A bar has always been good enough for me.  But, I have heard some people complain that there’s something missing or that they would like to do just a little more decorating. Well if they focused on what the home bar is actually for, they might forget all those complaints. Nevertheless, I have some ideas that just might satisfy the need to do more to your home bar…

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After you’ve built your home bar, you take a look around and you realize you’re just getting started. Now, it’s time to make it look good.

If you don’t have a budget, go wild!  Add anything you like. Put a plasma screen television behind the bar.  Hell, put one on in every corner of your bar.

Put beer signs, beer mirrors, a jukebox and everything else you can think of all around the joint. But, what if you are on a tight budget? What then?

Take it easy…

Do one thing at a time, or as much as you can handle.

But, what?

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Of course, cleaning your beer lines would be the assumption you would make if you had excessive foam in the beer or if it starts tasting funny. But, that’s not always the case. Obviously, I would suggest cleaning your beer lines after every keg or as often as possible. Yet, there are other issues and performing an equipment check before you clean the hoses might save you some time.

Let’s say you find a used kegerator and it looks pretty good so you purchase the unit and take it home. The first thing you are going to want to do is clean the coils. You can do that with a dust brush mounted on a vacuum. But, the best way is to actually blow the coils with an air gun…

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Home brewing can be a tricky science. Of course, there are home brewers who just throw it together and look forward to whatever brews. But making changes along the way, documenting every possible contingency and then tweaking it when it doesn’t come out just right is the art of the master brewer.

The one question most brewers ask will always be how potent is their beer going to get. It’s not really all that scientific. You need to know a little math and you need to be aware of a few measurements as you brew. Other than that, it’s a piece of cake…

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A unique place for a beer tap can be virtually anywhere you can find a wall with the space behind it to put a keg. But, you don’t have to stop there. Using my imagination, I have even found places to put beer taps where there was room beneath to put the keg.

Read More…Beertaps Wall Tap Ideas.  It’s a downloadable document you can save for whenever you want!

Building a bar can be fun and it doesn’t take much money. Purchasing a bar can be a bit more expensive. In fact, it can get in the ridiculously stratosphere range. Makeshift bars are the way to go if you are right in between, and they don’t have to look like it.

There are plenty of ways to class up the joint with makeshift home bars. You’d be surprised what all you can do with a few pieces of furniture or even off-the-wall items you never thought to use.

Table

When I first saw this idea, it was a table no more than a serving tray placed on a stand sitting strategically against the wall. A few bottles of different brands were displayed with a flower vase and a set of glasses. I remember thinking to myself that it was the simplest and yet, the most elegant idea I had ever seen.

I might have been going overboard with my emotions at the time, but that’s how I felt. Maybe it was the rest of the scene that applied that much reaction. It was outside on the back patio sitting right under the kitchen window.

Since then, I have seen different variations of the same thing. Once, I saw a narrow table sitting against the wall with an ice bucket and a wider assortment of spirits and wines. Then, I saw a dining room table used in the same manner. I guess with your own imagination, this idea can take any form you desire.

Wall Bar

This was too unique to leave out as a suggestion. A friend of mine had a small bookshelf that he bought years ago before he got married. But of course, with marriage came the changes in the household composition and the bookshelf was retired to the garage.

One day, a bright idea came from my friend’s head. He decided that he would take that bookshelf and use it as a wall bar. He took the shelves out of it. Then, turned it sideways and hung it on the wall like that. It provides two shelves for his bar where he can have small bottles on the bottom shelf and larger ones on the top.

China Cabinet

In yet another marriage scenario, we have the birth of the china cabinet bar. A friend of mine bought his wife a new china cabinet. You would think that’s the nicest thing you’ve ever heard. But, he had ulterior motives. He wanted the old china cabinet.

There wasn’t anything he had to do with it, but move it to another room. I thought it was a great idea. So, I tried to buy my wife a new china cabinet. That idea backfired when I mentioned what I was thinking of doing and she had a much better idea of what to do with our money. Next time, I’ll just go ahead and make the purchase before consulting with her about it.

It doesn’t always have to be the most elaborate plan in the world. Having a home bar can be as easy as using some creativity and eyeing something that you haven’t thought of before. In a world going green, I can’t think of a better way to recycle.

Blending a nice pumpkin beer is great for Thanksgiving!  But, what is the Christmas beer?

Well, pumpkin’s not so bad for Christmas either.  But, there other flavors that adorn this time of year for the beer enthusiast.  Give brewing a try or make sure you find these flavors for your Christmas celebrations.

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It’s the easiest thing in the world to make and you can do it yourself.  If you have the right materials, you can have the right tool that will cool your brew after your boil.  It will take down the temperature in no time flat!

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Having trouble with your beer lines?  Something just isn’t right?

Well, do this simple troubleshooting checklist.  If things still aren’t right, there’s a leak test you can perform.

Learn right now at the Beertaps Learning Center!

When was the last time you saw an abandoned window?  In an abandoned house or on a salvage heap?

It’s a shame to let it sit there and wonder what it ever did wrong do deserve such a fate!

Well, you can change all that.  You can take an interest and with no more than a cup of coffee a day, you can bring that old window back to life!

Learn more about how we save the lives of old abandoned windows at Beertaps Learning Center where knowledge is power and we have plenty of it!