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The Road to kegged beer
Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2013 5:35 pm
by jacinthebox
Hey everyone.
This is my road to kegged beer.
Got a free fridge on kijiji
Cut the door and fit it with foam board
Fits a bucket or a carboy
Re: The Road to kegged beer
Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2013 5:37 pm
by jacinthebox
Then I built a box to fit the fridge in
Re: The Road to kegged beer
Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2013 5:40 pm
by jacinthebox
Now I'm in the process of building the tap tower
Ill wait to paint the tower until I dry fit the faucets.
And adding casters and handles (heavy but mobile)
Re: The Road to kegged beer
Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2013 5:44 pm
by jacinthebox
Also built a temp controller for it
Re: The Road to kegged beer
Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2013 5:48 pm
by jacinthebox
Thinking of making a rail next.
What material does everyone use?
Was thinking 1/4" pipe with elbows and floor flanges (basically The same as the tower) painted black.
Re: The Road to kegged beer
Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2013 6:37 pm
by RubberToe
A Princess Auto manifold and 1/4" hose barbs from the air tools section. I can snap a photo later.
Sent from the brew timer.
Re: The Road to kegged beer
Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2013 7:42 pm
by jacinthebox
Great thanks
Re: The Road to kegged beer
Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 4:38 pm
by jacinthebox
Dry fitting everything before paint.
Re: The Road to kegged beer
Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 5:05 pm
by jtmwhyte
epic^
Re: The Road to kegged beer
Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 5:29 pm
by jacinthebox
Thanks
Re: The Road to kegged beer
Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 5:36 pm
by mr x
So how do the shanks fit into the manifold?
Re: The Road to kegged beer
Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 6:01 pm
by jacinthebox
They tighten onto the nipple using the provided nut. Then the entire assembly screws into the T. I'll take a picture to better explain
Re: The Road to kegged beer
Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 6:02 pm
by mr x
Great!
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 4
Re: The Road to kegged beer
Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 6:04 pm
by LeafMan66_67
Rails look good. Are they towel racks?
Re: The Road to kegged beer
Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 6:12 pm
by jacinthebox
LeafMan66_67 wrote:Rails look good. Are they towel racks?
Safety bars I found at Liquidation World on strawberry hill. $10 each
Re: The Road to kegged beer
Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 6:15 pm
by jacinthebox
Here are some pictures putting it together.
Re: The Road to kegged beer
Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 6:18 pm
by jacinthebox
The faucet is attached to the reducer via the supplied faucet nut.
Then gets screwed to the coupler.
Then the coupler is screwed to the nipple.
Then everything gets screwed to the T.
Re: The Road to kegged beer
Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 6:21 pm
by kberry
Looks awesome! Drinking some of your citra SMaSH right now. Tastes great. You gotta love that citra aroma!
Re: The Road to kegged beer
Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 6:24 pm
by jacinthebox
Thanks dude. We love us some citra lol.
We brewed 12 gal of it, that's how much we like it
It was clear. Before the car ride in.
Re: The Road to kegged beer
Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 7:03 pm
by mr x
What thread size are the bushings?
Re: The Road to kegged beer
Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 8:10 pm
by jacinthebox
All of the piping is 1 1/4".
The reducer is 1 1/4" to 1"
All stock plumbing from home depot so whatever thread size that is.
Re: The Road to kegged beer
Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 8:11 pm
by chalmers
Looks great!
Re: The Road to kegged beer
Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 8:14 pm
by LiverDance
Re: The Road to kegged beer
Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 8:15 pm
by jacinthebox
Thank you. Can't wait to have beer flowing.
Re: The Road to kegged beer
Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 8:20 pm
by dexter
That looks super clean nice work!
