Son of Kegerator!

Since it's Valentine's Day and my wife is out of town, I seized the opportunity to spend time with my mistress...beer. I've been kind of concerned about my kegerator of late - so lonely looking with that huge door and just that one little tap. So tonight I created Son of Kegerator.

Such a lonley little tap

Please refer to my last post in which I displayed various parts. Add to those parts these simple tools, and you have the makings for a kegerator addition

A drill and 2 hole saws is really all you need

First, I drilled a pilot hole through the front of the door. I choose to drill in the door because doors rarely have refrigeration coils in them, like you might find in the side of some fridges. Drill a hole in your coils and you have a big problem - bad kegerator karma there.

The 1/8" pilot hole

Next, I used the 7/8" hole saw to drill a hole from the inside of the door towards the outside.

7/8" hole from the inside

I then drilled a 1 3/8" hole through the outside skin of the door.

1 3/8" outside hole

After that, it's just a matter of installing the tap in the door and a two-way manifold to the CO2 lines and voila...kegerator has a buddy! Side by side, every day, they will be there to keep each other (and me) happy!

Plastic manifold with hose and clamps

Beer and gas lines ready to go (notice no butter in the butter tray)

Voila! Buddies for life!

Tomorrow starts the weekend brew marathon. I'm building a Blonde on the Front Porch...

Until next time, cheers!