Anyone have any lines on CHEAP soda/corny kegs?

[Patro]

I was at the St. Louis city museum, which is basically an old shoe factory filled with random donated junk/scrap that has been welded and glued together into a massive playground (Google it, its an awesome place), and saw a wall made of corny kegs. I couldn't believe it, there had to be hundreds, stacked 3 to 4 high for a couple hundred feet. I'll try and find the picture I took and post it.

 

[BansheeRider]

I was at the St. Louis city museum, which is basically an old shoe factory filled with random donated junk/scrap that has been welded and glued together into a massive playground (Google it, its an awesome place), and saw a wall made of corny kegs. I couldn't believe it, there had to be hundreds, stacked 3 to 4 high for a couple hundred feet. I'll try and find the picture I took and post it.

What a waste!

 

[kh54s10]

Keep looking, I got mine a couple months ago at $45 locally. The guy has a warehouse full of them but will not ship. $35 seems to be a great deal, $45 really good, $50 -$55 - going rate and anyone going for more is gouging. There are still plenty of used ones available so $100 for a new one would be "BLING" to me.

Added: If you go for pin locks instead of ball locks you can get them a little cheaper.

 

[Flipadelphia]

I found a guy on Craigslist getting out of the hobby and hadn't brewed for awhile. He had no idea what they were worth now and was selling 8 ball locks for $15 each. He let me have all 8 for $100. They were dusty but in great shape and just took a few minutes to clean. I actually beat a HBT member to him by just a few minutes. So keep an eye on craigslist like a hawk.

 

[DrunkleJon]

CL around here seems to be all people who believe that nasty, dirty, not under pressure Corny's are worth $55-70 apiece. I do not know who keeps propigating the Corny shortage rumor, but I wish they would stop. I am just going to wait until Beverage Elements or someone similar has another batch of the refurbed kegs in stock and I can get several at a reasonable price. If I decide to start paying $55-60 for kegs I may just give these a try. http://www.homebrewing.org/5-Gallon-Plastic-Pub-Keg_p_3197.html

 

[brewmcq]

Check local scrap yards. I just ordered 50 kegs from one (40 of them are pre-sold). Pinlocks, but at this point I'm not going to be fussy.

 

[Grizybaer]

It was the last I checked. I'm assuming u take 80 in between both cities. It's about 15 miles off of 80, just take 81 north and he's right off exit 164. Ill pm you his phone number if your interested.

Very interested, please do PM his phone number. I'd be interested in 4-6 at least..

 

[NickTheGreat]

I got one off Craigslist last week for $40. They don't show up very often around here

 

[FuzzeWuzze]

Use the CraigsList Search Alert services that are free out there on the web.

Its how i found my Fermentation freezer.

You give them your email and the CL Search criteria and it will email you any time something new shows up in your search.
If you use your phone for email your almost always going to be one of the first people to see the new posting, which means you get first dibs.

 

[chemman14]

I had good luck with the following post on craigslist asking for Soda Containers.

Wanted
Soda Syrup containers - $20
I am looking for soda syrup dispensers like these. If you have any laying around, I would like to buy them.

I posted a picture of a keg from Google images.

I had a guy call me and sold me 12 and two 20lb Co2 bottles for $125.

You will have the best luck by asking for soda syrup containers as the general public doesn't know what a Corny Keg is. If they did, they wouldn't sell them for $20.

YMMV

Just made this post on my local CL, hopefully it will get more hits than the one I made asking for Cornelius kegs

 

[allentwnguy]

I had good luck with the following post on craigslist asking for Soda Containers.

Wanted
Soda Syrup containers - $20
I am looking for soda syrup dispensers like these. If you have any laying around, I would like to buy them.

I posted a picture of a keg from Google images.

I had a guy call me and sold me 12 and two 20lb Co2 bottles for $125.

You will have the best luck by asking for soda syrup containers as the general public doesn't know what a Corny Keg is. If they did, they wouldn't sell them for $20.

YMMV

I took your advice and posted a similar ad here in Buffalo, NY, with the $20 price. I knew it was a real low ball price. Two guys got back to me within hours. One guy had two and one had ?. The guy that didn't say how many he had was selling them for $35 each. I took it and went to his house 5 miles away to buy 4. He had another so I got 5, he had more. Plus he gave me all the connectors and threw in a McSorley's tap handle, a bottle of home made wine and a couple of tastes of current "product!" Ya gotta love it!

 

[NickTheGreat]

I took your advice and posted a similar ad here in Buffalo, NY, with the $20 price. I knew it was a real low ball price. Two guys got back to me within hours. One guy had two and one had ?. The guy that didn't say how many he had was selling them for $35 each. I took it and went to his house 5 miles away to buy 4. He had another so I got 5, he had more. Plus he gave me all the connectors and threw in a McSorley's tap handle, a bottle of home made wine and a couple of tastes of current "product!" Ya gotta love it!

I don't love it. In fact, I HATE you for getting a deal like that.

 

[Navox]

So I have been brewing for about 7 months and I decided that I would jump into the kegging game as of yesterday. I picked up a pretty sweet deal from my LHBS with 2 ball-locks and a Taprite Dual regulator and a 10 lb tank for a pretty good price. But to me, the $55-$60 price tag on additional ball locks seems pretty steep. I know they were much more affordable and plentiful about 2-3 years ago, when my buddy was able to get them at $8-20 a piece.

Now, I am a realist, so I know that there is no way I'll get them that cheap, but what can I do to get them for $20-30 a keg?

Any help is much appreicated!!!

[email protected] I have around 15 of them

 

[jsmit209]

Check out this write-up. These are the best prices I've seen.

http://brewonabudget.wordpress.com/2014/08/01/best-deal-on-home-brew-kegs/

 

[pvpeacock]

I bought three 3 gallon "loose handle" pin lock kegs from adventures in homebrewing. 2 did not have loose handles and the one that did was easy to repair. I simply pulled the loose handle off, scraped and sanded off the old adhesive and used 3M car trim adhesive to re-attach it. I also bought replacement ball lock posts and a replacement lid with a pressure relief valve. I had problems with one keg because the replacemdent lid would not seal. However, I bought an oversized o-ring for it and it seals perfectly now. Great deal.