Beer/Kegerators

[rford426]

Just started building a kegerator last sunday after going to a buddies who had one...anyone else here have a kegerator?

 

[irishpwr46]

i am prepping for one. tryin to find a relatively inexpensive kit

 

[Premium08]

Go for, i was just thinking a couple weeks ago how awesome it would be to have one in my house.

 

[rford426]

my kit comes in tomm. building off of a chest freezer will post pics here in a minute


Shooting for something like this one when it's all finished

 

[Premium08]

How long does a keg stay fresh

 

[dv8uagain]

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Shooting for something like this one when it's all finished

Hey i saw this one on homebrewtalk
i am in the process now of ordering everything to make a 5.0cf one to hold 3 ball locks for homebrew

 

[rford426]

Hey i saw this one on homebrewtalk
i am in the process now of ordering everything to make a 5.0cf one to hold 3 ball locks for homebrew

Yeah homebrewtalk is awesome been getting all my info from there...mine is a 5.0cf hoping to fit two 1/4 slim barrels or maybe three 1/6th barrels not sure yet i ordered the kit for two faucets with the thought of adding a 3rd later down the road...need to look into home brewing sounds fun just have no clue where to start

 

[s8v4o]

Make your own!!

https://kegbot.org/

It's arduino based. Arduino is open source so there's lot's of people to help you.

 

[rford426]

that seems badass....would be nice just to see how much is left in your keg

 

[s8v4o]

that seems badass....would be nice just to see how much is left in your keg

If you didn't want to be that fancy you could always get an idea of how much beer is left by keeping the on a simple household scale.

 

[Deez-67]

Most everyone here in OK has a one... but we are a bunch of fat drunks. lol

Most of them are made out of old frig

 

[lethe]

I had some friends a few years back that turned the cabinet space under their bar into a kegerator. If i remember right all they did was insulate the inside/cabinet drawers and used the guts of a fridge to cool it. It was kind of redneck but it worked great.

 

[rford426]

Here is the finished for the most part product gonna throw some caster wheels on it so it moves easy and order a drip tray to get rid if the bowl under the tap but so far I love it!

 

[Premium08]

Thats just cool right there. Can we get some inside shots? How much total $ do you have invested?

 

[lethe]

Turned out great!

 

[Surfstang2020]

Looks great Rford I was thinking about doing the same
But if we had a keg at our house me
Nor any of my
Two roommates would make it to the gym ever lol

 

[rford426]

I have just a little over $400 invested in the kegerator itself not including beer... The kit starts at $200 comes with 5# co2 bottle and everything needed to run two taps also come pre assembled so you don't gotta jack with anything once you receive the kit. I upgraded to stainless everything drone chrome/brass so that was a little extra $$$. Picked up the freezer for $80 on craigslist. Thermostat and probe was around $50 to get the freezer above freezing and control the temp.

 

[rford426]

I can fit two slim 1/4 barrels (7gal) and possibly three 1/6 barrels (5.16) gallons but prolly just keep it one 1/4 and one 1/6th barrel for now might add a third tap down the road

 

[BeerBilly]

Just notied this thread.I'm a first time Mustang owner but a long time brewer.My gal and i have 2 single tier keggle based sculptures.We've been at it rather avidly for 8 years.We knock out 250 gals a year every year.

Cheers.


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[irishpwr46]

that's some setup