The finished basement will feature a beer fridge with 4 keg capacity (2 5-Gal Cornelius kegs and 2 smaller 2 or 2-1/2 gallon kegs).
Due to the design of the basement, some compromises needed to be made. The current system I have is a small chest freezer (top door) which can hold 3 5-Gal Cornelius kegs. The freezer resides in a closet on the opposite side of the wall where I thought the bar would be located. Long story short, after sitting down with designers (and wife), the bar was moved to a completely different location and the beer fridge is now being built into the counter. This poses a few problems.
First, under-counter appliances are specially designed to vent out the front. Second, it would be difficult to accomodate a top-opening chest freezer, especially since the counter will be extremely heavy (granite).
So, we searched and searched and searched and searched for an under-counter fridge that would work. The best thing I could find is a plain jane 6-CU FT GE (GMR06AAPBB). This is not completely ideal as this fridge does have a freezer section that will need to be bent upwards for keg clearance. I believe that if I bend it carefully, I will not break the coil loop (which would be really bad).
Due to the design of the basement, some compromises needed to be made. The current system I have is a small chest freezer (top door) which can hold 3 5-Gal Cornelius kegs. The freezer resides in a closet on the opposite side of the wall where I thought the bar would be located. Long story short, after sitting down with designers (and wife), the bar was moved to a completely different location and the beer fridge is now being built into the counter. This poses a few problems.
First, under-counter appliances are specially designed to vent out the front. Second, it would be difficult to accomodate a top-opening chest freezer, especially since the counter will be extremely heavy (granite).
So, we searched and searched and searched and searched for an under-counter fridge that would work. The best thing I could find is a plain jane 6-CU FT GE (GMR06AAPBB). This is not completely ideal as this fridge does have a freezer section that will need to be bent upwards for keg clearance. I believe that if I bend it carefully, I will not break the coil loop (which would be really bad).
Since this fridge is completely ugly (just a plain black), we are purchasing the optional wood trim kit (TPK6) to allow us to replace the door with a custom wood panel.
To get the beer out of the keg, I will also (obviously) have to drill a hole through the top of the fridge. I looked to see if I could get some engineering design documents (CAD files) from GE specifying the location of the coils. So far, no luck, so I'm going to have to peel the outer shell of the fridge carefully and locate the coils before drilling. Never done this before, so I have no idea how hard it will be to find the coils.
To get the beer out of the keg, I will also (obviously) have to drill a hole through the top of the fridge. I looked to see if I could get some engineering design documents (CAD files) from GE specifying the location of the coils. So far, no luck, so I'm going to have to peel the outer shell of the fridge carefully and locate the coils before drilling. Never done this before, so I have no idea how hard it will be to find the coils.
Purchased locally at Warners' Stellian.
Wood Trim Kit: TPK6
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