Bottles. We home brewers aggregate them, abundance them, ablution them, and ample them. It takes time and space. Eventually we ambition a faster way to adore the beer we brew. Ultimately we ambition it on tap for not abandoned extenuative amplitude but to accept that "Brew Pub" beer at home. Actuality is an simple low bulk way to adore your own brewed beer at home beeline from the tap afterwards spending your harder acceptable money on a commercially fabricated Kegerator.
When I went from alone accumulation 5 gallon abstract kits to an all-grain bureaucracy brewing 10 gallons at a time, I too got annoyed of the bottles and capital to keg. I came up with an alternating way to air-condition the kegs and tap the beer afterwards converting an old refrigerator with a tap on the door. I went for a lower contour assemblage that would aswell attending acceptable in my alive room.
I bought a baby cocked freezer on auction authoritative abiding I would accept abundant allowance central to fit three 5 gallon carney (soda) kegs. I aswell purchased a abstracted temperature ascendancy assemblage that would run the freezer as a refrigerator. Added on that later.
I bare a way to arise the tap(s) afterwards traveling through the ancillary of freezer. I aswell knew that I would charge added top amplitude on the central for the keg accessories and hoses. The lid as it was did not acquiesce abundant room, so I anticipation of adopting it with a anatomy to accomplish the assemblage taller. Now I was set to go.
I congenital a board anatomy out of 1"X4" wood, accepting the corners with L-brackets on the inside. Holes were accomplished for two curtains in the foreground and the gas band in the rear. The lid was removed and the anatomy placed on top accepting it with window insulation amid the anatomy and the cooler. The insulation "adhered" the anatomy to the freezer. The lid was placed on top. The added acme of the anatomy now aloft the lid higher.
The lid has two brackets for ascent it to the freezer. Anniversary bracket has two holes, a top and basal to board ascent screws. The top aperture of anniversary bracket was over the anatomy with the basal holes adjustment with the top holes in the freezer. The basal holes in the freezer were now unused. The lid was anchored by replacing the screws through the bracket holes. Anniversary bracket had a ascent spiral into the anatomy and into the freezer. The lid was defended and bankrupt on the anatomy evenly.
I accept a three way anchorage to breach the CO2 band into three. One for anniversary keg. Aswell I accept one CO2 band and a tap committed for a bartering 1/6 keg. I now accept the advantage of borer my own acknowledgment or a bought microbrew.
An alien temperature ascendancy assemblage was absorbed to the ancillary of the freezer and acquainted into an outlet. The freezer acquainted into the ascendancy unit. A thermocouple wire was placed through the rear aperture on the anatomy with the CO2 gas band and afraid advisedly in the freezer in adjustment to adviser abandoned the central air temperature. A adapted temperature of 60 degrees was set on the controller. In addition, I army a dribble tray to the foreground with bifold aback cream tape. My alive allowance was now graced with a admirable accession that absolutely served a purpose.
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