I browse my local craigslist here and there and yesterday found a add titled "Guinness tap handles" being a Guinness lover I opened it up and the guy had 3 tap handles for sale, 1 of the standard pint handle and 2 of the smaller ones were the logo sticks out, hard to explain but I have only seen them twice now. I noticed the tap's had stout faucets attached as well and when I e-mailed the guy asking if they came with the stout faucet his response was "Whats a stout faucet?" Long story short I picked up the handle and stout faucet for $45.00. Sweet!! now its time to get my beer gas set up. They needed a little cleaning but the spring is still good and all the seals are great.
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ETCS
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It is amazing what people sell on Craigslist. I found 100 Grolsch bottles a couple months ago, the guy sold them to me for 20 bucks. Don't know why he sold them so cheap, don't care.
Maybe he wasn't using them for beer
I had a similar CL score...
Someone posted a "Kegger cooler" on there for $50. Turned out to be a dual tap jockey box with 200' of stainless coil inside, and all the hoses, taps, regulator, etc.
I bought it, cleaned it up and resold it for $250 2 days later
CampfireBrewingCo
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I was able to snag a kegging system complete with everything to set up a two tap system including a full co2 tank, 3 cornys and enough keg gasket sets to rebuild each of them 3 times and also two 6.5 gal. carboys for $160.
D_Struct
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Craigslist FTW!
I'm with you! I found my 4-tap, fullsize kegerator w/ 3 kegs, all hoses, 4-way manifold, 2 20lb tanks, faucets, with 4 extra picnic taps, co2 charging kit, paintball co2 bottle, extra fermenting bucket, new gaskets, the book Clone Brews and a slew of various stainless fittings for only $250.
I'm with you! I found my 4-tap, fullsize kegerator w/ 3 kegs, all hoses, 4-way manifold, 2 20lb tanks, faucets, with 4 extra picnic taps, co2 charging kit, paintball co2 bottle, extra fermenting bucket, new gaskets, the book Clone Brews and a slew of various stainless fittings for only $250.
I'm tired of you people!
I've found most of my brewing equipment on CL, usually for a very good price. Or I'll buy a mass of equipment, keep what I need and sell the rest. In that case I usually get what I kept for free, or on occasion even come out with some profit.
The key is to check, and check frequently. If you see a deal, jump on it fast.
And don't forget to search for terms that people can't spell. Like "kegorator, keggerator, kegerater, etc". You'd be surprised what you find.
The key is to check, and check frequently. If you see a deal, jump on it fast.
And don't forget to search for terms that people can't spell. Like "kegorator, keggerator, kegerater, etc". You'd be surprised what you find.
No kidding, I checked craigslist one morning, no homebrewing equipment. Checked it that night and a guy was selling carboys and corny kegs $10 each. I was at his house at 8 the next morning and bought 2 kegs, 2 5g carboys and a 6.5g carboy. Makes me wonder if these guys really know what they are selling and how much more people would by them for.
oteixeira
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And I thought I did good with $20 cornys and $75 15cub foot chest freezer. Y'all are stealing this stuff!!
Orlando
Orlando
D_Struct
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Fighter jets have been dispatched to your location!
Ha!
The craziest thing about it was that I found it locally. Mind you, there is little to no home brewing in my area. I think I'm one of two people in my town, so I expected to have to travel to Dallas (3 hrs), Austin (4 hrs) or Houston (2 hrs) to find used gear.
I found this stuff in little old Nacogdoches, which is a mere 20 minutes up the road!
I tend to check CL every couple of days for new & more stuff and hit the jackpot last week. 3-hurricane burner brew stand (all burners have lines and valves to run off 1 LP tank), 3 keggles with quick disconnect valves and hoses, pump, 4 carboys, grain mill, plate chiller, enough grains hops and yeast for a 10gallon batch of ipa, extra hops to spare, all for $450. I couldn't afford NOT to buy it!
Bithead
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I keep RSS feeds of the keywords I track like beer, homebrew, home brew, etc. on iGoogle page so I can easily check them several times a day. Scored my new turkey fryer ($40) and my IC ($25) that way.
wetzie
Wetzelbrew
I picked up 8 new Sam Adams glasses for $20. He had pinball games for $150!
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