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Kegged Beer Cooler Upgrades In Progress…

Upgrades to the Kegged Beer Cooler are coming along very nicely. While not quite complete I’ve build, finished, and fitted a pine and poplar collar, and acquired and installed some taps. I still have to work out the drip tray, insulation inside the collar, and a few other random bits, but it’s almost set.

A year ago when first built it I figured that maybe one day I’d add taps, and a year later I’ve done so. After using a few friends’ taps and getting some nice ideas from how another friend built a collar I figured I’d go for it.

I feel really happy, proud, and fortunate that I have the means and abilities to do so. Growing up my dad and mom would let me help out with a bunch of things that they were working on. From both that and just being allowed to play with things I learned how to try and that it’s okay if things don’t always go right because you can learn and move on. These are very important things to know and I wholly believe that it helps me with most everything I do.

Now, hopefully I can finish off the kegged beer cooler / kegerator successfully and not end up with foaming taps or a poor quality drip tray or something…

5 Comments

  1. Jessie
    Jessie February 3, 2012

    This thing is really coming along. Somehow at the beginning, I thought you were going to run a line up to your kitchen. Is this in your basement?

  2. c0nsumer
    c0nsumer February 3, 2012

    Jessie: Yep, it’s in the basement. I can’t see myself running lines up to the kitchen. That’d be a lot of extra cooling required, and for little benefit. I may as well just have the taps where the kegs are. After all, I figure on average each will only get used once or twice a week.

  3. Jessie
    Jessie February 3, 2012

    That’s true. The beer would get all warm and flat sitting in the lines. You bike shop is in the basement, right? So, that’s where you need the keg anyway.

  4. c0nsumer
    c0nsumer February 3, 2012

    Jessie: Not flat because it’d all be under the same pressure, but it’d get warm unless I had chilled glycol lines run along with the tap lines. Also, yes, it’s in the basement, but there’s not much of a bike shop as a place where I work on general stuff, and I happen to have some bike-specific tools. It doesn’t take many special items to do bike work, thankfully.

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