garage refrigerator for keg

Hi,

I've now got an extra refrigerator to use to keep a keg of beer in. To start with, anyway. One of the "propellor-heads" I work with says that a frig in the garage will have a problem here in Colorado. It will get cold enough in the winter that the frig won't run, hence "skunking" the beer. Any truth to this, or is he just pulling my leg? A google search has so far turned up very little on this subject.

Thanks in advance,

Pat

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googly
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Well, let's check this. First, beer gets "skunked" by exposure to light, not heat or cold. Only way it happens, it's a photochemical reaction. Beer in a keg...is not exposed to any light. So his ass is out once. Second, if the garage is too cold for the fridge to run...that would mean that the INTERNAL thermostat on the fridge is too cold to set off the compressor. If it's cold inside the fridge...where's the problem? Whoa, his ass is out again!

Now...there IS the possibility that the garage and the fridge will get so cold that the beer in the keg will freeze...but that's just not that likely at all. Enjoy.

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Lew Bryson

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