A few days ago I was checking Craigslist and found a great Edgestar kegerator that was less than 2 years old with a dual tap tower. I contacted the seller and found out that he was moving on Sunday and was motivated to sell. I left town for a few days assuming it would be gone on Friday when I got home but when I called him he said he still had it. He was asking $450 but I offered him $350 and he took it.
So this came home with me last night:
Here's what it came with:
- Brand-new, never used faucets. He bought Perlicks, which he was keeping so he put the original new ones back on.
- A 5lb CO2 tank (which I already had)
- Regulator (which I already had)
- Johnson Controller (which I already had)
- Manifold for the CO2 to split to 2 kegs (which I already had)
This thing is PRISTINE inside and out:
I spent about 2 hours today moving my wine fridge out and moving this in, replacing the beer lines, swapping in my CO2 tank and regulator and swapping in my JC (its a newer version).
What I really like about this unit is that it has a mount on the back for the CO2 tank which allows it to stay outside of the kegerator so there is some extra space inside for bombers, etc.
I can sell of the parts I don't need, including the wine fridge now and get my out of pocket cost for this down to about $250 or lower!
But, I just realized that the extra JC and wine fridge would allow me to have temp controlled fermentation chamber year-round now
(I've used my mini fridge in the past, but it requires me to empty it and store the stuff in there elsewhere when I wanted to do that)
And.....it's always handy to have an extra CO2 tank around for when one empties, right?
So I may or may not sell of the extra stuff - I don't know yet. But right now, my kegs are in the new kegerator and chilling for a pour tonight!
