.

 

[bf514921]

yeah i was wondering the same thing. is the torpedo a slim line keg or regular and thanks for the picture!

 

[pvpeacock]

I have a 10 gallon Home Depot cooler and it fits a 2 1/2 gallon keg with plenty of room for a soda stream CO2 bottle, regulator and ice. I'll take some photos when I get home, but it looks very similar to the one in the article linked above.

 

[CascadesBrewer]

yeah i was wondering the same thing. is the torpedo a slim line keg or regular and thanks for the picture!

Mine is the standard Torpedo keg.

 

[bf514921]

Going to try with these , they are 5 gallon igloo coolers bought at walmart, the keg is a 2.5 gallon keg. Going to look into how to do the rest

 

[pvpeacock]

Here’s my 10 gallon cooler with 2 1/2 gallon keg. Plenty of room for the soda stream CO2 tank, ice etc. I also added a port to the back if I want to use a jockey box coil instead of the 2 1/2 gallon keg.

 

[CascadesBrewer]

Here’s my 10 gallon cooler with 2 1/2 gallon keg. Plenty of room for the soda stream CO2 tank, ice etc. I also added a port to the back if I want to use a jockey box coil instead of the 2 1/2 gallon keg.

I have to assume the pics from the linked article are using a 10 gallon cooler like yours. I debated a bit. The 10 gal cost a little more and is a bit larger to store, but would have more room for ice, for a small CO2 tank inside, and more room for a shank or other connection lines.

I need to assemble mine and give it a try with a beer!

 

[bf514921]

i ended up building a pair of the portable 5 gallon version with quick disconnects in the lid so that it didnt take up room inside the cooler. THier are Quick disconnects for liquid and gas on the inside, I went with 6ft of line to keep foam in check, so far so good. dont mind the old tap handles in the pic they are just to illustrate. The 2 coolers fit in a fold up wagon with the co2 tank. the 2.5 gallon works well in it, i used it first time at an outdoor gathering, the keg was cold for at least 6 hours(it went from the fridge to cooler, and then iced) didnt have foam issues and really worked well was pretty happy. going to take it to another gathering today.

 

[bf514921]

little bit of an update.
You ever have the ice packs that come with liquid yeast and wonder what do i do with that?
I had to cut a slight releif in the lid for the shank to make everything sit snug. I was originally thinking maybe i could take the lid and fill it with water and freeze the lid. Instead i did this, i was able to get 7 of the ice packs in the lid, and i think if i worked a little more i could have gotten 8 without to much trouble. I am hpoing it helps keep things cold, and lets the shank stay a little cooler. It was easier to fit the lid in the freezer, i am hoping to pre chill the whole cooler in the fridge.

 

[whoaru99]

I made one out of a wheeled cooler. Something on the order of 2/3 of a 5gal corny sits in the cooler with room for ice all around. The exposed part of the keg and open area of the cooler are covered with a dual layer "jacket" made with Reflectrix insulation.

 

[redrocker652002]

Back in my high school days, when dinosaurs roamed the land, my buddy made a jockey box using an Igloo (I think), cooler, some copper tubing and a line out of the plug at the bottom to a picnic tap. We put dry ice in it if I remember correctly and damn if that was some of the coldest beer I think I have ever had. I have thought about doing that but carrying around a 5 gallon keg, co2 tank and the jocket box just is too much. That and I don't really do much drinking anymore outside my house. LOL

 

[whoaru99]

Picked up a dual faucet/tap, plate chiller jockey box some years back for real short money when a local store was getting out of rental business. I've never used it, LOL.

 

[mac_1103]

Picked up a dual faucet/tap, plate chiller jockey box some years back for real short money

I picked up a four tap, plate chiller, Cornelius-branded soda jockey box on Craigslist a while back. I might trust the plate chiller some day after I flush with hot PBW it seventeen or eighteen more times, assuming that I can get new fittings on it without any leaks. But I did replace two of the soda taps with beer faucets and I can fit two 1.6 gallon minikegs inside the cooler with room for ice, beer and gas lines, and a sodastream cylinder with miniregulator.