Show us your Kegerator

[Beernip]

no, pulse had it right, they are digital frames. I use them to display the beer and it's recipie as well as photo's from the brewday

Hmm, if you had a tv on your kegerator that would save me a lot of trips.

 

[arturo7]

Hmm, if you had a tv on your kegerator that would save me a lot of trips.

Just build a kegerator into the back of your couch!

 

[muse435]

Just build a kegerator into the back of your couch!

but make sure the faucet is within reach while you are still seated

 

[arturo7]

but make sure the faucet is within reach while you are still seated

or use a picnic tap with a nipple on it

 

[JoshuaWhite5522]

Hmm, if you had a tv on your kegerator that would save me a lot of trips.

lucky for me, I can reach the kegerator from my couch

 

[finch138]

Found on Craigslist for $100. Needs some work but keeps beer cold for now. Future plans include another 2 tap.

 

[TWS22]

That's $100 well spent!

 

[pola0502ds]

Anyone ever hear of Draft tower setup made buy a company called True. A buddy wants to sell his for 700 bucks. He bought it brand new for 1500 and it's 9 years old. It's got 3 faucets. Is that a good deal or no?

 

[Julohan]

Anyone ever hear of Draft tower setup made buy a company called True. A buddy wants to sell his for 700 bucks. He bought it brand new for 1500 and it's 9 years old. It's got 3 faucets. Is that a good deal or no?

The products from True are commercial products. Being 9 years old I would not pay near that much, who knows when the motor will break down.

 

[IrregularPulse]

Anyone ever hear of Draft tower setup made buy a company called True. A buddy wants to sell his for 700 bucks. He bought it brand new for 1500 and it's 9 years old. It's got 3 faucets. Is that a good deal or no?

I don't think anyone would doubt that he paid that, or that with depreciation that it might be worth that, but it's not worth it to most of us around here because of what you can build your own for. And yes, a 9 year old fridge could go any minute, or last another 9 years. I definitely wouldn't spend $700 on it.

 

[pola0502ds]

Thats what I was thinking. I have a co2 tank w/o regulator and 3 kegs already. Anyone know what the average build cost is for a chest keezer keeping basic?

Without doing to much reading, can anyone tell me what temperature you keep your keezer at? If I can also store food in it I will have more firing power when i tell my wife I want one. The idea is, I can tell her we should get a big one so that i can use it for serving beer but she can also use it to store food it. Which is pretty cool actually.

 

[HokieBrewer]

Picked up one last night for $50 off craigslist. It'll fit 3 without a collar and 4 with one. Johnson temp controller for another $60 or so and you're good to go!

 

[Jeebas]

Thats what I was thinking. I have a co2 tank w/o regulator and 3 kegs already. Anyone know what the average build cost is for a chest keezer keeping basic?

Without doing to much reading, can anyone tell me what temperature you keep your keezer at? If I can also store food in it I will have more firing power when i tell my wife I want one. The idea is, I can tell her we should get a big one so that i can use it for serving beer but she can also use it to store food it. Which is pretty cool actually.

Depends on whether you want to go the taps-in-collar route or the coffin box route. Coffin box route with decent taps can be anywhere from 800-1000. All dependant on what you get the chest freezer for. I compiled some estimate prices over here - https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/jeebass-3-phase-keezer-project-240063/

I am going with the coffin box approach, but I can imagine the tap-in-collar method would probably be a little cheaper (not as much reliance on a fan solution, no materials for coffin box, lid trim, etc.). It also depends on what kind of taps you want as well. Since you already have the kegs and CO2 tank you might be closer to $300-400 plus the cost of the chest freezer.

That all being said, I only speak from looking around these forums at keezer builds for the last 3 months and looking at prices, not from experience.

 

[pola0502ds]

Thanks guys, any comments for the temp?

 

[Jeebas]

No temp suggestions, as I posted earlier, no experience. But this guy here has got a bare bones tap-in-collar keezer priced out - https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/cheapest-new-2-keg-keezer-224848/

 

[DirtyD]

Still a work in progress, but she works!

 

[boogyman]

Still a work in progress, but she works!

Custom sign? very cool.

 

[joety]

I keep mine at 45 (at least I did until the compressor died), which is a tad on the cold side for most beers and probably a bit warm for regular fridge duties. A fridge should be kept just above freezing for optimal food preservation.

 

[chipsah]

Just finished it up today.

And the old one (soon to be ferm chamber).

 

[DirtyD]

Custom sign? very cool.

Thanks, Yea, its a piece of 1/2" acrylic with sandblasted logo, mounted to a piece of extrusion with blue led's, I work for a sign company so it was free!

 

[j1laskey]

Just finished it up today.

And the old one (soon to be ferm chamber).

Gotta love a kegerator in a kids room

 

[bighand]

I just got around to taking some pics of my kegerator.







It holds six kegs but only has taps for five of them.


Six secondary regulators to dial in carbonation for each beer.

 

[pola0502ds]

Just finished it up today.

And the old one (soon to be ferm chamber).

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Is the back of it open so you can slid the freezer in? Or can you post pics of how you enclosed the freezer? How doses the lid function?

 

[simmons]

 

[pola0502ds]

I keep mine at 45 (at least I did until the compressor died), which is a tad on the cold side for most beers and probably a bit warm for regular fridge duties. A fridge should be kept just above freezing for optimal food preservation.

Thanks Joe.

 

[jeciv]

Converted freezer to kegerator...poured my 1st beer from it last night and it was perfect!

 

[chipsah]

Gotta love a kegerator in a kids room

Part of the reason I had to switch styles to the coffin, my 2 year old is getting curious of those shiny things hanging from the green "chalk board".

 

[jamesjensen1068]

I just got around to taking some pics of my kegerator.
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It holds six kegs but only has taps for five of them.

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Six secondary regulators to dial in carbonation for each beer.

Where did you get your secondary regulators from and how much???

 

[bighand]

Where did you get your secondary regulators from and how much???

I purchased them off ebay for $65 if I remember correctly.

 

[FiveOh]

I signed up yesterday while looking for info for the kegerator project I recently started and I've read through the most recent 100 or so pages. I'm even more amped now to finish my project, but more so, I'm already excited to give it to my brother in a few years and start building a keezer :rockin: Can't wait to, hopefully, post the pics of my finished project next week or so.