# Kegerator

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kegerator/578788>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 18, 2011, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kegerator/578788 "2011-04-18T01:55:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![geneb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a88e4f/32.png) [@geneb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/geneb)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kegerator/578788/21 "2011-04-19T17:24:46Z")

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At some point, I plan on making a kegerator as well. For about four or five hundred dollars you can convert a chest freezer into a kegerator (cheaper if you get a used freezer). Depending on the size of the freezer it can hold as many as 8 corny kegs. Probably going to have to wait until next year’s taxes come in, if not later, so I can buy some kegs too. (I brew my own beer, so I just need the kegs.)

You can also get really fancy and create facades around them to make them look amazingly nice.

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**Author:** ![Necros](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/necros/32/11086_2.png) [@Necros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Necros)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kegerator/578788/22 "2011-04-19T18:36:59Z")

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> [@Scylla](#):
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> I don’t think any thing ignites brotherhood and good will and commonality like a new kegerator.

Sadly, I must disagree with you. I just had mine delivered, and the FedEx guy bitched non-stop about how heavy it was and how FedEx should only allow shipment of packages and not freight and on and on. Then he asked what it was, I told him it was a kegerator, and he kind of rolled his eyes and headed back to the truck. No high fives for me. ☹

Only one 1/4 BBL of 90 Shilling for me…for the moment. I wanted to see how long it took me to go through it, since I have a double tap model. 🙂 Thinking a 6 of Denver Pale Ale and a 6 of some sort of porter…

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**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kegerator/578788/23 "2011-04-19T20:19:17Z")

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> [@Precambrianmollusc](#):
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> To be fair Utah beer limits are by weight and 3.2ABW is 4.0 ABV
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> Although when that minor difference is the silver lining on the cloud, things are grim indeed.
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> : puts Eastbound and Down on the car stereo and heads to Evanston :

It’s not a minor difference if you like barley wines and imperial stouts which are routinely 9% or IPAs which commonly finish out at about 6 or 7%. Neither are instances of beer drinkers demanding more alcohol, but those beers have a depth of flavor that you can’t find in 3.2 beer.

Utah guy, ever brew your own beer. It’s a fun hobby, and it’s affordable.

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