2.5 or 3 gallon keg, trade for 5 gallon

[ABI Brewery]

I am looking to get a good 2.5 or 3 gallon corney keg so that it will fit my cooler when I go camping, I was wondering if anyone new of any for sale or trade two for a 5 gallon




tap: EPMP - american Lager
tap: leafy green - IPA
on deck: basement dweller - session IPA

 

[JohnSand]

ABI, there are 2.5s around, check Amazon or keg suppliers. They aren't as common as the fives, and generally cost more. I rarely see them come up second-hand. Good luck with your search.

 

[IslandLizard]

ABI, there are 2.5s around, check Amazon or keg suppliers. They aren't as common as the fives, and generally cost more. I rarely see them come up second-hand. Good luck with your search.

Adventures in Homebrewing (AIH) sells new 2.5 and 3 gallon ball lock kegs. Even a 1.75 gallon, but that one may not be all that much smaller than the 2.5 or 3, since the (rubber covered) top and bottom sections are all the same size and height.

Those kegs are made in China, from what they say. Not sure if A.E.B. (made in Italy) makes any smaller ones than their 5 gallons.

FWIW, AIH is running a sitewide 10% off special right now.

 

[Yooper]

If I was buying now, I'd get these:

https://www.morebeer.com/products/torpedo-ball-lock-kegs.html

The smaller kegs are more expensive as a rule, and harder to find used. These all run about $80 new now, and I know that I paid at least $50 used for the ones I have (about 8 years ago!).

 

[IslandLizard]

If I was buying now, I'd get these:

https://www.morebeer.com/products/torpedo-ball-lock-kegs.html

The smaller kegs are more expensive as a rule, and harder to find used. These all run about $80 new now, and I know that I paid at least $50 used for the ones I have (about 8 years ago!).

Oh, absolutely, those are really nice!
They even have a slimline version of them if that fits your space better.

 

[brewswithshoes]

I would just add that whatever you pay for the smaller kegs it will prove to be worth. I have 4 now, 2 I bought new, 2 bought used. I've found having them for multi purposes makes them invaluable to me and I'd pay more now knowing the value they've brought.

Being able to transfer out remaining beer from a 5G keg to these to free up for a new batch being racked is used quite often to keep my pipeline going.

I guess I could buy more 5Gs but these have other uses when I want to spin off a trial batch and don't want to tie up a 5G keg, or to take some beer in the rolling tap cooler.

Long winded reply, but trying to say, just get some now as you won't regret the money spent.

 

[ABI Brewery]

Thanks everyone for the info, I bought one of the torpedo kegs from more beer, should be perfect, I am going to to a state park in Minnesota camping for a long fathers day weekend and cant wait to see how this works out