Beer. Beautiful, beautiful beer.

[jjcourtright]

I'm getting ready to order up the stuff to make a kegerator. Anybody else have one? Anybody have any horror stories that I should know about before I click the submit order button? (OK, I'm not that ready, but probably will be ordering by the end of the week.)

[TLS]

What's a kegerator?

[jjcourtright]

[Faints]


[Awakens]
You were joking right? You weren't? Poor child.

Well, it's not quite a mop, and it's not quite a puppet, but man...So to answer your question, I don't know.

Wait, that's not right.

Behold:
http://www.beveragefactory.com/refrigerators/beer/pix/plku1267ds.jpg

Edit: [Hopes that is more than just a red 'x']

[Dave]

it's a beer keg sized fridge with a tap on it. I have no horror stories, G-O-F-O-R-I-T!

Edit - See above.

[TLS]

Oooh, pretty...that looks all high-tech and stuff. Cold beer, what a concept.

I used to have a keg inside a giant wire/cable spool... Looked like an umbrella table, but with a tap sticking out of the hole instead of the umbrella.

[jjcourtright]

Mine won't look nearly so high-tech. I'm buying a kit with all the hook-ups, and then I'm hoping to stumble upon a used refrigerator either on the side of the road or at a used refrigerator store(assuming that such a place exists). Then I will drill a hole through the front of the refrigerator while simultaneously praying that I don't fuck it up in the process. I'll post a picture when I'm done so you can see how the normal non-stainless steel kegerator buyers live.

[TLS]

A note on safety, be sure to wear a face mask and gloves and ...etc when drilling through a fridge. I don't know anyone who's drilled through one before, but I know if you accidentally jab a hole in one, some poisonious gas or liquid (I think free-on (sp?)) comes out and I heard it's pretty dangerous stuff. Though I could be wrong, you still might want to check into it first.

[jjcourtright]

I'm just drilling through the front, so I should be cool.

Funny story:
In the 80's, my dad was in charge of building the command center that controls a large chunk of the "missle defense" program. He had to build the same setup that they have at Norad without being able to step foot into Norad. Anyways, after it was done, they had to test the fire...um, putting out system. The chemical used during an actual fire was far too expensive to use in the test. Freeon was the cheap alternative. After three or four tests(not to mention TONS of freeon), and with the benefit of years of hindsight, my dad is convinced that he is the cause of the hole in the ozone layer.

[TLS]

Wow, that's heavy blame to put on one's self.

Good luck with your project. I hope you get good results.

[DarthMaulRat]

I can't imagine drilling through the front door to be too hard, just make sure you don't shatter the paneling or get caught offguard by metal. Of course, if you've gone this far, why not go for broke and make a house wide tap system? Those little pumps on top of kegs can be enough to send a frosty glass upstairs, although you sometimes run the risk of blowing off the nozzle.

[jjcourtright]

Because I only want my 2-year-old to drink beer when I'm around to supervise him. If I put a tap in his room, I would have no way to police his beer intake....silly.

[Dave]

such a place does exist. a Scratch and Dent appliance store is what you are looking for.

[Jason_Brown]

This is giving me flashbacks of my old roommate's "home-brewing" attempts. One day, we heard a huge "kapow" sound from the closet. Upon investigation, we discovered that everything in the closet was covered in hops.

[DangerSeeker]

My landlord, who lives above my apartment, has a kegerator of Guinness on his deck. Works fine. This is a guy who can't fix a leaky roof or get hot water to the washing machine, but can make beer appliances for himself.

Good luck, but remember - the inside of the fridge should be able to hold a keg, so measure a keg before purchasing. Also, buy those water-filled mugs to put up top in the freezer.

[Matthew]

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This depends where the coils are. On most fridges they are in the back of the fridge, so no worries on drilling from the front.

@ jj

To ease your tension, I have made old fridges (bought from various pawn shops and friends ) into several other appliances.

I made a kegerator, a smoker, and a few storage locker type thingies.

You should have nothing to worry about!

[FanGirl]

Best of luck. I have no words of wisdom since I have only enjoyed others Kegarators and never inquired about making one.

I will say if you get a really crappy looking fridge you should paint it. I suggest making it look like a safe. It will teach the youngin' about how safes protect precious things. /forums/images/icons/grin.gif

[marksiwel]

Oh what a country! It brings a tear to thine eye.
Also I thought 2 year olds only drank Khula in their milk, atleast thats how we did it back when I was a kid.

[karmattack]

LUCKY!

[bwdial]

Had a three kegger bar version in the ol' fraternity house, but it broke, so it was garbage cans and ice. Of course (and this all depends on the two year old's rate of consumption) we probably finished off a keg faster than you, /forums/images/icons/wink.gif so the garbage can full of ice worked better for us.
On the subject of garbage cans filled with ice, be sure you don't stunt the two year old's growth. I mean, a boy's got to learn how to do keg stands sometime.

[karmattack]

In fact, holding him upside down by his legs over the keg should help stimulate growth. Don't you think?

[DangerSeeker]

If you want to find one cheap, go to the junkyard and ask for the "Curious Drifter" model. It'll require cleaning, as well as some safety features for the kids, but you'll get it for a song. A very sad, lonely, well travelled song.

Oh, and it may be haunted.

[jjcourtright]

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the inside of the fridge should be able to hold a keg, so measure a keg before purchasing

[/ QUOTE ] I have a keg in my garage from some far off party that is just itching to have a tape measure used on it.

[karmattack]

Far off in the past or future? You lazy drunk/ambitious alcoholic!

[jjcourtright]

Well, the kegerator is all put together. I'm picking up the first keg on my way home from work this afternoon. That of course means that I may not survive the weekend. If I do, I will post pictures.

[DangerSeeker]

Now you just need a chip-o-matic. I don't know what it is, but you need one.

[jonmarbles]

Here is a hint...take the pictures BEFORE the weekend starts....to hell with that just toss one up for the good ol people here at Poop Shoot.

-Marbles

[Sheriff]

Well, the kegerator is all put together. I'm picking up the first keg on my way home from work this afternoon. That of course means that I may not survive the weekend. If I do, I will post pictures.

Hey, did you survive? Where are the pictures????

[Dave]

Sheriff's Avatar isn't working, Someone fix this, STAT!

[Matthew]

Where are the boobies?

[jjcourtright]

Hey, did you survive? Where are the pictures????Yes, I have survived. Lazyness is my excuse for the lack of pictures. I'll try later this week. The first keg is probably a 12 pack away from being cashed. Number two shall come later this week.

[Matthew]

What kind of beer or beer flavored beverage are you keeping in your kegerator?

[jjcourtright]

I thought that it would be a good idea to get the beer on post...save money, and tax-free. My choices were MGD, Coors Light, or Corona. Corona was without a doubt out...I'm boycotting Coors products...so that left MGD. All my friends were disappointed until they tasted MGD at 30 degrees. It's incredible. My plan for the next one is Brecken (http://www.breckbrew.com/beer/proper.html)ridge Proper. I loves that stuff...probably my favorite beer.

[karmattack]

A wheat beer......summery, full bodied.

Touche, my good man.

[Matthew]

Breckenridge is decent.

My keg currently is summit, but when this bails I am getting Oberdorfer Dark Wheat.

[Sheriff]

Damn the new limitations on Avatars, I can't get mine to look good, the new one will have to suffice for now. JJ, pictures, STAT!

[psychofiend]

I'm getting ready to order up the stuff to make a kegerator. Anybody else have one? Anybody have any horror stories that I should know about before I click the submit order button? (OK, I'm not that ready, but probably will be ordering by the end of the week.)
Some kids at my school threw a kegger... I don't like to go to huge things like that so i didn't go, but one of the kids there told me about it and showed his wounds from it. I'll skip the story and just tell you the morals. Moral #1 with a keg, do NOT invite punkers. #2 Do NOT have a bonfire. #3 Do NOT have gasoline around drunken punkers. #4 If you break all the 1st 3, and something bad happens (which it will), call the hospital and pull the dumb fuck out of the fire quickly. No one died in this story, but based on the morals you can see Punkers+Fire+Booze+Gas= STUPID!!!

[Sheriff]

Odd that you bring that up, did my new avatar inspire you? If you look closely you can distinguish my right arm in the lower right corner. I don't necessarly think that it is just punkers you need to worry about (as I am not one) ,but probably more pyros and people who like bright lights.

[JK]

Punkers+Fire+Booze+Gas= STUPID!!!

Have any of you ever heard of a zilcher? It's where you take a plastic milk jug of the one gallon variety, put it on the end of a stick, and hold it over a bonfire... It literally makes the sound "zilch" as it melts and drops into the flames...

I had a lot of free time when I lived up in Wisconsin...

[jjcourtright]

Odd that you bring that up, did my new avatar inspire you? If you look closely you can distinguish my right arm in the lower right corner. I don't necessarly think that it is just punkers you need to worry about (as I am not one) ,but probably more pyros and people who like bright lights.Weird, I just always assumed that it was Burns in the picture...

[slizzelizzel]

What, exaclty is that avatar supposed to be? I can't make anything out of it...

[TLS]

I liked the bouncing boobs better.

[Efexeye]

I liked the bouncing boobs better.

I conquer. (Bonus points if you get the reference...)

[TLS]

Dammit, I was never any good at the bonus questions. I always ended up guessing something stupid, like purple boxy pail or Lord Fig Newton.

[jjcourtright]

I'm pretty sure that we all liked the bouncing boobs better...

[actualsize]

What, exaclty is that avatar supposed to be? I can't make anything out of it...
I can make a hat, ...or a brooch, ....or a pteradactyl.

[slizzelizzel]

thats crazy i cant . cool tho ,catn I have one?

[Matthew]

I conquer. (Bonus points if you get the reference...)

hmm, Bouncing Boobies, conquer, is it
"The Night He Came Home" ??

[Efexeye]

hmm, Bouncing Boobies, conquer, is it
"The Night He Came Home" ??

Nope. Here's a hint- someone mispronounces the word "conquer".

[Matthew]

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century??

[Efexeye]

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century??

No....that isn't the one I was thinking of. The specific reference involves a "Word-of-the-day" calendar.

[slizzelizzel]

Is that Futurama? Just a guess...

[Efexeye]

Is that Futurama? Just a guess...

Warmer, warmer...

[slizzelizzel]

Well then it must be The Simpsons. Maybe.

[Efexeye]

Well then it must be The Simpsons. Maybe.

Well, that's a little too broad, but yes, it was from the Simpsons. Carl (Lenny's hetero lifemate) uses the word "concur" in a sentence- he says "I concur" about something- then he says he got the word from a word-of-the-day calendar, and then the camera pans to show us the calendar, where the entry is "conquer". Funny.

[slizzelizzel]

I remember that perfectly. Carl reminds me of Hermes from Futurama, though, that's why I mixed them up.

BTW- Was that from the Tartar sauce episode? I know they were sitting in the Power Plants cafeteria when that happened.

[Efexeye]

I remember that perfectly. Carl reminds me of Hermes from Futurama, though, that's why I mixed them up.

BTW- Was that from the Tartar sauce episode? I know they were sitting in the Power Plants cafeteria when that happened.

I don't think so- the tartar sauce episode was pretty early on, like 2nd or 3rd season- this one happened a little later than that. I was pretty sure they were in Moe's when this happened...but I could be wrong.

[FanGirl]

Just found a funny quote: "To fulfil all of your daily nutritional requirements you would need to drink a glass of orange juice, two glasses of milk, and 47 pints of Guinness." -
Dom Mooney