50ltr Beer Chiller Box

[marsnap]

im looking for a chiller box for a 50ltr beer keg, ( not the gas one ) just the one you connect to keg that runs through box with ice in it to a tap, can anyone help with where i can buy one in melbourne. thanks

 

[Wortgames]

They tend to be horrifically expensive to buy new.

CQS has them (Heidelberg West, 9458 3488) but they'll want your first-born for them. eBay is worth a try, if you can wait. They are usually called pluto or jockey boxes. You can build one yourself cheaply enough - other folks here can probably even help you find parts - it's basically either a coil of stainless tubing or an alloy plate with internal channels. Add a couple of fiitings and an esky (and ice) and you're good to go.

 

[Fingerlickin_B]

Check out this thread:

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[tangent]

a miracle box is one term for them

 

[marsnap]

They tend to be horrifically expensive to buy new.

CQS has them (Heidelberg West, 9458 3488) but they'll want your first-born for them. eBay is worth a try, if you can wait. They are usually called pluto or jockey boxes. You can build one yourself cheaply enough - other folks here can probably even help you find parts - it's basically either a coil of stainless tubing or an alloy plate with internal channels. Add a couple of fiitings and an esky (and ice) and you're good to go.

thanks heaps for that, much appreciated

 

[Simon W]

I think they're also known as Temprite's.
Atleast thats what my old-man called them in his bar work days.
My Granddad used to have one but it went out in the trash, DOH!

 

[tangent]

miracle box is full of ice and portable
temprite is a big box plugged into the wall running glycol

 

[Simon W]

Thanks for the correction.
Thought the ones ya used to get when taking a party keg home had the same name.

 

[tangent]

you're probably right.
there's probably a company who make beer chilling stuff called Temprite
http://www.mestek.com/companies/temprite.html Could be this crowd.

 

[Barramundi]

i thought temprite was a refridgeration company, im sure ive seen a water cooler/bubbler with a temprite badge on it more than once

 

[Nickb167]

your best bet is to make one. All you need is an esky, tap, line, stainless coil or plate and gas bottle. From what i understand the coils are better when you are serving a higher volume of beer as they hold more and you dont need to keep the keg cold as with the plate(not tested). Ive used ones with the plate and taken a keg from a coldroom and tapped it at least 12 hours later and it was fine. have a look at morebeer.com they sell the parts you need. I think if you looked around you could put one together for about $300.