Corny keg

[wranglerx16]

My dad has a kegerator and I'm looking to get a 5 gal keg for my homebrew. Been looking on eBay. Any other suggestions or cheaper sites to choose.?
Thanks

 

[lumpher]

corney kegs are getting hard to find, as chinese soda makers are buying them up by the 1000's now. they restarted using them recently, so hard to find and expensive now

 

[norsk]

Craigslist for locals getting out of the hobby. Expand the search as needed. Drawback is it can take a spell... or not. I've had some nice scores from people moving, getting out of the hobby, or unfortunately, passing away.... I did find an older one the other day at a garage sale for $2.00. Dumped out the very old 7-UP, stuck on new o-rings and it is good to go. Lucky find...

 

[coldcrash]

You might keep an eye on Craigslist in your area, or homebrew market/ for sale on here. Could get a good deal.

Otherwise, check out

www.kegglebrewing.com
www.kegconnection.com
www.homebrewing.org
www.northernbrewer.com
www.morebeer.com

Standard price for a 5 gal ball lock seems to be around $50.

Hope this helps!

 

[gcdowd]

Yeah they are getting hard to find. I was lucky, found a local place selling them for $30 a pop, I bought 45 of them, not all for me of course

 

[beersk]

I have 3 used ones, I'm starting to buy new now. It's a lifetime investment, I want good sh*t.
The price keeps creeping up on the used ones. The 3 I have I bought for $30 each from Midwest Supplies 3 years ago, now they're $60. The way I see it is I might as well buy new.

 

[christpuncher123]

I'm starting to see more and more reusable sanke kegs around. They are brand new and have a threaded top so you can remove for cleaning. 5 gal ones around here are $70 and 15 gal for $100.

 

[Homercidal]

Good luck finding any for less than $50. That said, they are still cheaper than trying to buy a 6th barrel.

 

[fosaisu]

If you haven't already bought quick disconnects, you might consider getting pin lock corneys instead of ball lock. Pin locks are slightly shorter/wider than ball locks but will hold your beer just fine and are generally $10-20 cheaper per keg than ball locks. I bought some pin locks from Midwest Brewing recently that came to ~ $50 each after shipping (all the pin locks I've ordered from Midwest came with pressure relief valves on the lids).

Of course if your dad's kegerator only has a sanke (commercial keg) hookup and you're only buying one keg, it might make sense to just buy a reusable 1/6 barrel sanke keg as mentioned above since you then wouldn't have to buy quick disconnects (you'd need 1 for beer and 1 for gas so that's $12 there) and wouldn't have to worry about switching hookups when you change b/w a commercial and home brewed beer. If you're planning to buy many more kegs in the future though the price math might work out differently.

 

[Toga]

You can still pick up kegs at a reasonable price here http://www.homebrewing.org/Home-Brew-Kegs_c_223.html They have had the best prices on used kegs out of any of the online retailers for years.

 

[AlCophile]

There WAS/is? a place in Groton, Conn. which had a pic of many pallets of kegs. This was ~2 mo ago. on C'list. Don't know if they ship. Good luck.

 

[BigFloyd]

You can still pick up kegs at a reasonable price here http://www.homebrewing.org/Home-Brew-Kegs_c_223.html They have had the best prices on used kegs out of any of the online retailers for years.

+1 on that deal. I recently split an order of four with a brew buddy. Even after shipping to Texas, they came out to $51.50 each.

We got a nice surprise when they arrived......all four had brand spanking new lids and pressure relief valves. Nice.:rockin:

 

[AgentHubcap]

The LHBS sells them for $50 each. I didn't realize that was a deal these days.

 

[JUST_BREW_IT]

My dad has a kegerator and I'm looking to get a 5 gal keg for my homebrew. Been looking on eBay. Any other suggestions or cheaper sites to choose.?
Thanks

where are you located?

 

[gcdowd]

We don't need no stinking corny kegs!

 

[edecambra]

We don't need no stinking corny kegs!

Whoa dude you may have a problem. Namely, I bet most of those are empty!

If not you may have real problems...

 

[Toga]

whoa nice stack of kegs

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

You can still pick up kegs at a reasonable price here http://www.homebrewing.org/Home-Brew-Kegs_c_223.html They have had the best prices on used kegs out of any of the online retailers for years.

Amen. Just ordered 4 an hour ago. Shipping sucks to CA, but I bought the ones w/o relief valve and with all new o-rings they'll be <$50 each, shipped.

 

[geckholm]

You can still pick up kegs at a reasonable price here http://www.homebrewing.org/Home-Brew-Kegs_c_223.html They have had the best prices on used kegs out of any of the online retailers for years.

Anyone tried the 5 gal plastic ones?

 

[BigFloyd]

Anyone tried the 5 gal plastic ones?

The ones I've seen require a Sanke D coupler. No thanks.

 

[Britinusa]

Same for me, mine arrived with a new lid. going to be ordering more from them.

+1 on that deal. I recently split an order of four with a brew buddy. Even after shipping to Texas, they came out to $51.50 each.

We got a nice surprise when they arrived......all four had brand spanking new lids and pressure relief valves. Nice.:rockin:

 

[wranglerx16]

where are you located?

Chicago area.
Thanks for all the input. I was looking on Midwest possibly gonna get a used and an adapter to swap out kegs