Here's a small update to mine. Finally got around to installing a stout faucet. With any luck I'll turn this into a fermenter and pick up a smaller chest freezer this year to make something a little nicer.
Heres my Danby, repainted and slightly modified.
Nice use of hockey sticks for a glass rail.
Is that fan mounted on the inside wall just for air circulation?
I really like how you framed in the taps/back splash/drip tray. I'm a coffin top guy myself but I'm digging this keezer with collar mounted taps. Nice job!
Thanks. I didn't go with the coffin because of the hinged lid and it hitting the wall behind when opened. They do look good.
I'm digging that drip tray...might rip that idea
Here's mine, eventually it will be just the tower with the fridge in another room and a glycol trunk running 20'. Currently it is air cooled.
Here's mine, eventually it will be just the tower with the fridge in another room and a glycol trunk running 20'. Currently it is air cooled.
That is a gorgeous tap gang. Did you build it or buy it?
Built it. Started with a raw 4" copper plumbing pipe, cut it down and soldered up flanges, then drew and centering line, then punched center marks for the holes, then made a jig to hold it tight while drilling the holes on the drill press, polished everything to a mirror finish, assembled. Getting shanks installed in side was a pain in the butt!
The connections are all tri clamp, this was a deliberate decision because it's what I use in my brewery for everything and the brewery is going to be built into my bar when the whole project is finished.
Here's mine, eventually it will be just the tower with the fridge in another room and a glycol trunk running 20'. Currently it is air cooled.
I love the look but combating sweating is something I'm trying to get my head around for my build.
I'm with everyone else on this beauty but with that length of copper, I'd imagine the fist pint of each beer is going to be ambient temp won't it?
I mean if you had a hole in the lid and circulating air from the fridge/keezer into the copper, the pipe would sweat like a bugger wouldn't it?
Don't get me wrong, I love the look but combating sweating is something I'm trying to get my head around for my build.
The way I see it, you will either combat sweating, which means your faucets are chilled, or you will combat foaming if your faucets are not chilled. The only way I can think around this would be to remove as much humidity from the room as possible so that you could chill the faucets without appreciable sweating occurring.
I use a small blower, the hose runs all the way to the end of the pipe and returns air back. I have only had sweating one time and it was during three days of rain with very high humidity. I have coated the pipe with Renaissance Wax to help prevent patina.
I use a small blower, the hose runs all the way to the end of the pipe and returns air back. I have only had sweating one time and it was during three days of rain with very high humidity. I have coated the pipe with Renaissance Wax to help prevent patina.
What a great idea running the hose to the end as separate ducting line! Never thought of that and always pictured my build to have a separate supply and return line. This opens more possibilities for a creative build!
I like that one a lot, but i gotta ask, does that fan move much air mounted that way?
I need to wire in my aux power off my STC-100 and mount a fan in my ferm chamber, so it's been on my mind.
No clue, honestly. It's mounted on 1" spacers but it's the best location I could find. Maybe I'm just thinking about it too much but side mounting the fan seemed like a broken fan waiting to happen so I chose the lid/spacer setup.
Love those guitar head tap handles!
Old Classical guitar that broke years ago that I had been carrying around. Figured I would finally put it to use lol
Sorry for dumb question, but have you got 5x5gal cornys in there, beskone?
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