Making your own keggerator

Have you always wanted a keggerator? But not willing to pay the price? That is exactly how we felt so we decided to make our own. We already had some of the essential components - the keg and CO2 system


and the tap tower



Both were purchased from Keggle Brewing Company.

The first challenge was to purchase a suitable refrigerator. If you have an old fridge around, it can easily be converted to a keggerator, but we do not have an extra. We were looking for something on the small side, something that would resemble a typical keggerator. The first thing you need to look for is a fridge that will fit the keg and also one that doesn't have a freezer built in. If there is a freezer component you won't be able to drill through the top of the fridge to run the line and mount the tap tower.

We took our keg with us to Hhgregg and tried out the available models. We found one that would work, and did not have a freezer. Our first step was to center the tap tower and figure out where to drill. We also had to take notice of the temperature gauge that is on the top of the fridge, hence our tap tower is near the rear of the fridge.


Then let the drilling begin


We drilled the four holes to mount the tap tower and a hole on the rather large size for the line because some day in the future we would like to put in a second keg and have two lines running through the hole. Until we reach that brewing and consuming capacity, we will fill up the extra space with insulating foam in a can from Lowes.

It was pretty easy from there to attach the four screws and put the line down into the fridge. Here is the finished look.


and with the keg inside....


Happy drinking!