Yes but I love beer and building things 😊my wife calls me a beer snob since I only like draft beer. The beer is from a local brewer called printers ale.
First i built a shuffleboard table but then said damn...i need beer. The tap handles are actually left over from my playing surface
Yesfan- Had never played it until on vacation this year and loved it. Now I am finishing the basement around the table and keezer😊
But now table + keezer = bar build and brewers corner. Hope to start getting into that by the first of the year
Finally got all the pieces together and was able to get my first kegerator up and running! Perfect size for 2 corny's and a 5lbs CO2 tank. I'm based in Malawi, so found some local art pieces and turned them into some pretty funky tap handles.
A couple years ago, I had a Beverage Air kegerator that was pretty expensive to run, and so I decided to build a new one with a freezer, I picked the Amana because it could hold 2 sixtels on the floor, and one on the hump.
I used 1x8 poplar for the collar, with 2" rigid foam on the inside to insulate. The collar is bonded to the freezer with RTV, and the lid is attached back to the collar with the stock hinges. I use a standard STC1000 to control the temp. There's a small fan inside for air circulation as well.
I don't like the side taps on most keezers, (no offense to yall w/ side taps) so I installed a dual tap tower on the lid. ...and then decided 2 wasn't enough and added on a 3rd I also added the Raspberry Pints about that time.
First kegerator:
A Redbull fridge and a custom butcher block top with epoxy resin finish.
First kegerator:
First one bit the dust (compressor went out), so I took the parts and moved them over to this one. Fit 2 5-gal corny kegs or one 5-gal carboy inside. Used an STC-1000 temp controller.
Third one:
Decided to go a little bigger and found these Temp chambers (Lab grade) on Craigslist locally. Got 2 of them. One has a touchscreen and is going to be my temp chamber for fermentation, aging cheese, etc. The other one had issues with the controls, so I'm currently gutting it and installing a Raspberry Pi and PID Temp controllers to control temperature. I'll run Raspberry Pints or Taplist.io to display the taplist.
The weight of the 2x10's with added insulation wrap works perfect. I also added 2 strips of window strip to top of the freezer. I started a thread in the DYI Keezer section. I used old rustic looking tin/fencing which gives the the dirty look, so no worry of keeping clean. I wish I could have figured out s way to hinge the lid.