Tower relocation project

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  1. ace789nj

    ace789nj Initiate (0) Dec 29, 2016 New Jersey

    Pretty happy with the results so I thought I'd share here:

    My first kegerator + inexperience = all foam pours ...which led to a crash course in beerology and a little ingenuity. I have a pretty well stocked bar in my man cave and I'd always wanted an actual beer tower. Had the opportunity to pick up a kegerator for $100, in great shape, so I jumped on it. It happened to be the day before I was to host a big party so I was extra excited. On the drive home I mapped out how I'd install the fridge under my bar, relocate the tower to the top so that it would look like a the real deal. Stopped to exchange CO2 and pick up some Yuengling. Got home & started tinkering. It wasn't until I was half way done that I found out what I was doing was disastrous. I'd no clue that a stock unit would most likely have a beer line that was too short and that a tower cooler was pretty much a necessity & that moving the tower would complicate things even more. It was tool late, I had to commit and hope for the best. Party came & my cool looking beer set up was a bust, each pour yielded almost an entire cup of foam.

    That was months ago, I wasn't going to let New Years Eve succumb to the same fate. After hitting the Beeradvocate forums, thank you @billandsuz, here's what I did:

    • Made sure the fridge had enough room under the bar to dissipate heat
    • Using a glass filled with water and a thermometer to make sure the temp stays at 38
    • New fittings and beer line, ten feet, with the excess coiled up horizontally on top of keg
    • Used a plastic project box, hole cut out for PVC to go through & out of he fridge and ending just inside the beer tower at bar top. Airtight
    • Routed beer line through project box
    • Insulated beer tower.
    • Made sure to keep an eye on the CO2, pressure just about 9psi

    Success!! Each pour cold, minimum amount of head. Thank you Beeradvocate

    PS I tried posting pics but no bueno, here's a link to my project album, hope that works.

    https://www.facebook.com/media/set/...073741838.325816667438644&type=1&l=f3dcaf9230
     
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