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| Me on the left and my brewing partner on the
right as we stand beside our bar/kegerator. The suit belongs to my friends dad
which he used to wear when he was younger. |
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| Here you can see the 3 Perlick faucets and 1
Stout faucet. I used transparencies to label the taps and stuck them between
the wood and the black seal/cover. Also, if you look to the bottom of the bar you can see
the drip tray. Instead of spending $50-$80 on a real drip tray to fit under the taps I bought a $2 door mat
from the hardware store and cut it in half. This method also avoids drilling the drip tray into the freezer. |
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| Close up on the sign: "Hands off the barmaid" |
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| Side of bar/kegerator. Silver tank is Co2.
Green/Red tank is Beergas. We use Co2 to carbonate and Beergas to
smooth/push the beer out. Here you can also see the temperature controller
going in the same hole as the gas line. |
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| Close up on the sign: "No bloody swearing" |
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| Gas distribution bar. You can see how I used
bent metal wood ties with a strip of weather stripping, to avoid scratching
the freezer, to keep the wood frame in place. I've seen other peoples
solutions and found this to be much cleaner. There are two on the front and
back and one of each side of the bar/kegerator. The wood ties were bent to
fit the curve between the wood and freezer and to create tension so that the
wood frame does not move. |
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| Picture of the kegs and lines. You'll notice
there are no barbs. I attempted to use a solution from
http://www.ihomebrewsolutions.com which worked great for the "Out" posts
(black) but my hoses where too wide to take advantage of the push-connect
fittings for the "In" post (white). |
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Entrance to the bar room. I plan to get stickers to put a name into the red
area. |
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The area immediately left of the doorway. Luckily I was able to serve all my
guests with using glasses and didn't have to resort to the plastic cups. You can see a "tip" jar behind the bowl of
Doritos. |
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Just showing off the Guinness wall clock and top of the wine bottle corker. |
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Moving towards the bar/kegerator area. |
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Still moving right towards the fireplace mantle. There I have pictures of a
Golden Ale that exploded out of the carboy. The wrench and screwdriver is
for moving and adjusting the regulator! Haha. |
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Other side of the fireplace mantle. The coasters on the top are a collectors
series of 15 coasters that have a unique perspective on the history of pubs
and beer. |
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Moving rightward. A few months ago I destroyed a piano with a sledge hammer,
I kept the unit that hits the strings as a souvenir and you can see that at
the bottom... it's interesting to look at. |
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Here you can see the start of our coaster wall. |
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Close up. |
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Me enjoying an Oatmeal Stout out of a mini-pitcher I found in the dollar
store. |
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Me again, that's a damn good Oatmeal Stout. |