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.
Chest freezer kegerator size.
I converted a chest freezer and it easily holds two 1 2 barrels 5 lb co2 tank 1 gallon drain container and two fans.
More beer you can add different kinds of beer depending on the size of the freezer.
I wanted to use a chest freezer because it seemed like the simplest most energy efficient and most self contained kegerator that.
Commercial keg coolers with tap systems get pricey pretty quickly so i decided to convert an old chest freezer donated from a friend into a kegerator otherwise known as a keezer.
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.
Convert a chest freezer to kegerator or fermenter for 20.
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.
Electricity yearly cost is under 75 to run keep it full of beer and it could be lower.
Chest freezer that i picked up on sale at hhgregg for 240.
If you re willing to get your hands a little dirty cheap contro.
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.
A chest freezer kegerator is a great option if you want to have more than 4 beers on tap at one time.
Not heavy compared to a kegerator chest freezers are really lightweight.
As we ll cover later on a chest freezer can be used as a place to perform perfect fermentation under complete temperature control.
However if you have a bigger space then by all means go bigger.