PiratesBeardBrewery
Active Member
Hey everyone, I'm in the process of building my keezer and looking for a 2-keg starter setup since I have nothing yet for kegging. I have narrowed it down to two sources: kegconnection.com and midwestsupplies.com .
I'm looking at the ball-lock keg kits with party taps (until I eventually buy perlicks), two stage manifold (so I can force carb one and serve another), and a 5lb CO2 tank. Which leaves me with these options:
Midwest
http://www.midwestsupplies.com/brew-logic-dual-tap-draft-system-with-reconditioned-co2-tank.html
KegConnection
http://stores.kegconnection.com/Detail.bok?no=326 (Basic Kit)
http://stores.kegconnection.com/Detail.bok?no=50 (5 lb Co2 tank)
http://stores.kegconnection.com/Detail.bok?no=461 (Dual Reg Upgrade)
http://stores.kegconnection.com/Detail.bok?no=1 (Ball Lock Keg x2)
Here are the differences that I see:
- Reconditioned Steel CO2 Tank with Midwest vs New Aluminum CO2 Tank with KegConnection
- KegConnection setup would also come with a separate air manifold with check valves, which would give me the ability for 3 kegs eventually (either 3 serving or two serving at same PSI and one force carbing)
- KegConnection comes in about $5 cheaper, and would save an additional $15 on shipping, so total of $20 cheaper.
It seems that KegConnection would be the winner here unless I am either missing something or if there is a concern over an Aluminum CO2 tank versus a Steel one. I guess my question is, am I missing something?
As a side note, I will be upgrading to perlicks later, but am doing party taps for now because I'm not exactly sure if the current freezer that I have will work long term, so I will probably just put together a quick collar and toss it on there since it won't fit kegs without a collar, as you can see here.
Thanks for reading!
I'm looking at the ball-lock keg kits with party taps (until I eventually buy perlicks), two stage manifold (so I can force carb one and serve another), and a 5lb CO2 tank. Which leaves me with these options:
Midwest
http://www.midwestsupplies.com/brew-logic-dual-tap-draft-system-with-reconditioned-co2-tank.html
KegConnection
http://stores.kegconnection.com/Detail.bok?no=326 (Basic Kit)
http://stores.kegconnection.com/Detail.bok?no=50 (5 lb Co2 tank)
http://stores.kegconnection.com/Detail.bok?no=461 (Dual Reg Upgrade)
http://stores.kegconnection.com/Detail.bok?no=1 (Ball Lock Keg x2)
Here are the differences that I see:
- Reconditioned Steel CO2 Tank with Midwest vs New Aluminum CO2 Tank with KegConnection
- KegConnection setup would also come with a separate air manifold with check valves, which would give me the ability for 3 kegs eventually (either 3 serving or two serving at same PSI and one force carbing)
- KegConnection comes in about $5 cheaper, and would save an additional $15 on shipping, so total of $20 cheaper.
It seems that KegConnection would be the winner here unless I am either missing something or if there is a concern over an Aluminum CO2 tank versus a Steel one. I guess my question is, am I missing something?
As a side note, I will be upgrading to perlicks later, but am doing party taps for now because I'm not exactly sure if the current freezer that I have will work long term, so I will probably just put together a quick collar and toss it on there since it won't fit kegs without a collar, as you can see here.
Thanks for reading!