I am about to embark on the most extensive build that I have ever done. As I had posted in a previous blog, my wife and I moved into an old farm house recently. What I didn't mention is that we are expecting our first child in the beginning of May. Everything I have heard says that a stockpile needs to be made in preparation since my free time will be limited for a while. So, like any homebrewer, I decided to build a kegerator to help save me the time of bottling. I was surprised that it really didn't take much convincing. Marygrace was 100% on board, we just had different ideas of what the kegerator would be/look like. We have a small pantry, and I wanted to put a fridge in the basement and run the lines through the walls and hook up the taps in there, but I was vetoed on that suggestion and what I ended up with was a gutted fridge from the 1940's (maybe) that we found on craigslist.
As I said, this project is going to be massive, and so is the fridge. Its large enough to fit four kegs and underneath in the small cabinet, I will be able to stash a couple tools and the CO2 tank. One of the biggest challenges is going to be taking apart a mini fridge and somehow getting the internals into the fridge. It sounds like it will be hard, but we shall see...
Someone had previously gutted this fridge and turned it into a tool chest, so one of my first orders of business was to take out all of the shelves and door compartments. Below are the before and after pictures.
There are still a couple things that I need to get done, the most challenging perhaps, is to buy a mini fridge, disassemble it and transfer the parts into the kegerator. The next step after that will be to insulate the kegerator and pipe in the taps, but that is a lot further down the line.
We're still not 100% sure on what we want to do with the colors, but we are thinking a robin's egg blue with white/cream doors and chrome accents. This definitely wont be something that happens over night, so I look forward to constantly updating this blog on my progress with it.
On Deck: Maibock
Primary: German Pilsner, Dark American Lager
Secondary: Light American Lager, Vienna Lager
Total for 2012: 10 Gallons
As I said, this project is going to be massive, and so is the fridge. Its large enough to fit four kegs and underneath in the small cabinet, I will be able to stash a couple tools and the CO2 tank. One of the biggest challenges is going to be taking apart a mini fridge and somehow getting the internals into the fridge. It sounds like it will be hard, but we shall see...
Someone had previously gutted this fridge and turned it into a tool chest, so one of my first orders of business was to take out all of the shelves and door compartments. Below are the before and after pictures.
There are still a couple things that I need to get done, the most challenging perhaps, is to buy a mini fridge, disassemble it and transfer the parts into the kegerator. The next step after that will be to insulate the kegerator and pipe in the taps, but that is a lot further down the line.
We're still not 100% sure on what we want to do with the colors, but we are thinking a robin's egg blue with white/cream doors and chrome accents. This definitely wont be something that happens over night, so I look forward to constantly updating this blog on my progress with it.
On Deck: Maibock
Primary: German Pilsner, Dark American Lager
Secondary: Light American Lager, Vienna Lager
Total for 2012: 10 Gallons
No comments:
Post a Comment