Posted by I made the move to Corney Kegs a back in 2015 (see Corney Kegs post) and had been happy with the convenience and portability of my brews. My Dad even made a wooden cradle for the keg to sit in when being transported round to a mates in order to help add atmosphere to the watching of a Rugby match.
Once the Skip and Anchor had been established the idea of a more permanent serving method was added to the wish list and research began on Kegerators and Keezers. For those who have no idea what such phrases relate to – a Kegerator is a converted (re)fridge(rator) and a Keezer the same but with a freezer. These insulated vessels are used to store and maintain the temperature of your kegs and associated contents, with a source of CO2 for carbonation and serving and a tower with beer taps for distribution.
As luck would have it some friends were renovating their kitchen and had a spare under the counter style fridge – so a Kegerator it was to be.
Planning
There are loads of good sites online with instructions on making these things, as well as kits you can buy with all the requisite parts. I decided to steer away from the kit idea as:
- I already had the CO2 cylinder, spare gas lines, regulator which often come with these kits
- I couldn’t find one with the style of tower I wanted
- I wanted more control over the design
Approach
The overall approach is fairly simple.
- Take the top off the fridge.
- Very carefully create a hole in the top of the fridge for the lines
- Fix the serving tower to the top – along with any other rails, shiny bits
- Reassemble fridge
- Bring CO2 feed into fridge
- Other bits and pieces to make it look good