Modification Project: Adding Double or Triple Tap Tower

Kegerators are great hobby items - and you can always modify them to serve your beer better. One modification that can increase your kegerators ability to serve is the addition of a double or triple tap tower.

ADDING DOUBLE OR TRIPLE TAP TOWERS
This modification is for waist high kegerators, not full sized refrigerator conversions. The only problem with adding a triple tap tower to your kegerator is having enough room inside for three kegs.

The process is fairly simple. You simply take apart your existing tower and rebuild it with more beer lines coming up through the refrigeration compartment. The first thing to do is look at what kind of tap tower you want to end up with. There is the possibility of making your own custom tap tower - for which an old lunchbox might serve as the tap mounting crossbar unit. Or, you can buy a commercially made stainless steel or brass kit for a quick transition.

If you need keg taps for your new beer drafts to flow, it is probably easiest to buy a kit to perform this modification.

For home brewers, it will probably be more economical to buy the parts individually for this modification, since you will not need the beer keg taps that come with most kits.

This modification is for waist high kegerators, not full sized refrigerator conversions. You will need the following pieces and parts for the job:

• A CO2 tank and regulator.
• A CO2 splitter with two or three outs depending on how many taps are going into your tower.
• Two separate 5/16" CO2 gas assemblies, five feet in length.
• Draft beer tower.
• Faucets and tap handles.
• Drip Tray, exit tube, drip bucket (all optional)

If your kegerator had a tower before, all you need to do is disassemble the old tower and install the new one and the splitters for the CO2 lines. Then, attach the keg taps to the kegs, and you are good to go. Keep in mind that you will want to chill the kegs with the kegerator door shut for at least two hours to ensure that the beer will flow easily, in the correct manner.

There are only a few basic hand tools that you need in order to make this change over from single to double or triple tap tower: a screwdriver, screw gun, wrench or socket set, and maybe drill bits. Remember if you are drilling into your kegerator, you will need to always double check that there are no coolant lines or wires interfering with your line of cut. Nicking a coolant line can spell the death of your kegerator. To facilitate a better knowledge of where these coolant lines are, you can write to the manufacturer for a detailed schematic, or disassemble the plastic panels inside the machine.

If the kegerator you are working on does not have enough room to push through another beer line, you may have to drill out the existing hole to a larger size, or drill a new hole for the new beer lines. Drilling out an existing hole is very easy with a step-drill bit. These bits look something like a yellow metal cone and are available for a low price at Harbor Freight. They allow you to easily step-up the size of holes drilled into any kind of thin-skinned surface, such as sheet metal, plastic, and the like.

Cooling your draft tower is a good idea. If you are planning on cooling your draft beer tower, it can be done by installing a computer fan on the inside, with a hose that runs up to the draft tower. Wiring the fan up is the trickiest part, but the wires to power it can be run out the back along with either the coolant lines or the power plug for the compressor itself.