Bottle coolers are an essential item for every bar or restaurant that sells bottled drinks. There are a number of things to take into consideration when purchasing a bottle cooler, not the least of which is the amount of space that you have available. If you only have a narrow space you will obviously have to opt for a single door bottle cooler, but you can obtain these in a height of around 6'6" which will accommodate five shelves full of bottles.
One disadvantage of a single door bottle cooler is that it will have to have a hinged door as opposed to a sliding door. A hinged door means that a bottle cooler is not so energy efficient as one with sliding doors because a hinged door lets out the cold air every time the cooler is opened. The other disadvantage of a single door bottle cooler with a hinged door is that it takes up more space in the backbar because every time the door is opened it can interfere with other staff moving up and down the bar to serve. This can be a problem when the bar is busy because the door can actually be opened several 100 times during the course of a day.
Furthermore, if you only have space for a single door cooler it will need refilling more often than a double or triple door bottle cooler which again means letting more cold air out of the cooler as it is loaded, and of course gets in the way of other staff. If you have the space, a sliding door bottle cooler is much better for all those reasons.
You can also get under counter single door coolers, but these will obviously hold less stock than a larger one, which means even more refilling. Another consideration here is longevity. It is simply a fact that a hinged door will not last as long as a sliding door, so a hinged door bottle cooler will have to be replaced more often. There is also the matter of display, because with a single door bottle cooler you simply cannot display as much stock as with a double or triple door cooler.
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