Chest Freezer Kegerator Size

Electricity yearly cost is under 75 to run keep it full of beer and it could be lower.

Chest freezer kegerator size.

Having a kegerator has been something i ve been wanting for a while now but i wanted something that could hold a variety of kegged beers. I wanted to use a chest freezer because it seemed like the simplest most energy efficient and most self contained kegerator that. For this kegerator i used a black frigidaire 7 2 cu. Some homebrewers have up to 10 beers going at a time so having the ability to choose any size chest freezer needed to house your kegs makes this a perfect choice for brewers.

Convert a chest freezer to kegerator or fermenter for 20. If you re willing to get your hands a little dirty cheap contro. I converted a chest freezer and it easily holds two 1 2 barrels 5 lb co2 tank 1 gallon drain container and two fans. A chest freezer kegerator is a great option if you want to have more than 4 beers on tap at one time.

As we ll cover later on a chest freezer can be used as a place to perform perfect fermentation under complete temperature control. It s a little more costly to build but in my opinion it is worth it and will be the most economical in the long run. So there s a couple other instructables already about converting a chest freezer to a kegerator aka keezer but most of them use the expensive plug and play temperature controllers. Chest freezer that i picked up on sale at hhgregg for 240.

Save money buying in kegs is cheaper than by the can and taste better. Not heavy compared to a kegerator chest freezers are really lightweight. In my experience most homebrewers will be limited to the average size of a 7 cu chest freezer.