Kevin Dean
Well-Known Member
Last week I cemented my decision to keg by purchasing a used 5 gallon Corney and some disconnects... This left the most expensive stuff till this week. Then life strikes and I end up spending my wonderful kegging money on a dentist... So I was all prepared to have my beer sit in secondary another week (Not a bad thing, I know, but for my first brew any delay is hell...)
Knowing I needed a regulator and a co2 tank (the most expensive parts) I've been scrounging around on Craigslist for those items. This morning at 11 am I saw on Craigs List (http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/hsh/417814350.html).
Sweet, a fridge already drilled, a tap that isn't made of plastic and a co2 tank... This is a score even if the tank is empty... I can swap it and go...
But once there, the deal got better... It's not JUST an empty tank... It's a partially full, almost new tank, with a dual regulator PLUS an older empty tank. The fridge, the shanks for the tap, TWO commercial beer handles, some beer mats, a Stainless Steel drip tray, extra hose clamps and the blue moon keg pictured there.
Total cost: $75 plus gas.
Kegging my first batch on time: Priceless
Knowing I needed a regulator and a co2 tank (the most expensive parts) I've been scrounging around on Craigslist for those items. This morning at 11 am I saw on Craigs List (http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/hsh/417814350.html).
Sweet, a fridge already drilled, a tap that isn't made of plastic and a co2 tank... This is a score even if the tank is empty... I can swap it and go...
But once there, the deal got better... It's not JUST an empty tank... It's a partially full, almost new tank, with a dual regulator PLUS an older empty tank. The fridge, the shanks for the tap, TWO commercial beer handles, some beer mats, a Stainless Steel drip tray, extra hose clamps and the blue moon keg pictured there.
Total cost: $75 plus gas.
Kegging my first batch on time: Priceless
