Wortgames
'Draught' is not a beer style - it's a lifestyle
Howdy all, just thought I'd show off my current projects, and maybe see if anyone can help me out with some parts :wub:
My new kegerator, courtesy of eBay:
It fits 8 kegs like a charm, with room for bottles etc up top. Each side has separate shelves, so if necessary I can sacrifice half the keg space for more shelving (yeah, like that's going to happen)
It was on castors, which I've removed. Cutting into the top with an angle grinder was a bit nerve-wracking but I find it's better to do these things sooner rather than later! By the time I get back to it on the weekend the silicone should have gone off and the drip tray will hopefully be stuck down nicely. The font and drip tray were more eBay scores a while ago. For now I'll continue to use my old 4-way T-font & EK taps, but I'm going to upgrade to either the curvy 5-way pictured or ideally a nice 6-way, with some quality stainless taps.
My portable 'bush' rig:
It fits 4 kegs and a ton of ice and/or frozen pet bottles. I replaced both ends of the barrel with marine ply, and reinforced the bottom with some thick treated pine so all the weight sits on them rather than the staves (replacing the ends also gave me a couple of lovely oak serving boards). It works really well and gets heaps of positive comments (everyone wants to look inside, I'm not sure what they expect to see?!). I might add a perforated rubber mat to the top to form a kind of integrated drip tray, I'm happy with the spills all going inside the barrel, it all gets diluted with the melted ice and condensation and dribbles out the gaps at the bottom anyway.
So font-wise I'd really like to find a nice chrome 6-way for the big fridge. Tap-wise I could use any old snaplock taps for now just to get the second font running, but I think I'm liking Andale DA's more and more so if anyone has some stainless DA's in good nick please let me know what you want for them. I also have a couple of spare beer engines and a bunch of other taps and fittings etc so if anyone is interested in swapping let me know!
:beer:
My new kegerator, courtesy of eBay:
It fits 8 kegs like a charm, with room for bottles etc up top. Each side has separate shelves, so if necessary I can sacrifice half the keg space for more shelving (yeah, like that's going to happen)
It was on castors, which I've removed. Cutting into the top with an angle grinder was a bit nerve-wracking but I find it's better to do these things sooner rather than later! By the time I get back to it on the weekend the silicone should have gone off and the drip tray will hopefully be stuck down nicely. The font and drip tray were more eBay scores a while ago. For now I'll continue to use my old 4-way T-font & EK taps, but I'm going to upgrade to either the curvy 5-way pictured or ideally a nice 6-way, with some quality stainless taps.
My portable 'bush' rig:
It fits 4 kegs and a ton of ice and/or frozen pet bottles. I replaced both ends of the barrel with marine ply, and reinforced the bottom with some thick treated pine so all the weight sits on them rather than the staves (replacing the ends also gave me a couple of lovely oak serving boards). It works really well and gets heaps of positive comments (everyone wants to look inside, I'm not sure what they expect to see?!). I might add a perforated rubber mat to the top to form a kind of integrated drip tray, I'm happy with the spills all going inside the barrel, it all gets diluted with the melted ice and condensation and dribbles out the gaps at the bottom anyway.
So font-wise I'd really like to find a nice chrome 6-way for the big fridge. Tap-wise I could use any old snaplock taps for now just to get the second font running, but I think I'm liking Andale DA's more and more so if anyone has some stainless DA's in good nick please let me know what you want for them. I also have a couple of spare beer engines and a bunch of other taps and fittings etc so if anyone is interested in swapping let me know!
:beer:
