Cask fridge

[Woolsocks]

Looking for some opinions on the best way to cool firkins to cellar temp for serving through a beer engine.

I'm thinking that a dedicated fridge or modified freezer beneath the bar, with the beer line running through the top to the beer engine above, set to cool to about 55°F, would be ideal.

I would also use the cask widge for dispense which allows casks to sit on their ends, rather than sides, for dispense.

I'm thinking the requirements of the fridge would be:
* about the height of a firkin plus a little bit
* wide enough to hold 2-3 firkins
* thermostat allows me to set to fairly warm (55°F)

Who has purchased such a fridge or has suggestions?

[ottonut]

We used a standard under counter box (which are too cold) and bought a thermostat bypass from Williams homebrew supply.

[boden2]

Woolsocks where did you purchase your Cask Widge? We use a old fridge with a temp controller and a small glycol unit to cool the line as our system is a bit away from our pump. Works great but hard to fit the cask and the spigot in the fridge without bending the tubing. Looks like the cask widge would help this.

[beertje46]

The cask widge is also called an Ale Extractor (http://www.harrymason.co.uk/htm/DetailedView.asp) Link goes to some pix on a UK site, click on Ale Extractor. UK Brewing Supply sells them as well.

[Woolsocks]

The cask widge is slightly different from the Ale Extractor. Main difference is beer is drawn from a float in the cask rather than a fixed tube, so you're serving from the top of the cask, not the bottom, which reduces needed settling time. I bought mine from caskwidge.com, where you get get more details. Only trouble is you have to pay in pounds!

I love the cask widge -- has reduced effort and cost while increasing quality.