So school me on the kegerator concept.

I no longer want to run to the store every few days for beer and think the concept of pouring beer from a tap in my home is cool as beans.

Anybody familiar with kegerators? I'm currently looking online for models that use 1/2 (pony) kegs.

I once had this ancient knowledge, but it has faded with time and lost brain cells.

This thing looks fun:
http://www.amazon.com/BeerTender-He...2?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1219018461&sr=8-2

Though, I'm not sure you can get anything but Heineken.

That looks pretty neat. I'm a fan of Heineken, but would like something larger be able to accept a standard 1/2 keg to prevent beer going flat and allowing to change the type a bit more often.

Not much choice when searching "kegerator" on Amazon.com and those that are there look mediocre. I hope I don't have to go with a super-expensive commercial one to keep beer.

I know a dude who has one...he loves it.

So this "kegerator", what is it, a nick name for Ted Kennedy?

Clyde's Guide to Kegerator Assembly

1. Get a refrigerator big enough to accommodate a keg
2. Create a hole in the fridge for the tap*
3. Install the tap
4. Get yourself a keg
5. Test it out thoroughly

*I've seen taps installed on the front door of a full sized fridge and on the top of a mini fridge. Really anywhere you can safely drill a hole will work.

I had an old Norge done this way, big old honkin' tap center of the door.

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How old are you Ramen?

29.

Ya think I'm too old to have such a device in my home?

Does such an age exist? I just asked because it's a very college thing to have.

Really I just can't imagine drinking enough beer to float a keg by myself over and over again. I'd end up wasting it.

Unless everything is perfect it can go bad over time. Ramen is either going to step his game up to a whole new level, or he figures that this is the sort of thing that will impress those underage girls he's bringin over.

If it's the latter, then I salute you soldier.

Heh, I barely had enough money in college to eat and buy beer, much less a kegs worth and an apparatus to house such!

From what I've read, these dispensors come with C02 cartridges that prevent the beer from going flat.

A little bit of "A," a little bit of "B."

But I'm thinking it would indeed be cool for my house warming party.

My invite must've got lost in the mail.

Home Depot sells kegerators.

Of course, I'd recommend building your own. That's what I did in college with borrowed tools, and I paid in the neighborhood of $100. Sold it for $450 a few years later.

Not what I used, but: http://www.kegbooty.com/How_To_Build_A_Kegerator_1.htm