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[Yesfan]

Public service announcement: right now (2/10) Northern Brewer has 2.5-gallon kegs at a really good price:
New Ball Lock Cornelius (Corny) Keg - 2.5 Gallon
$87 each, and then 20% off that (code KEG20), so just under $70 for a new keg. You do pay shipping, but it seems to be on the order of $5-10 per keg (I bought 8 and some grain and they charged me $35 for shipping.)

Even with that discount code, More Beer's Torpedo keg in the same size is $15 cheaper.

 

[AlexKay]

Even with that discount code, More Beer's Torpedo keg in the same size is $15 cheaper.

Maybe I am not mathing, but it was $70 this morning, after code.

Right now it seems to be at $125, which comes to $100 after code. Not a deal to come post on HBT about, though not a bad price.

 

[Yesfan]

Maybe I am not mathing, but it was $70 this morning, after code.

Right now it seems to be at $125, which comes to $100 after code. Not a deal to come post on HBT about, though not a bad price.

Maybe it's dependent on area. After shipping and taxes, that keg was $125 for me. Before the Keg20 code, the total price was $154.

 

[AlexKay]

Public service announcement: right now (2/10) Northern Brewer has 2.5-gallon kegs at a really good price:
New Ball Lock Cornelius (Corny) Keg - 2.5 Gallon
$87 each, and then 20% off that (code KEG20), so just under $70 for a new keg. You do pay shipping, but it seems to be on the order of $5-10 per keg (I bought 8 and some grain and they charged me $35 for shipping.)

And now it seems to be back to $87. Unless they’re doing funny things with cookies and internet addresses.

 

[ba-brewer]

I can see the $87 price

 

[AlexKay]

I have no affiliation with Northern Brewer. It's just one of the sites I monitor for deals.

Right now they've got 1.75-gallon cannonball kegs for $58 -- I paid $266 for four including tax and shipping, so $66 apiece: here. The best price I'd found previously is $76 on Amazon (before tax, but free shipping) for a no-name vendor; so this is a good but not Earth-shattering deal.

(They've also got a really nice 2-gallon brew kettle for $50: here.)

 

[BongoYodeler]

I have no affiliation with Northern Brewer. It's just one of the sites I monitor for deals.

Right now they've got 1.75-gallon cannonball kegs for $58 -- I paid $266 for four including tax and shipping, so $66 apiece: here. The best price I'd found previously is $76 on Amazon (before tax, but free shipping) for a no-name vendor; so this is a good but not Earth-shattering deal.

(They've also got a really nice 2-gallon brew kettle for $50: here.)

I've always filled growlers, so I admit I've never considered a small keg like this. But I can see how something like this would be nice to bring to a party. For kegs on-the-go what CO2 and beer line options would you use to dispense the beer?

 

[AlexKay]

I've always filled growlers, so I admit I've never considered a small keg like this. But I can see how something like this would be nice to bring to a party. For kegs on-the-go what CO2 and beer line options would you use to dispense the beer?

CO2 ... I don't really know. I'm aware of products like this one, but have not used them myself. I think there are threads in the Bottling/Kegging forum with more info. A little 16-g cartridge should expand to 8 L or so of gas, so not enough to force-carb a small keg but enough to push the beer out.

For the beer line, I'd absolutely go with the Picnic Tap 2.1 (also discussed here.)

 

[BongoYodeler]

CO2 ... I don't really know. I'm aware of products like this one, but have not used them myself. I think there are threads in the Bottling/Kegging forum with more info. A little 16-g cartridge should expand to 8 L or so of gas, so not enough to force-carb a small keg but enough to push the beer out.

For the beer line, I'd absolutely go with the Picnic Tap 2.1 (also discussed here.)

Thanks. I can see just filling it from a corny rather than carbing in it. At least I think that's how I would tend to use it.

 

[Yesfan]

Now, I feel like a liar so I had to do a screen shot.

@AlexKay @ba-brewer

LOL! I know it's been a few days since you all posted. Guess it's safe to say that deal is now gone. $154 now for me and that would also be a hard pass as well. The 3 gallon megamouth is much cheaper.

 

[ba-brewer]

@Yesfan The price was listed at 87 the day I posted and the code was not needed.

Now that they are charging the actual shipping cost instead of free over a certain price will make me check things out a little more.

 

[bleme]

I've always filled growlers, so I admit I've never considered a small keg like this. But I can see how something like this would be nice to bring to a party. For kegs on-the-go what CO2 and beer line options would you use to dispense the beer?

I bought this one last month and love it, especially for my sodas (40 psi and picnic tap don't play well together). I'd forgotten about the Tap 2.1 though. That looks great too..

 

[AlexKay]

I have no affiliation with Northern Brewer. It's just one of the sites I monitor for deals.

Right now they've got 1.75-gallon cannonball kegs for $58 -- I paid $266 for four including tax and shipping, so $66 apiece: here. The best price I'd found previously is $76 on Amazon (before tax, but free shipping) for a no-name vendor; so this is a good but not Earth-shattering deal.

(They've also got a really nice 2-gallon brew kettle for $50: here.)

Price on the cannonball (same link) is now $42 (though you'll have to pay shipping.) I already have a superfluity of small kegs, or I might grab some more. I might anyway...

 

[mac_1103]

Price on the cannonball (same link) is now $42 (though you'll have to pay shipping.)

Just bought two. Shipping was $14.

 

[AlexKay]

Just bought 4, I swear I can't help myself. Shipping (not as far to me) was $12 for those and 10 pounds of grain.

 

[mac_1103]

Maybe I should have ordered more. Shipping probably would have been the same, or maybe an extra dollar per item. But I do try to maintain a small modicum of discipline about these things...