Hey Guys,
I want to build a kegerator system using a 55 gallon plastic drum(with a removable lid) and need some advice to make it work properly. We usually buy a keg for long weekends so the goal is to have the beer last 3-4 days. We mainly buy lager style beers(Modelo, Spaten, Pacifico)
The CO2 tank along with the regulator will be on the outside and I will drill a small hole for the CO2 line to go into the drum.
I plan on mounting the tap on the side edge of the drum about 1.5 ft high. The ideology behind this is to keep the tap and the beer line under the ice level to maintain equal temperature for the line and tap to the beer. Ice would be filled around the keg all the way up to the top edge. I was thinking of using about 10 ft of beer line.
Lastly, I want to put some sort of drain valve at the bottom of the barrel to help empty water so that we can add ice as need be. Living in Southern California, ice can melt real fast, although the beer will be in the shade.
I need some of the experts to chime in and help guide me away from foam and other pitfalls.
Thanks
I want to build a kegerator system using a 55 gallon plastic drum(with a removable lid) and need some advice to make it work properly. We usually buy a keg for long weekends so the goal is to have the beer last 3-4 days. We mainly buy lager style beers(Modelo, Spaten, Pacifico)
The CO2 tank along with the regulator will be on the outside and I will drill a small hole for the CO2 line to go into the drum.
I plan on mounting the tap on the side edge of the drum about 1.5 ft high. The ideology behind this is to keep the tap and the beer line under the ice level to maintain equal temperature for the line and tap to the beer. Ice would be filled around the keg all the way up to the top edge. I was thinking of using about 10 ft of beer line.
Lastly, I want to put some sort of drain valve at the bottom of the barrel to help empty water so that we can add ice as need be. Living in Southern California, ice can melt real fast, although the beer will be in the shade.
I need some of the experts to chime in and help guide me away from foam and other pitfalls.
Thanks
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