Hey guys..1st time poster here. Love the forum..lots of great ideas! We recently purchased a home that had an old wet bar setup that I'm not getting around to modernizing. I'd like to run a remote kegerator setup with a line coming into the bar from the wall. I'm either going to run a regular kegerator or a deepfreeze-converted kegerator. The room where the beer will be stored is approximately 28-30' away from where the bar will be. I realize this isn't ideal but it's what I've got to work with. What do I need to do to keep the lines cold and pressurized? TIA!
how do you feel about pitchers? you need to run glycol with insulated trunk lines. you may need mix gas or a blender. you can try to use forced air, but i doubt it will work very well (because forced air is a head ache all its own.) if you have a few grand to spare and think you are ready to become an expert draft beer installer, then we can help. seeing as this is your first post and you likely have not spent a lot of time designing or operating a simple direct draw system, this project is not for you. i am not saying you can't do it; i don't know you. i do know that getting beer to flow 30' from a keg to a glass all while maintaining 38 degrees and the proper pressure is not a job for a beginner, will cost thousands and will require many hours of planning and labor. Cheers.
I have a 1/2 bath we've been considering turning into a pantry/storage room. It's directly behind the bar so max 3-4' of line. I know the answer to this, but would that be a much better situation?
Setting a home owner up with a glycol setup now. He is in for @$5,000 for a 3 product system including a bev air bb68 as his refrigerator. Could be done for $3,500 on the cheap..
On a positive note . . . if you pull this off you will easily qualify as a journeyman plumber and should be able to teach college entry-level fluid dynamics/thermodynamics .
Take it from me with a kegorator in the house you'll want the exercise walking back and forth to get beer.
