Show us your Kegerator

[tzaccario]

edit: added build thread link https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=593107

Pretty standard but i love it

Love the black with the stained collar.. When I get around to building mine I want it to look just like that, simple yet something I wouldn't mind having in the middle of my family room

 

[CGVT]

Nice Ariz-Poet. I'm not sure that I have seen anyone cover a refrigerator like that before.

 

[Ariza-Poet]

very cool, AP

Nice Ariz-Poet. I'm not sure that I have seen anyone cover a refrigerator like that before.

Thanks guys.
My wife and I have a smallish 1 bdrm house where I already have a large fridge I use to age beers with a Johnson control and a mini fridge for cold beer.
So having yet another fridge I had to make it look cool, as it would be in the living room.

CGVT it's prob not done on fridges cuz it's hard. My friend actually hit the refrigerant line rendering the fridge useless.
Fortunately another friend easily fixed it for me and now it runs better than when I got it.
It's a 20yr old fridge I got for free with some pallets I got outta the trash
So not a bad deal.

 

[mmlipps]

Stepped over into kegging. Got a free fridge and grabbed some old pallets and now I'm pouring

How did you attach the wood? Did you drill straight through the fridge in each board?

 

[Ariza-Poet]

How did you attach the wood? Did you drill straight through the fridge in each board?

Screwed on the wood to the doors and used liquid nail on the sides.

 

[rarick513]

Heres my Kegerator I did about a year ago. Really happy with the outcome! All old pallet wood directly mounted to an old cheap mini fridge.






This last one is an old Coca-cola fridge I just picked up that Im using for a fermentation chamber right now but have some big plans and really awesome ideas to convert it into a kegerator really soon here. Im really excited about that one! Ill post pics when I get to it.

 

[treacheroustexan]

Heres my Kegerator I did about a year ago. Really happy with the outcome! All old pallet wood directly mounted to an old cheap mini fridge.






This last one is an old Coca-cola fridge I just picked up that Im using for a fermentation chamber right now but have some big plans and really awesome ideas to convert it into a kegerator really soon here. Im really excited about that one! Ill post pics when I get to it.

Great work! I love it.

 

[arturo7]

outstanding

 

[skraeling]

I want that coke fridge

 

[bonsai4tim]

There are only a few examples of split top keezers, so I thought I would put up photo's of my bar/keezer build. It was up and running after 2 weeks of work, but small things (like hinges, lid stays, case fans) were added over another 3-4 weeks.

Started with a 7 cf chest freezer, and added a collar made with 1 inch foam insulation sandwiched between plywood.

The collar is glued to the freezer with silicone. The side panels are attached to 1/2 inch blocks glued to the collar, and a spacer glued at the bottom of the freezer. They end 1/2 inch above the floor, and about 1/2 inch below the top, so there is air flow on all sides of the freezer (kind of like a chimney). The panels are all attached with screws (hidden by wooden plugs) so they can be removed.

Brass tower and brass finish perlick faucets

Each half of the top hinges upward. One half with a shelf for bottles above the kegs:

and the other half with the gas and liquid lines.

There are 2 fans for air movement in the chest, and a 1 inch fan pointing up the tower. the 1 inch case fan glues up nicely to a pvc (new) drain fitting from the hardware store.

Temp control is with an inkbird wired, display is here where it fits into the cut out for the compressor vent:

I'm not totally happy with the finish on the bar top, had to re-do one side, and will probably remake both halves so the finish is better.

tim

 

[Brewcrew02]

Nothing crazy... But nothing simple. Sorry I didn't stage my area fellas and fellettes! They speak for themselves.... The single tap tower is about to get a new wooden tower with 2 taps this weekend.

Pics or it didn't happen... I know!

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[radwizard]

New keezer and fermentation area. Pretty happy with all of it, and thankful for so much great reference on this site. Cheers!

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[chessking]

There are only a few examples of split top keezers, so I thought I would put up photo's of my bar/keezer build. It was up and running after 2 weeks of work, but small things (like hinges, lid stays, case fans) were added over another 3-4 weeks.

Started with a 7 cf chest freezer, and added a collar made with 1 inch foam insulation sandwiched between plywood.

The collar is glued to the freezer with silicone. The side panels are attached to 1/2 inch blocks glued to the collar, and a spacer glued at the bottom of the freezer. They end 1/2 inch above the floor, and about 1/2 inch below the top, so there is air flow on all sides of the freezer (kind of like a chimney). The panels are all attached with screws (hidden by wooden plugs) so they can be removed.

Brass tower and brass finish perlick faucets

Each half of the top hinges upward. One half with a shelf for bottles above the kegs:

and the other half with the gas and liquid lines.

There are 2 fans for air movement in the chest, and a 1 inch fan pointing up the tower. the 1 inch case fan glues up nicely to a pvc (new) drain fitting from the hardware store.

Temp control is with an inkbird wired, display is here where it fits into the cut out for the compressor vent:

I'm not totally happy with the finish on the bar top, had to re-do one side, and will probably remake both halves so the finish is better.

tim

That split top is a great idea. Access to bottles, room for kegs.

 

[Yesfan]

^^^ Great job!


Mine is a split top too, but the left half is hinged on the left instead of the back to keep my tower from banging the wall.

 

[tantro]

Heres my Keezer I made awhile back, Its A glycol chilled tower so took a bit of modding to get it right.

 

[NeoBrew]

How in the world do you fit all the taps and tailpieces in something like that? Is it split down the middle so you can access it?

Beautiful work!

 

[Stealthcruiser]

How in the world do you fit all the taps and tailpieces in something like that? Is it split down the middle so you can access it?

Beautiful work!

Looks like: 4 taps in each horizontal section, access two taps from each end, of each horizontal section.

Prolly' not fun, but doable!

 

[tantro]

Its actually premeasured between the 14.8cu ft chest and 2.1 cu ft chest freezer to sit equally on top the butcher block. A piece of plywood was installed inside the 14.8 ft chest freezer lid to help support the butcher block and the tower. The towers weighs 32 lbs and the the butcher block 106 lbs, In order to raise both pieces up I installed some trunk shocks( I think from a 4 runner that i got from a salvage yard).

 

[tantro]

The little chest freezer is my custom glycol chiller. I have a container filled with glycol and a pump inside the 14.8 cu ft chest freezer which pumps the glycol out to the 2.1 cu ft freezer where i installed copper tubing to chill the glycol down, which recirculates through the towers, keeping the beer lines chilled. Beer comes around 38-40 degrees everytime (depending on small chest freezer setting).

 

[tantro]

In order to open the lid, the chest freezer needs to go back a few inches, to accommodate this, i installed drawer tracks underneath the large chest freezer so it can slide back and forth.

 

[tantro]

All this sits on some wheels so can be moved anywhere in the house.

 

[christyle]

Is all that hassle for the glycol tower really worth it? Does it collect condensation and drip on the kegerator a lot?

 

[tantro]

I personally like the look of this tower(aethetics wise) so to me its worth it, an air chilled one would not be sufficient to cool this type of tower. No condensation whatsoever, the towers cold to the touch but not so cold where it condenses. Just gotta make sure all the lines are wrapped correctly. All Wired up to flowmeters and RaspberryPints.

 

[thaymond]

I personally like the look of this tower(aethetics wise) so to me its worth it, an air chilled one would not be sufficient to cool this type of tower. No condensation whatsoever, the towers cold to the touch but not so cold where it condenses. Just gotta make sure all the lines are wrapped correctly. All Wired up to flowmeters and RaspberryPints.

Whoa. This makes mine look silly and amateur. I need to up my game when I can afford it. Well done!

 

[anthony914]

edit: added build thread link https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=593107

Pretty standard but i love it

Lookin good, very similar to mine:

 

[TwoHeadsBrewing]

Album link: http://imgur.com/a/oQaye

More details in the imgur album, but here's a quick synopsis:
After having my kegs stuffed in a fridge with picnic taps, I decided it was time to build up a proper keezer. I already had kegs, lines, CO2 tank and regulator. So it was a relatively inexpensive project, aside from the freezer itself.

Here's the build list:
* Freezer - MagicChef 5.9 cu ft
* Temp Controller - Inkbird pre-wired (heat/cool)
* Taps - Perlick 301SS taps with 4" shanks
* CO2 - 4-way distribution manifold
* Collar - Inner box: 1x6" knotty pine. Outer: 1x6 walnut, Danish oil natural
* 1.5" insulation foam sheathing
* Aluminum tape

Already had:
* 5# CO2 tank
* Dual pressure regulator
* Beer and air lines, Corny kegs, ball lock connections, etc.

The build:
Most of the build was pretty straight forward. Make a box, drill some 7/8" holes in the box, etc. Adding the insulation foam was kind of a pain and got little foam pebbles ALL over the place. The aluminum tape really helped to keep the foam from breaking off inside the kegerator, and makes the rough cut edges look nicer. And on a functional side, should seal off air gaps and make cleanup easier.

I ended up picking up some blind nuts that have the same thread pattern as the taps. They were about 5 bucks on Amazon for 10. You simply drill a hole in whatever you want to make a tap handle out of and thread in the nut. I took some leftover pine and walnut scraps and glued them up. The nuts are a challenge to get in straight, which took a few tries.

The drip tray was a challenge, mostly because the drip tray itself was not perfectly square. I measured the tray and mistakenly assumed it would be square. But once I built the box it was obvious it bowed out a little on the sides. Some amount of cursing and smashing with a hammer later got it close enough. I attached the whole assembly to the front with construction adhesive after roughing up the paint with some sandpaper.

 

[Scout]

Some really nice stuff in here, I'm just trying to decide whether to go with a kegerator or a keezer.

 

[dreaded_rust]

Finally got around to putting together the keggerator!!! So excited to finally be posting in this thread.
I had both beers flowing great after a pint or two of foam.
The handle on the left is a .50 cal and the one on the right is a 30 mm. Went with a bit of a military theme cause my wife and I are both military (she's lucky enough she actually gets to work with the 30 mm)
I'm blown away how great the IPA tastes being so fresh.
I still need to clean up the lines a bit and build a wooden shelf to set the kegs on.
Cheers!

 

[evilleadam]

Danby Designer DCR044A2BDD
Mini Fridge Keggerator Build

This build is still in progress, but I thought I'd share my process thus far for those looking to modify a similar model mini fridge.

 

[chessking]

Nicely done Evil. Are you content with cobra taps, or contemplating exterior faucets? I like the cobra taps myself. Simple, and no foaming, or fruit fly issues