keg style

[awarner322]

Hey everyone...I'm new to the kegging game and just wondered if anyone had any advice before I start creating my own system? Also I have noticed two different styles as well....one where the corney is housed right in the freezer and another where the keg sits outside and then hoses run through a small freezer or fridge to cool beer and the keg stays outside...any one have any input? Would be much appreciated!!!!

Thanks
Adam

 

[Pappers_]

Haven't seen the second option you mention (keg outside of the fridge). You may mean that the CO2 bottle is outside of the fridge, which some folks do if the fridge is small. The CO2 lines then run into the fridge and hook up to the kegs inside. I've never seen a keezer or kegerator that didn't have the kegs inside the cooler.

 

[Quaker]

I've seen draft systems like you mention where just the lines get cooled due to hoses coiling through a large water bath which is refrigerated. Downside is the beer will age faster since it's at ambient temp. Seen them as rentals with kegs for a party. Would work great for that, because the beer won't be sitting around. I'd prefer to store the beer cool all the time though.

 

[awarner322]

Alright thanks a lot...that would have been my assumption...one more thing to with the corneys...ball v pin? Any real difference out reason to use one over another?

 

[Brew_Force]

...ball v pin? Any real difference out reason to use one over another?

The main drive to pick one over another used to be price, but they seem to have evened out. Pick whatever you can get the best deal on and go with that.

 

[day_trippr]

The main drive to pick one over another used to be price, but they seem to have evened out. Pick whatever you can get the best deal on and go with that.

They've definitely not "evened out" around here. Ball locks sell for a good $15-20 premium over pin locks.

Anyway...Geometry is sometimes more important than price differential. Pin locks are wider and shorter than ball locks, which may mean one will fit where the other won't (eg: short minifridge) or one will allow more kegs in the same space than the other (eg: keezer). I get 6 ball locks in my 10cf keezer, while I'd be lucky to fit 5 pin locks in there...

Cheers!