Diy Jockey Box Cold Plate

A jockey box is a simple way to drop the temperature of keg beer down to a more palatable temperature ideally 38â f.

Diy jockey box cold plate. If you want to stop the cold plate from moving around then use some polyurethane based glue sikaflex and this will enable you to stick the cold plate down. Disadvantages of cold plates cold plates are heavy. Got a cooler sitting in your garage or basement. Cooling component stainless steel coil or aluminum cold plate cooling agent ice.

A keg jockey box aka jockey box cooler is essentially an insulated container designed for cooling and dispensing beer and other beverages that are supposed to be served cold. We do this because stainless steel coils offer proven advantages over cold plates. With only one line running in the plate it should keep up well for your cooling needs. Decision 2 chrome plated brass or stainless.

The large aluminum plate is a more effecient way to cool the beer than icing down the entire keg. However we do stock 3 different cold plates as well if you decide to build a cold plate jockey box. We manufacture all of our jockey boxes with 50 100 stainless steel coils. I ll show you a fairly simple way to put one together out of easy to use plumbing parts.

The cold plate has 12 feet of 1 4 stainless steel line inside. The ice keeps the rectangular plate cold which allows the beverage to be cooled as it quickly travels through the cold plate s interior. Every part included to make your own 2 product cold plate jockey box. A typical beer jockey box consists of the following parts.

With a cold plate jockey box the beverage is dispensed through a flat aluminum cold plate that is located at the bottom of the cooler and covered with ice. Hook up kit purchased separately 1565 hook up instructions included w. It s wise to note that whether you get a coil or a cold plate you will likely have stainless steel beer lines to transfer your beer. Place the cold plate into your cooler box esky or ice well.

Fill the esky cooler box with ice.