Should I keep it or sell it

When I moved to AG and started looking for 1/2 barrel kegs, when I finally DID find someone that had some, I bought 2 of them.

They're not that easy to come by around my area... I have one converted to a keggle with the ball valve and the other is just taking up space...

There's been some folks looking for kegs in my area and I thought about selling the 2nd one but just afraid to let it go haha..

5 gallon batches are no problem with my 1/2 barrel keggle. I also have 22 qt and 20 qt pots for my sparge water.

And, I'm thinking if I do any 10 gallon batches, even with a 15 pound grain bill, my sparge water would be around 8 gallons and I could do the double sparge with 4 gallons each in my smaller pots...

Do you all see any need in holding on to the 2nd 1/2 barrel keg or should I just sell it and use the money elsewhere?

just thinking out loud

Well, what other equipment might you need? I certainly wouldn't sell the keg and put the $$ into the "general fund," but if selling the keg got you a good ways towards a pump or a nicer chiller......

I sold one and used the money to get one more corny, but I kick myself for letting it go. they are hard to find in my area.

If you get rid of it you will be helping a fellow brewer. so karma counts.



If you step up to 10 gals. you will need it for a fermenter.

the_bird said:

Well, what other equipment might you need? I certainly wouldn't sell the keg and put the $$ into the "general fund," but if selling the keg got you a good ways towards a pump or a nicer chiller......

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Well, to be honest I don't really "need" anything at the moment.. That's kinda I tossed it out there to make sure I wasn't missing something.. I've thought about the CFC and Pump route but dunno? My IC does pretty good but if there was anything I could use it would be that. I have a nice little list but with the birthday and Christmas coming up, the wife wants me to save that stuff for her to get me hahah

I have been eye balling the new IDJ3 at BestBuy though ahaha

buzzkill said:

I sold one and used the money to get one more corny, but I kick myself for letting it go. they are hard to find in my area.

If you get rid of it you will be helping a fellow brewer. so karma counts.



If you step up to 10 gals. you will need it for a fermenter.

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Actually I could use another corny or 2, so that may be something good to put it towards. I had been thinking about 10 gallon batches and I "think" if/when I start them, I'd just use two 5 gallon fermenters and maybe try different hops etc etc??

jakecpunut said:

Well, to be honest I don't really "need" anything at the moment.. That's kinda I tossed it out there to make sure I wasn't missing something.. I've thought about the CFC and Pump route but dunno? My IC does pretty good but if there was anything I could use it would be that. I have a nice little list but with the birthday and Christmas coming up, the wife wants me to save that stuff for her to get me hahah

I have been eye balling the new IDJ3 at BestBuy though ahaha

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FWIW, I've swapped recently to a CFC and March pump setup, and much prefer it over the old immersion chiller. It's all a matter of personal preference, but that's what I like better! I just run the hose water full-blast through the CFC and recirculate until I get to pitching temps. I can walk away while it's chilling, whereas with the IC I had to stand over it and stir constantly (or it took FOREVER to chill).

Pump does make brewing a lot easier. Glad that I made that upgrade.

the_bird said:

FWIW, I've swapped recently to a CFC and March pump setup, and much prefer it over the old immersion chiller. It's all a matter of personal preference, but that's what I like better! I just run the hose water full-blast through the CFC and recirculate until I get to pitching temps. I can walk away while it's chilling, whereas with the IC I had to stand over it and stir constantly (or it took FOREVER to chill).

Pump does make brewing a lot easier. Glad that I made that upgrade.

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Thanks for the input! I guess I need to do a little more research on the CFC's and pumps and see what all is involved!