Please recommend a bin for icing corny kegs

[choosybeggar]

Planning to dispense 3 corny kegs through a steel plate jockey box. The beer will be fully carbonated and 68F. The owner of the jockey box recommends icing the kegs to reduce beer temp prior to serving. Looking for suggestion of what type of bin/tub to ice down 3 corny kegs at once.


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[flars]

I would recommend three small trash bins. Plastic or metal. Can be wrapped in blankets to insulate.
Three small ones can be put to more uses afterwards better than one large one. Especially if you have only one keg to chill later on.

 

[choosybeggar]

I would recommend three small trash bins. Plastic or metal. Can be wrapped in blankets to insulate.
Three small ones can be put to more uses afterwards better than one large one. Especially if you have only one keg to chill later on.

Thanks. Great suggestion.


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[wilserbrewer]

A 15 gallon hdpe drum works well for 1, 5 gal keg. A 55 gallon HDPE drum works great for 3-4.

My LHBS gives them away free once the are empty of lme.


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[Weezy]

Is this for a one day or evening event? And they're prechilled right? if so you don't need much at all to keep them cold. Besides, the whole purpose of the jockey box is to chill the beer as its dispensed to the tap. If you're going to ice the kegs, you can skip the jockey box and use cobra taps. If you're using a jockey box, just wrap the kegs in a couple towels. If it's going to be 90°F+ outside, then maybe do more. The most I'd recommend is a 5-6.5 gal bucket for each carboy, filled with ice and a towel in top. Easy to haul nesting buckets as well.

 

[choosybeggar]

Is this for a one day or evening event? And they're prechilled right? if so you don't need much at all to keep them cold. Besides, the whole purpose of the jockey box is to chill the beer as its dispensed to the tap. If you're going to ice the kegs, you can skip the jockey box and use cobra taps. If you're using a jockey box, just wrap the kegs in a couple towels. If it's going to be 90°F+ outside, then maybe do more. The most I'd recommend is a 5-6.5 gal bucket for each carboy, filled with ice and a towel in top. Easy to haul nesting buckets as well.

The kegs were carbed @ 45F but will be @ 68F prior to the party. Planning to treat them to an ice bath overnight to cool them a bit.


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[Gunfighter04]

Tractor supply has all kinds of buckets for $15-20 that would hold 3 corny's.