My Basement Bar

Here are a few pictures of my basement bar set up. You will find me down here most Saturdays and Sundays in the fall watching football and enjoying a brew. The brick finish on 3 of the walls is painted, took about 3 years to really finish everything up and get it to where I feel like I am actually done. When we moved in there was a wall that split the room into a pool room and a storage area. Wall ran where the metal poles are in the pictures.





I have 5 neon signs that I have acquired either from ebay or gifts. Also have a ton of metal signs, a few non-neon light up signs and lots of other pictures up on the walls.

The Taps and Bar:









I had been hunting for some sort of bar to use and came across this piece at the big antiques mart here in Atlanta. As you can see the top folds out for a nice work area and there is plenty of space underneath for glassware and liquor storage. I am working on trying to find a key to fit the locks so that it can be locked up if needed. Only thing I can figure is it used to be some type of desk. Folks we got it from where not really sure what it was used for only that it looks to be custom made and maybe 100 years old or so. Whatever it was made for doesn't matter to me because it works perfect for my bar, exact right size and height for the taps and fits in well with the rest of the basement. Picked up the granite top cheap from a place near where I work, it was a scrape piece they where able to cut to size and polish up for me.

Dart Board:



TV, Stereo and Record Player:



Georgia Tech Corner with a piece of goalpost from the 1999 GT 51 v UGa 48 game.



The Kegerator:



I can fit a 1/2 barrel easily in there and I think I can squeeze a 1/6 in next to it. Most of the time I'll be running either several homebrew kegs, a few 1/6 barrels or a 1/4 and a 1/6 barrel. The blower at the top cycles cool air from the fridge through the pipe that the beer lines run through. Only problem with my set up is that my line run is 5-6 feet. Mean I have to use a bit higher pressure and had to install the blower to keep the lines cool. It has worked great now that I worked a few bugs out.

This is also where I store/cellar my beer. I really want to find an old mini fridge that I can put in the basement to store the cellared beer a bit warmer (50-55 degrees) than I keep the keg fridge, I'll keep my eyes out for a yard sale.