microbusbrewery
Senior Member
I thought I'd post some pics of my new Jockey Box. My club (ZZ HOPS) poured at a festival earlier this year but nobody had a JB. Fortunately one of our other local clubs (Lauter Day Brewers) let us borrow theirs for the event. It worked so great that I decided to build one myself.
I love vintage Coleman gear, so I went with an early 70's cooler. It uses a 7-circuit cold plate, with three taps doing a double pass and one doing a single pass. I used 1/4" stainless panel mount unions for the bulkheads. I also made a cold plate holder out of PVC to elevate it above the water produced from the melting ice. I haven't had a chance to try it out yet, but I'll be doing some fine tuning for the line lengths in the upcoming days.
If you're interested, I posted more pics and some more details on my blog, http://www.microbusbrewery.org/2015/11/steel-belted-jockey-box-build.html
I love vintage Coleman gear, so I went with an early 70's cooler. It uses a 7-circuit cold plate, with three taps doing a double pass and one doing a single pass. I used 1/4" stainless panel mount unions for the bulkheads. I also made a cold plate holder out of PVC to elevate it above the water produced from the melting ice. I haven't had a chance to try it out yet, but I'll be doing some fine tuning for the line lengths in the upcoming days.
If you're interested, I posted more pics and some more details on my blog, http://www.microbusbrewery.org/2015/11/steel-belted-jockey-box-build.html