VDubVirus
Euro-Elitist Moderator
- Location
- South Sound, WA
- Car(s)
- 2012 A3 S-Line 2.0T
Below is a little project I have been working on the past month or so. I began homebrewing beer in December, and almost immediately decided I wanted to keg my beer, rather than bottle. The pros to kegging are less cleaning and sanitizing involved, and more consistency/control over taste and carbonation. The cons.... well, I had to build this :biggrin:
I spent at least a solid month on homebrewtalk.com trying to decide what route I wanted to take for dispensing my beer. Most people go with your standard kegorator made from a stand up or mini fridge. Few choose to convert a chest freezer. I liked the capacity and options with the freezer route. I also decided I wanted my keezer (freezer into a kegorator) to dispense from a wood collar instead of buying an expensive tower and having to cut holes in the lid.
The beginning
picked up a 15cuft kenmore off a a guy on craigslist. $100
Started piecing together the delivery
used it for a while as a fridge after I bought a digital temp controller.... opening the lid everytime is a PITA.
scored this for $40
let the collar begin. I used 2x6 oak.
insulated the collar
a touch of color
wasn't dark enough.... haha
A quick mock up of the lid and collar
I bondo'd all of the holes in the lid from the handle and LED to make it completely smooth.
The bottom half of the keezer will be painted as soon as I puck up 3 more cans of this amazing stuff:
I attached the collar and ran the two faucets that I have. I'm going to leave it like this until I get the rest of supplies to finish it.
from left to right: 5lb CO2 bottle, El Grande Lager (5.5% ABV), Black Ass Porter (5.34% ABV), Bock Bock DoppelBock (7.43%ABV)...and up front is a carboy of EXTREMELY Hard Cider (13+%ABV) that's being kegged as soon as I kill one of the other 3.
how it sits for now.
Next up is a coat of black to cover up the remaining white, and some casters on the bottom so I can move it into the house.
C&C welcome! :drinking:
I spent at least a solid month on homebrewtalk.com trying to decide what route I wanted to take for dispensing my beer. Most people go with your standard kegorator made from a stand up or mini fridge. Few choose to convert a chest freezer. I liked the capacity and options with the freezer route. I also decided I wanted my keezer (freezer into a kegorator) to dispense from a wood collar instead of buying an expensive tower and having to cut holes in the lid.
The beginning
picked up a 15cuft kenmore off a a guy on craigslist. $100
Started piecing together the delivery
used it for a while as a fridge after I bought a digital temp controller.... opening the lid everytime is a PITA.
scored this for $40
let the collar begin. I used 2x6 oak.
insulated the collar
a touch of color
wasn't dark enough.... haha
A quick mock up of the lid and collar
I bondo'd all of the holes in the lid from the handle and LED to make it completely smooth.
The bottom half of the keezer will be painted as soon as I puck up 3 more cans of this amazing stuff:
I attached the collar and ran the two faucets that I have. I'm going to leave it like this until I get the rest of supplies to finish it.
from left to right: 5lb CO2 bottle, El Grande Lager (5.5% ABV), Black Ass Porter (5.34% ABV), Bock Bock DoppelBock (7.43%ABV)...and up front is a carboy of EXTREMELY Hard Cider (13+%ABV) that's being kegged as soon as I kill one of the other 3.
how it sits for now.
Next up is a coat of black to cover up the remaining white, and some casters on the bottom so I can move it into the house.
C&C welcome! :drinking:
