Show us your Kegerator

[pola0502ds]

Yeah, I think putting locks on taps is really stupid. Everytime you decide you want a beer you gotta go through the trouble of unlocking it. If I had a reason to lock up my taps I would instead move it's location to a room where I can lock the door until said person is mature enough or I would beat someones butt =)

 

[Hang Glider]

Okay, my first one died after 8 years. And as a Public Service Announcement - yours may too -

I talked to an HVAC friend of mine that runs the BBQ circuit around the SouthEast - he hauls a 40 ft trailer... he uses chest freezers for his pig because they're more convenient than a refrigerator - and he uses temp controllers too. He told me that these $200-300 big-box freezers aren't meant to come on for a few minutes at a time, once or twice a day - they're meant to run a while, freeze cold and hard, then stay off for a few days. Scott says if you get 7 years out of one - "good for you! now go buy another!"

with that out of the way, and my Master's finished, it was time to replace my 7 cu ft. But I have space constraints and couldn't go much larger. I went to the 8.8 cu ft - much easier to get 4 kegs in and out, and only 3 inches longer.

I also use the freezer to keep 5 gallons of glycol cool, which I pump through a heat-transfer assembly in the water bath of my fermentation tank to keep ferm temps consistent (62F).

So, with a 3/4" layer of 6x oak, two layers of 3/4 foam, and a bit of plastic trim I found at Lowes, I did this:

The drain is held on by hard-drive magnets. I haven't hooked that up yet, but it will have a laquered copper tube dropping into a brass spittoon.

Now that the glycol is cold - I can brew and fill my pipeline back up!

 

[bob1852]

I did this:

Looks great!

How'd your attach your drip tray?

Mine is just about done (7.2 cf from Lowe's) and will pretty much look like this:

 

[BurgerJones]

If I had a reason to lock up my taps I would instead move it's location to a room where I can lock the door

Logic is your strongest suit, my good man.

 

[Hang Glider]

Looks great!

How'd your attach your drip tray?

specifically - hard drive magnets - about 8 of them, countersunk into the wood. All that oak made it a bit heavy. There is a slant to the bottom and a drain hole, soon to be connected.

Any rare-earth magnets would do.

 

[lrbijl]

So, Im going to build myself a kegerator, but there´s currently no good, cheap fridges available in the area I live in on the norwegian craigslist. Then I got invited to a party, and being the impatient soul I am (also having bought all the equipment already). I decided to keg for the first time and bring it.

However, this posed some problems, as I didnt have a picnic tap, only a regular faucet. I could´ve just let the entire faucet + shank fly around wild on the beer line, but then I saw an old beer case lying around and decided to build a snug little house for my faucet.

This party tower will be complete once I place the bottom of the keg in some bucket of ice:

 

[Hang Glider]

LOVE that!

 

[polo_check]

Just finished mine. Simple. Cheap. Useful. Found the fridge at Rent-a-Center for $50. Has a few dings but perfect for a kegerator. total cost $230 including 2 Corny kegs. And I have room for 3 more taps.

 

[BlueZooBrewing]

Here is mine that I just finished up a month ago. Got a lot of inspiration and ideas from the forums here so thanks everyone!

 

[Hokie_Brewer]

Mine is finished!

 

[JoshuaWhite5522]

Blue I like the tile work you did. What size freezer is that?

 

[bigdfromaz]

Here is mine that I just finished up a month ago. Got a lot of inspiration and ideas from the forums here so thanks everyone!

I really like the rustic look of it. Great job.

 

[BlueZooBrewing]

Blue I like the tile work you did. What size freezer is that?

Thanks! It was the prefab sheets from home depot. Just cut and pieced them together and got lucky with the sizing because originally wasnt going to go the tile route. Didnt need to do any actual tile cutting at all. The freezer is a frigidaire 7.2 with a 2x10 collar and a home built lid. Best 40 bucks on craigslist ever.

 

[Flashman]

Since we built an outdoor Tiki hut, we tricked ours out with bamboo bling and dubbed it the Tikirator. A converted 7.1 cf Holiday freezer.

 

[jangevaa]

Just finished this yesterday! Super excited to start using it.

 

[lrbijl]

So, after a stressful build with a lot of wrong parts (nut on manometer didnt fit the CO2 tank, I got a 3" shank and a 4" while I should have had 2 4" ones, hose clamps that didnt fit on the CO2 lines etc.) and a limited amount of tools:

I turned an old, white and brown fridge into:

Needless to say, the holes through the door are a bit messy.. But it fits 3 kegs and some CO2, looks decent and will do great in parties during my four next years of college/grad school!

 

[Sleepyemt]

This was a old P.O.S., but managed to end up with this... Still debating to add a bottle opener to the left. Very happy with how it turned out.

 

[pola0502ds]

I like it man! Adding the wood adds a nice touch to a fridge. Typically since on a keezer build but yours looks great. Is the wood just surface mounted? I would add a opener. It adds that extra feature

 

[jamesjensen1068]

Mine is finished!

Excellent job Hokie....would like to see the lid. Did you still use the freezer lid or did you discard it???

 

[Sleepyemt]

I like it man! Adding the wood adds a nice touch to a fridge. Typically since on a keezer build but yours looks great. Is the wood just surface mounted? I would add a opener. It adds that extra feature

Thanks! Yeah it's surface mounted, it was my way to hide the ice maker on the left that didn't work and looked hideous. I took a sawzall and cut it flush, used a ton of liquid nail after staining and polyurethane. It's a really old fridge, you'd never tell after I was done.

 

[nate4g63]

Just finished today with the drip tray addition...

 

[PVH]

Just finished today with the drip tray addition...

Wow. Very nice.

 

[nate4g63]

for a $25 craiglist fridge I couldnt be any happier...

 

[pola0502ds]

Just finished today with the drip tray addition...

That has got to be the worst looking kegerator i have even seen!

"Coming for a browns fan" =)

 

[nate4g63]

So harsh!! Lol

 

[Chap]

Just finished today with the drip tray addition...

Man the paint scheme on that beast is hideous... sorry you have to look at it every day.

Just busting your balls... Cowboy fan here nice job on the old skool fridge!

 

[nate4g63]

Yinz are killin me here lol.. It was the exact fridge I was looking for. I love the curved shape of the vintage styles.

 

[j1laskey]

Yinz are killin me here lol.. It was the exact fridge I was looking for. I love the curved shape of the vintage styles.

I wonder if the beer coming out of that P.O.S. is as sh*tty as the team....
Pats fan....nice job!

 

[Beezy]

Yinz are killin me here lol.. It was the exact fridge I was looking for. I love the curved shape of the vintage styles.

I think it's beautiful. Go Stillerz!

 

[toxick]

Is that the rustoleum chalkboard paint? Did you have to prime the surface of the fridge first? How many coats did you use? Looking to do the same thing to my kegerator.