Helping a friend convert a kegerator!

Stopped by Jeremy's with some homebrewed barleywine in tow. We modified the fridge, connected the hoses and voila! :-)

Perlick faucets with Anchor Steam and Sly Fox tap handles. Yards Brawler and Jackie's Belgian Style Imperial Wheat on tap. Mmmm...

Minifridge Kegerator at Ronblog

From chest freezers I'm moving onto minifridge kegerators. A blogger, Ron, has a good howto here...

Kegerator at Ronblog

Cheers!

Chest Freezer Kegerator Resources (keezer)

Here are some pretty sweet setups. Many include pictures and instructions. Feast your eyes! Check out the forums at Real Beer too. That is where I found most of these links :-)

Check your local homebrew store for supplies. You can also find equipment on Amazon...

Amazon: Kegerator Equipment

• 3/23/2011 Jeremy provides a good photo journal of his keezer.
• 11/21/2008 Ted does a good job of chronicling his freezerator.
• 3/38/2008 Homebrew Beer Blog tells us how faucet diameter can help/hurt the perfect pour http://blog.flaminio.net/blogs/index.php/beer/gadgets/ventmatic-shirron-faucet-spouts
• 2/25/2008 http://www.cnybrew.com/2008/02/and-winner-is.html (Travis at CNYBrew sharing his CO2 setup)
• 9/12/2007 http://www.schwedhelm.net/brew/freezerator.html (collar freezerator, 9 taps, pictures, howto)
• http://www.anthonyro.com/bar/ (collar freezerator with pictures, 4 taps, beergas & CO2)
• http://kpscellar.atlantabeer.com/bar/kegerator.html (example of custom kegerator/bar)
• http://www.west-point.org/users/usma1986/42894/kegerator.htm (collar freezerator with 5 taps, some howto description)
• http://kegerator.johnmasterson.com/ (collar freezerator, 4 taps, howto description)
• http://www.oregonbrewcrew.com/freezer/freezer.html (collar freezerator, 2 taps, fermentation chamber, some howto)
• http://www.zorpia.com/candiman/album/00092173 (tower freezerator, 6 taps in 2 towers, lotsa regulators, howto, clean)
• http://www.ryanellenburg.com/kegerator.htm (broken link)
• http://community.webshots.com/album/559267343?start=0 (collar freezerator, 5 taps, progression photogallery with captions)
• A thread over at Northern Brewer forums. (collar freezerator, 4 taps, pictures in a discussion thread, clean)
• Article over at Home Brew Adventures (collar freezerator, 4 taps, detailed howto with some pictures)
• http://www.mikeserve.com/HomeBrewing/chestfreezer.htm (collar freezerator,4 taps, howto, lotsa pictures, cost estimate)
• Article over at Rooftop Brew (tower freezerator, 2 taps, pictures, howto)

Cheers!

Chest Freezer Kegerator: Two Types - Collar & Tower

There are two types.

• Tower - Usually placed on the lid of the chest freezer and typically requires holes to be drilled in the lid.
• Collar - A collar is built of wood or other material. This collar is put between the lid and the chest. The collar is then modified as necessary to accept taps, CO2 lines, etc.

So far I like the idea of the collar. By modifying the collar instead of the chest freezer you can maintain the integrity of the entire chest freezer and use it as such or sell it later. You also get some additional clearance from the collar.

On the other hand the towers tend to look more like a typical kegerator/tap system. Especially when using the smaller chests.

Schwedhelm.net - Illustrated Brewing - Freezerator

Anybody wanna help me make something like this? Holy smokes!

Schwedhelm.net - Illustrated Brewing - Freezerator

Cheers!