The New 'kegerator'

[James Squire]

Hi all,

Thought I might just post up the picks of the backyard beer dispenser I put together over my christmas break. Cheap project in the end:

Fridge- nothing, freebie from 'SWMBO's' folks

Font- nothing, free 3in stainless tube offcut. Cut and welded with base plate at work.

Tap- around $95 from memory, GMK of course (cheers Ken)

Keg- $85 - LHBS

Gas - Air Liquide $18 per year

Reg, Pressure Guage, Hose and fittings - sourced for free.

Cheers :beer: ,

JS

PS. Since the photos were taken, a timber outdoor bar has been installed across the front of the fridge. Deck now looks complete! :beerbang:

 

[Jye]

Nice work on the font :beerbang:

Looks like that fridge could fit 2, maybe 4 kegs? If so you could make a killer soccer goal font to go on top :super:

 

[razz]

Great job on the font JS, you have got my mind working. Does the father in-law expect "royalties" for providing the fridge!

John

 

[manaen]

a nice looking setup you have there...

I have a similar setup but sourced the font through GMK (as well as a lot of other bits) .. I think I have the same fridge too.

Does your compressor run constantly?

 

[James Squire]

Hey Razz, yeah the Father in law does alright!

Manaen... nope. Compressor not running any more than it was prior to the keg system. Sounds like you must be losing a lot of the cold air out of the fridge somewhere... perhaps you have too big of a hole through the fridge to the font???

Without insulation the font will dissapate a lot of the cool air and put more pressure on the fridges compressor.

Regards,

JS

 

[GMK]

Very nice - love to see pics of the different setups you guys make...