I wanted to share my recent kegerator creation. There are endless options on how to create a kegerator so I designed my own kit to fit what I want. I started homebrewing so I wanted 2 taps for home brew but I also wanted commercial beer. I added a 3rd tap for that. I purchased the sankey to ball lock conversion kit so if I get my hands on a 1/6 or 1/4 barrel I will not need to modify any of my beer/gas lines. To start off, I'll layout my equipment: 5lb CO2 tank Dual Pressure regulator (serving and carbing at the same time) 3 way manifold with shutoffs 4x sets of ball lock fittings. tubing and clamps. 3x corny kegs sankey coupler sankey to ball lock conversion 3x faucets with 4-1/8" shanks drip tray Tank, regulator and manifold I first laid out the height of the shelves to determine how I could fit the kegs into the fridge. The bottom will hold the CO2 tank plus a 1/6 or 1/4 barrel. The middle shelf will hold 3 cornies (2 on tap, 1 on carb/standby). The top shelf will hold bottles. Next up was making the middle shelf. The 150 pounds of 3 full cornies isn't something to ignore. I modified the existing shelf bracket by notching 2x2 pine to be flush with the top of the shelf. I then added 2 brackets on the front side of the shelf to support it on all corners. View showing the supports: Everything but the 1/4 barrel. In case you are wondering to why I don't put 4 cornies on the middle shelf, I need the room for the sankey couple and beer line for the 1/4 barrel. I may have to modify the shelf once I get one and can actual set it in place. Outside View: I have also added chalk board paint above the faucets so I can identify the beer. The inside as of today. I need more beer. This keg looks so lonely: If anyone has questions I am more than happy to give details on parts, alterations, and/or costs. I got all my info from searching this forum, but it took a while to decide what I wanted and the exact parts to purchase. Any rate, let me know what you think. Justin
A bit of advice that you will likely figure out for yourself eventually (quickly). Get a 20 lb CO2 tank and mount it outside the fridge. Then get a second 20# tank as a 'spare'. Other than that, I see no need to change a thing. Kudos!
Excellent job of showcasing your finished product. Looks you did a thorough job in planning before you starting fabricating. I do have one suggestion and one question: It appears you used untreated pine for your shelf. In this moist environment this will suffer. If you can replace with pressure treated lumber, my experience is you will get many more years of maintenance free use. When the fridge side is at serving temps, 38-40'ish, what sort of temps appear on the freezer side? About the costs . . . I found life was calmer when I never reconciled the total cost
thanks for the feedback. I wanted to make the supports from cedar but the hardware store didn;t have any. I plan on coating the pine in water sealer. So hopefully that will to the trick. As for the fridge, that is a very good question. The temp is controlled by dial 0-9 dial. I stuck a thermometer in the fridge and adjusted until I got to 38*F. I plan on buying a couple of cheapo stick ons to get better readings. The freezer will be used for regular grocery overflow and ice for parties. maybe one day it will be converted over for beer use but I'm not at that stage of home brewing yet.
I'm wondering if the freezer has had any effect on the beer, being that this post is a couple of years old. Thanks and well done
