Walk around and make sure the collar looks evenly placed.
Chest freezer kegerator collar.
It was the ban.
Here s what i came up with for the final price of the chest freezer kegerator.
There are still some finishing touches to be made on my new kegerator but the collar build was a success and beer is flowing.
Place the freezer lid back on top of the of the collar and verify the collar hasn t shifted in the process.
It is a modified chest freezer that anyone could make for half the cost of a kegerator.
Kegerator ize it insert the shanks kegs tanks and connect all of the fittings.
While i enjoy most of the process i did not enjoy sterilizing filling capping labeling and storing dozens of bottles of beer.
You screw the top lid onto the collar and a drill a couple of holes for your tap lines.
Basically you make a collar out of wood and glue it down to the chest.
Apply a fair amount of glue to the bottom of the collar and set it on top of your freezer.
Building a wood collar with 2x6 s between the freezer top and bottom gives you a place to drill for shanks and faucets without having to worry about hitting coolant lines.
Jan 7 2014 explore doug phillips s board keezer designs on pinterest.
See more ideas about home brewing kegerator beer brewing.
Chest freezer keezer using a chest freezer is a good option if you want more than four kegs on tap at one time.
All that remained was to reattach the collar of my new door to the hinges and put the co2 cylinder in the freezer.
Ready made kegerators or refrigerators that have been converted to kegerators have ventilation systems build into them that move the air.
After years of making my own wine i decided to up my game and jump into the world of homebrewing beer.
Chest freezer kegerator keezer and building cornhole boards in the downtime.
If the freezer quits working i can take off the collar and the freezer is back to its original configuration.
To make sure the collar doesn t shift around i used small 90 deg angle clips and 3 4 screws to attach it to the chest freezer.
Since the kegerator is made from a chest freezer most people would call it a keezer.
I chose the second method because it seemed like the most logical way to go about building a kegerator.
I added neoprene gaskets between the collar and the nut to block air from finding its way in around the shank.
I spent hours looking at examples all over the internet.
The main part of building the keezer was building the keezer collar.
Another new addition velcro zip ties to tame the 15 of line i m using for each tap.
You can really custom make this to your style the options are unlimited.
