If you are seriously engaged in homebrewing, then you should definitely buy a home brew kegerator. It allows you to enjoy a cold fragrant drink without leaving your home, and do not worry about the safety of your product.
Read our material on how to choose the best refrigeration equipment for home use.
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What Are the Different Types of Kegerators for Home Use?
A kegerator for a home bar is kind of a mini-refrigerator, designed for cooling and dispensing draft beer from a keg. In turn, kegs are barrels made of high-strength stainless steel.
Since we talk about small production volumes, it is preferable to use corny kegs, which can hold from 2.378 to 10 gallons of beverage. And the most popular is 5 gallon keg (19 liters), this volume is enough to prepare a small batch of beer or try a new recipe.
For barrel storage, you can buy a mini kegerator, stand-alone, or built-in kegerator.
How to Choose the Right Kegerator for Your Needs?
When choosing this device, be sure to pay attention to:
- Availability of digital temperature control, so you can easily choose the optimal temperature regime.
- Dimensional compatibility: this includes not only the capacity of the barrel but also its height and base.
- Number of taps: in most cases, home brew kegerators are designed for 1 or 2 taps. The more beer taps you have, the more beer varieties you can dispense at the same time.
- Installation type: All kegerators can be divided into built-in and portable. The first option has front ventilation, but such devices are not designed to be moved. Portable models can be moved to different parts of the home bar, but you should take into account that they need a place for ventilation. As a rule, for home use they take portable kegerators.
- CO2/nitrogen cylinder: You will need it if you want to serve a cold fresh beer, and make the dispensing simpler and more convenient.
Do you know where to buy a home brew kegerator and other beer equipment? We recommend Beverage Craft products. Here you will find all the most popular beer refrigerator models that are suitable for a small bar.
Beverage Craft representatives will gladly advise you on the choice of this equipment so that you get the refrigeration equipment that will best suit your needs!
