Part of me thinks this is really stupid, while another part of me thinks it’s way cool. It seems just a small step above “dorm room creativity,” but I guess that is where the tech world originates.
This is the story of Beer Robot, an ugly old fridge that grew into a super geeky kegerator.
It started out innocently enough. After work one day at the local brewpub, three Wired.com staffers had a revelation: “What our office really needs is a kegerator!”
But at the next editor’s meeting, they suggested converting a fridge into a kegerator for their How-To Wiki. Who’s going to say no to that? Nobody in that meeting anyway. Soon we had dreamed up a super geeky, tricked-out kegerator that would have all sorts of functions involving everything from a Twitter stream to a Wii.
With a budget of $200, they quickly determined that the fridge would have to be free. Fortunately, they found a fridge on Craigslist: a homely, but working, almond-colored fridge that had been left on the sidewalk.
It turns out converting a fridge to a kegerator is pretty easy. You only need a conversion kit and a few tools.
A keg of Sierra Nevada Pale Ale materialized and… success! The beer was cold, and it flowed. Perfect pints, with lovely head, at the ready. Mmmm… beer.
Read the entire story, with more pictures by clicking the link below.
SOURCE: Wired.com
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