How to Build a Beer Keg Cooler

Keg beer is best served cold and cheap.

There are many refrigeration units for kegs, or kegerators, to keep your beer cold for you these days. Many of these are hooked to a CO2 system so you can serve draft beer to your friends in your kitchen without pumping your keg. These systems can get rather expensive and you may not have the money to buy one of these. There is a way that you can make your own kegerator for little more than the cost of a used mini fridge.

Things You'll Need

• Mini fridge, 30 inches by 30 inches by 35 inches high
• Keg
• Manual keg tap
• Drill
• 3-inch hole saw
• Rag

Instructions

1. Using the drill and hole saw, drill a hole exactly in the middle of the top of the fridge.

2. Place the tap down the hole so that the hose and the tap stick out of the top of the fridge.

3. Place the keg in the fridge and attach the tap to the keg. Fill the hole in with a rag to keep cold air from escaping

4. Plug in the fridge and give the beer an hour to cool.

Tips & Warnings

• With a bigger fridge, you can add a CO2 bottle and line so you don't have to pump the tap, though you will need more parts and it can get expensive.