I worked for a beer distributor for 11 years (2005-2016) we used these all the time at outdoor special events and festivals. A few words of advice for anyone out there looking to build one. First the coil system can get fragile over time, there is something called a cold plate. It's pretty much a thick piece of aluminum that the beer flows through and those are generally more durable than a coil. This only matters if you are using it for heavy use. If your beer gets foamy make sure you always drain the water and refill with fresh ice. When water gets in there the temperature rises and foams up the beer. As soon as the water drains and it's filled up with ice the foam goes away. This was primarily a problem with a cold plate because we hardly every used coil systems. Plus we always used the cheap rubbermaid coolers not a new rotomolded style because they got beat up from transportation and general use. These are great for weddings, parties, and BBQ's. I frequently borrowed a double handle system from work and used one at a wedding and it was great. I hooked up two kegs, one 1/6th barrel with craft beer and 1 slim 1/4 with domestic. I have found the best system is MicroMatic that's what we used but then again we got distributor rates. ALWAYS make sure you have extra gaskets.
also, make sure you run beer thru the system before adding ice. you dont want to freeze any residual water left in the coils when you add the ice ( the same goes for the cold plates), washers are your best friend, and lastly run cleaner thru (check micro matic website) before putting cooler away.
It is relatively simple to disassemble. However, you will be left with holes if you remove the shanks. You could leave the shanks in, and put caps over them... I'll have to take a look and see what we could make caps out of.
Probably not worthwhile converting a rotomolded cooler for this purpose; by your own tests, a lot of the cheaper coolers would be able to hold ice for over a day, and either way, you'll be introducing a lot of heat into the ice via the beer you're routing through the ice. I suspect the beer will melt the ice before the insulation differences make much of an impact.
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I worked for a beer distributor for 11 years (2005-2016) we used these all the time at outdoor special events and festivals. A few words of advice for anyone out there looking to build one. First the coil system can get fragile over time, there is something called a cold plate. It's pretty much a thick piece of aluminum that the beer flows through and those are generally more durable than a coil. This only matters if you are using it for heavy use. If your beer gets foamy make sure you always drain the water and refill with fresh ice. When water gets in there the temperature rises and foams up the beer. As soon as the water drains and it's filled up with ice the foam goes away. This was primarily a problem with a cold plate because we hardly every used coil systems. Plus we always used the cheap rubbermaid coolers not a new rotomolded style because they got beat up from transportation and general use. These are great for weddings, parties, and BBQ's. I frequently borrowed a double handle system from work and used one at a wedding and it was great. I hooked up two kegs, one 1/6th barrel with craft beer and 1 slim 1/4 with domestic. I have found the best system is MicroMatic that's what we used but then again we got distributor rates. ALWAYS make sure you have extra gaskets.
Awesome info & advice. Thanks for sharing Otis! We may try and test a cold plate in the future as well.
@@CoolersOnSale Also forgot to mention ALWAYS make sure you have extra gaskets.
I think we already learned this with the intake to coil nut/gasket. Ha ha, whoops! Definitely will keep some extras. Thanks again for the tips
also, make sure you run beer thru the system before adding ice. you dont want to freeze any residual water left in the coils when you add the ice ( the same goes for the cold plates), washers are your best friend, and lastly run cleaner thru (check micro matic website) before putting cooler away.
Now that would make a good give-away!
Tempting, but the beer taste sooooo good! Hard to part with this one.
Hell yea charlie DiY life skills 👍 perfect for this summer . awesome vid sir
Thanks Mike! It was fun.... or maybe thats just because there was beer at the end.
That was awesome 👏🏼 I just subscribed to the channel keep up the good work 👍👍
Awesome! Thanks.
I want to leave work right now and make one of these.
Heck, me too! Let's pour a few cold ones!
Awesome video
Thanks!
This looks awesome! Question: how difficult is it to disassemble if you want to use it as as regular cooler?
It is relatively simple to disassemble. However, you will be left with holes if you remove the shanks. You could leave the shanks in, and put caps over them... I'll have to take a look and see what we could make caps out of.
Great video 👍 thanks, but 6:17 there's no way that is the first beer poured.
I assumed kegs needed to always stay chilled? Can kegs stay outside in room temperature?
Could y’all do a review of the Engel cooler/dry box
What’s the i.d. of the beer line? What size is the barb for the beer line
Test the orca 58 and the Polaris 60 cause I’m debating on which to get.
Why dont yall review rtic coolers?
Will you test out a Polaris cooler?
Will add it to the list!
Probably not worthwhile converting a rotomolded cooler for this purpose; by your own tests, a lot of the cheaper coolers would be able to hold ice for over a day, and either way, you'll be introducing a lot of heat into the ice via the beer you're routing through the ice. I suspect the beer will melt the ice before the insulation differences make much of an impact.
Probably true, but this also allows us to use dual taps vs one. I also think, we get slightly longer ice retention even considering the moving beer.
What kind of beer is it
The first round (when we found out we had no CO2 was from a local brewery) and the pour you saw was Bud Light.
@@CoolersOnSale it looks so refreshing cheers🍺🍺🍺
There's something about draught beer... taste so much better.
It'll get colder if you throw some salt in on top of the ice.
Colder beer=better beer!
@@CoolersOnSale That's a lie
“Obviously”