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From when the taps we first installed After I kegged my Apollo 11 brew a couple nights ago. The two boxes underneath the kegs are full of various beers I am hanging on to (including more than necessary amounts of alpha%dog).

I'll play.


The fridge is in my basement below the taps. It's filthy right now... Maybe I should clean it.

No, that looks about right.

Sandy

Keggermeister wrote:I'll play.

Hmm, is that Rosee a beer, or wine? I ask because I'm curious about kegging wine, and using CO2 to push it.

once im in my new house i plan on building a wall around the fridge and tiling it.

It is wine, just using enough co2 to push it. I really don't drink it that often.

You can use argon as well for the wine. Been pondering that one myself.

mr x wrote:You can use argon as well for the wine. Been pondering that one myself.

What about nitrogen? Would have thought it would be inert enough. I'd been wondering exactly the same thing, as one of my winemaker friends keeps wine on-tap, and I never noticed any hint of carbonation (though I usually drink his beer).

I believe nitrogen works also, but for some reason the guy I talked to (he does draft line installation) was going to use argon...

From http://www.wineqc.com/papers/inertgas/inertgas.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;, Nitrogen seems to be the least soluble of inert gases in wine.
I'm also reading success from people using CO2, but with v. low pressures (2-3psi, after starting a bit higher to seal the keg).

I should just bite the bullet and try it. I've got a carboy of wine that's been sitting in the basement for 6months, no idea how it's doing. Just was too lazy to even think about bottling it.

Here's mine but I have long since changed over those standard taps to Perlicks.

This really wants me too, convert my little fridge i bought last year to do this.....have the mini fridge, have the pepsi kegs.....Have beer ready to put into kegs......

Do it!

Just Completed my new one last week

Very nice. I might have to steal that idea as I'm planning on mounting taps on the side of my fridge.

Great job Hotbreak! Can't wait to pull those handles!

I hooked up a keg of 2 year old apple cidre I "discovered" while cleaning out the garage. Damn well aged if I do say so myself!

Some inspirational pics for a Tuesday morning!

Are there any refrigerant lines in the sides of fridges to be worried about ?

I have done a couple of these fridges now and from what I have seen, nobody runs lines around the side of the fridge. They seem to just come in the back. That being said, drill a small hole first and feel around inside before putting the hole saw to it to make sure. Most fridges these days seem to be just expanded foam in the walls. I also take the inside of the door out and replace it with a sheet of aluminum to make more room for kegs!

HotBreak wrote:I have done a couple of these fridges now and from what I have seen, nobody runs lines around the side of the fridge. They seem to just come in the back. That being said, drill a small hole first and feel around inside before putting the hole saw to it to make sure. Most fridges these days seem to be just expanded foam in the walls. I also take the inside of the door out and replace it with a sheet of aluminum to make more room for kegs!

Awesome! I may have to steal that idea.

This one's not mine, but I like it... classy look at first and then, BLAM there's taps on it

That is awesome!

that is pretty damn cool.

That's just awesome, very original!

Can we get a bump on this thread??

I'm looking at finally making my Kegerator and I'd like some advice / inspiration!