Have a 15 gallon keg, where did you get it?

[red79phoenix]

Trying to be legal. Where can I pick up a keg to turn into a keggle? I tried the scrap yard they said it is illegal. I'm in the DFW area.

 

[absoluthamm]

Scrap yard doesn't know what they're talking about. They have decomish'd kegs all the time. I have used liquor stores before. You might have to go to a couple of them, but if they can't return a keg for any reason, they will sell it to you.

 

[Punx Clever]

Mine came from a loading dock somewhere between CO an IN... the guy running the dock wanted em gone cause they'd been sitting there for a couple months. Four of em... all saran wrapped onto a pallet.

I figure abandoned == legal

 

[samc]

$30 each from Brewery.

 

[Diver165]

I tried the scrap yard they said it is illegal.

HAHAHA!!! Hell where i live, probably 1/3 or more of their copper and aluminum scrap on the yard was stolen. LOL.

I know you want to do it legally and it's the right thing to do. But the irony of that statement coming from a scrap dealer is priceless (well around here anyway).

 

[fletchsj]

you have a few colleges around you I assume. Go talk to Frat houses. after their next party, buy the empty key off them...

 

[Lucky_Chicken]

you have a few colleges around you I assume. Go talk to Frat houses. after their next party, buy the empty key off them...

not legal!

The best place I have found is from the local distributor. They will get kegs back that can no longer be used and will save you some if they know you are looking. Then its legal and you have a reciept that says you bought it from the brewery!

 

[ChrisCorley]

One came from my LHBS for $20. The other two I got I just went to a restaurant that had a lot of tap beer and asked the manager. Told him what I was trying to do and they had a few kegs the distributor wouldn't pick up (or so he said). He sold them to me for 30 a piece. I would try first your Homebrew store then go to liquor stores and talk to the manager and also places that sell A LOT of beer (Saucer if you have one) and see if you can acquire one or two off of them. Hope this helps.

 

[Markd27]

I don't think getting them from a liquor or beer store is always legal either. They may say they can't return them, but technically they were never the owners of them to begin with.

I've always been a little taken aback by how many homebrewers don't care or pretend not to care where their keggles come from. Kind of like a don't ask, don't tell policy. There is also the crowd that justify it as sticking it to the big BMC breweries, but keg loss is a real problem for all breweries. I briefly considered them but decided to go with regular kettles since I didn't have any confidence I could get some legitimately, and I wasn't going to spend $500 on new ones from Sabco.

If they were a little more affordable brand new, say 200-ish, I'd be in.

 

[autobaun70]

I got one of mine back when I was in college, the other two were the result of the relatively new SC law that won't allow you to return a keg to get your deposit back without the original receipt (a minor detail that they don't always tell you at the time of purchase)

 

[Lucky_Chicken]

I got one of mine back when I was in college, the other two were the result of the relatively new SC law that won't allow you to return a keg to get your deposit back without the original receipt (a minor detail that they don't always tell you at the time of purchase)

I bet that pissed brewerys off... now they loose them by default!

 

[DeNomad]

Make friends with local brewmasters, ask if they have any dented or unserviceable kegs lying around. Worked for me, and they even cleaned them for me! Cost was bomber of homebrew per keg.

 

[red79phoenix]

HAHAHA!!! Hell where i live, probably 1/3 or more of their copper and aluminum scrap on the yard was stolen. LOL.

I know you want to do it legally and it's the right thing to do. But the irony of that statement coming from a scrap dealer is priceless (well around here anyway).

True, but they don't want to think anything was stolen.

 

[runningweird]

two from craigslist - for 40 dollars total, and another from a bev distributor friend that sold me an empty one for 30.

post a craigslist add in a college town

 

[bad67z]

I got one of mine back when I was in college, the other two were the result of the relatively new SC law that won't allow you to return a keg to get your deposit back without the original receipt (a minor detail that they don't always tell you at the time of purchase)

I live in a college town also that the distributors seem to follow the same rules, I'm not sure if it the law here. If you don't have a receipt no $40 keg deposit when you try and return it. So the scrapyard is prime after Greek week and any home game.

 

[red79phoenix]

The receipt rule is not in effect in TX. I am in College right now, I could get kegs if I wanted but they wouldn't be legal.

 

[jberg440]

I've been trying to figure out a way to get one from our local distributor....apparently they have a pretty tight inventory regiment. He basically told me easiest way is to buy a keg and don't return it. What are the deposits for again? don't know if its worth buying a sanke tap tho....

 

[outside92129]

university security/police dept, good source for junk after the place closes down for the summer. Lots of kids leave their stuff behind.

 

[lumpher]

i know somebody who can get them legally, as he works at a brewery and sells the blown-out kegs

 

[red79phoenix]

i know somebody who can get them legally, as he works at a brewery and sells the blown-out kegs

Cool, where at in tx? How much are they?