Where to buy equipment?

[elmetal]

Been out of the game a while. Sold all my stuff several years back.

Where is a good spot to buy some perlicks and shanks?

And beer line of course.

Don't need rush shipping or anything. Just looking to build a keezer.

 

[TheCondor]

Beverage factory.com was the best for prices that I found. $56 for the perlick faucet and stainless shank.

 

[Sailingeric]

I paid about that at Morebeer.com, got free shipping and being fairly close to me they got here in two days.

 

[hvjackson]

Micromatic has a good selection of draft equipment and decent prices / shipping. Don't think they carry Perlick faucets, though.

Now that MoreBeer has 2 shipping centers, pretty much the whole country is within 1 or 2 days shipping.

I got my beer & gas line on Amazon. Just the cheap stuff... I'd rather replace it every year than spend a ton on the high-end stuff. In my opinion once a sour or very dark beer has gone through a line I just think it's easier to throw it out then try to clean it.

 

[elmetal]

And what about temperature controllers for freezers nowadays?

I am gonna keep mine outside through winter so I need something that handles the lamps/warmers for when it gets cool, and for the freezer when it gets warm.


That make sense? What do we use nowadays? Rancos?

 

[jmcquesten]

Hopgoblin.com has some good deals.

 

[gnef]

I've bought my perlick faucets from ritebrew recently, as I recall them having good deals. In the past, I also bought from farmhouse brewing.

For temperature controllers, there are a lot of good cheap options now. You can get them off amazon for around $15 or so, I think one model is the STC-1000, and some can even be flashed if you desire custom controls.

I wish these models had been out when I bought all my love controllers, some were around $50 and the probe was separate!

 

[Bobby_M]

I have perlick 630SS and the Inkbird dual stage controller.

 

[Scriv]

http://www.farmhousebrewingsupply.com

 

[alexavery]

I've bought almost all my gear from Birdman Brewing.

 

[Mabus]

I just bought a bunch of stuff from these two places to convert a vintage Westinghouse fridge (circa 1950). I searched around for what I wanted and split the order due to some things being better priced at one or the other. For what I wanted, these two places had the best prices.

From Keg Connection I bought the 2 tap fridge conversion kit with two line distributor and Perlick 630SS's, a gas line extension kit for a 3rd keg and a party faucet/line/disconnect.

From AIH, I got a 10 lb CO2 tank, three 5-gal pinlocks, one 3-gal pinlock, keg faucet adapter (a faucet to fit on the 3-gal corny with a pin lock disconnect), CO2 keg charger for the 3-gal with 3 extra 16g CO2 cartridges for the 3 gal corny, and 3 sets of O-rings. I plan on using the 3-gal corny for tailgates, parties, etc. and wanted easy portability.

Everything was under $500 delivered. If you want the basic kit to convert a fridge/keezer, Keg Connection could set you up for under $300 with the CO2 tank.

I'd recommend looking at various sites based on what you want.

 

[elmetal]

Thanks y'all.

When I used to keg and keezer before the 630 didn't exist. Is it worth the extra cost? I bought 2 regulars, and I am getting ready to set stuff up today, I'm pretty sure I can comfortably add 2 more taps to the setup. Should I go 630ss?

 

[gnef]

I would highly recommend it if you have the cash for it. I am in the process of unifying all my faucets to the 650ss, and I already have stainless forward sealing faucets!

 

[elmetal]

Reallllly? Hmm mm maybe I goofed

 

[jmcquesten]

Yeah, the 630s in stainless were definitely worth it to me. I noticed a huge difference in the pour, not to mention how pretty they are.

 

[elmetal]

Yeah, the 630s in stainless were definitely worth it to me. I noticed a huge difference in the pour, not to mention how pretty they are.

I used to have the 525, or was it 425 in ss a few years ago and they did the job just fine!

 

[gnef]

The 525 had the ball closure, the 425 had the shuttle closure system. I currently have both (plus ventmatics and some 650ss faucets).

 

[TKH]

Check out ritebrew.com. I found he had the best prices on faucets, lines, and the other stuff I needed.