Galanz 5.4 cu ft Kegerator Cooler Expired

I had a "beer miester" for 20+years. I ended up selling it when some one offered what I paid for it used ($200). At that point my brother was working at the local Miller distributer and could get 16 gallon kegs for about $35 as I recall and a line on the parts. When he got fired I lost the cheap source and had to buy them retail ($80 or so at the time), but I had a fridge down stairs and had all the parts to convert it. Must fridges do not have a flat bottom, so I had to cut up a wooden shelf.

I used it for a few years until the keg prices (local laws jacked up the taxes on kegs) and the prices got out of hand. A 16 gallon keg of MGD from Tottal Wine in MN is $125. Cases of MGD are just under $20. A16 gallon kegs hold 7 cases or so, but you also need to concider the waste in foam when tapping a new keg. I know a lot of you folks out here are concidering it for your favorite craft beer. I am not in to that. For me the price of kegs do not pay off when you add the cost and all the hassel of CO2 tanks.

A draining Drip tray should be a part of kegorator build. A tray with a hose that drains back into fridge into a waste jug My fridge was next to my sink so that was a improvement over the old beermiester. I just pourd over the sink. Having a drip tray or a wash rag is also part of the deal with units like this one, so you are kind of cleaning it up after ever pour too.. The downstairs fridge I converted had a ice maker and a freezer you could keep stuff in too if you needed more freezer space or making slushies or margeritas.. I liked kegorator better than the Beer Miester.

Lots of folks are in to the "lite" beers, hard cider and alike so you are always stocking up other beers for those folks if you are entertaining anyway.. In the day it paid off, but these days it does not work for me.. I still have the CO2 tanks and regulators if I want to biuld one again, but I doubt I ever do..

I've owned a Beverage air kegerator for 20 years. It was $1200 dollars and is commercial grade with stainless steel inside that can take the beating of sliding legs of beer in and out. Heavy duty castors. Has an internal drip tray system that is also stainless. Runs like the day I bought it.
My friend has a cheaper plastic version like this one. It works fine, like any fridge it's a guessing game of when something is going to quit working. The plastic inside you have to be be very carefull with heavy kegs. another area where they skimp is usually the tower is for the spout is a smaller diameter, and the spout is a cheaper grade. Also things to consider is the size of this, can it hold a full half barrel and the co2 tank same time. My friend has trouble keeping a consistent temp with his model, temp fluctuations mess with the co2. He fights a lot of foam. Prices of kegs have not been worth the hassle for me for many years. Dealing with line cleaning and co2 regulating. Trying to get a full half barrel to my basement duck walking it down the stairs. Having to deal with deposit and paperwork in the state I live in now. Used to be $70 for a keg of bud light now it's well over a hundred. It does make a nice mini fridge and I would buy another if it broke but beverage air or true are the only 2 brands I would use.

https://www.beveragefactory.com/i...gLJcfD_BwE

Beverage factory has all the commercial grade parts to make your own or compare models.

That is why younuse it for special occasions. Like waking up in the morning. Or days that end in "y".