kegerator raider

We had planned on replacing the mix and match kitchen appliances since buying the house and with the project list dwindling decided to tackle those next.  My top priority was the slowly dying dishwasher which turns out, worked just fine (what didn't was my super earth friendly biodegradable dish soap.  Sorry earth, I really hate water spots on my glasses!).  We were able to sell it for a few bucks and replaced it with a new stainless steel model. (Never did quite learn that 'take before photos' lesson did we?)




Bryce's top priority was to replace the refrigerator and you'll see why. We upgraded to a nice freezer on bottom stainless steel model which although I love the look of, don't recommend due to the very limited and inefficient freezer space.


but instead of selling or donating the old one, it moved out into the garage and became a kegerator for Bryce's new brewing hobby (this kid's got motives people). I was glad we kept it though when we decided to start purchasing fractions of farm animals for meat that wouldn't fit in the new freezer.


We made a shelf out of scrap plywood and 2x4s that sits on existing shelf supports inside. The standard shelves that were removed wouldn't hold the amount of weight we would be putting in there as the kegerator can now fit 1 standard half barrel and 1 6th barrel keg along with the Co2 canister (shown here with 2 6th barrels). The shelf left room below for Bryce's 'beer cellar'. Most people age wine....we age both.


the outside; we still need to add a drain tube for the drip pan, for now that blue bucket is doing the job


Bryce wanted to use leftover chalkboard paint on the kegerator to label the rotating selection but I got out of that task by showing him dry erase markers would work just as well. On the left is a custom tap I made for the home brewed IPA and on the right, the dry erase marker labeled 2* Below by New Belgium.


The stove, hood and microwave are still all white while we keep an eye out for any good deals.

and here's a pic of Bryce using his newly built workbench to assemble the co2 system