The myth of the <$50 corny keg

[Boodlemania]

He had an entire shipping container full of them in his driveway.

Wow, that's just awesome. He either had a fantastic SWMBO or none at all.

 

[outside92129]

i believe i bought mine from the same san marcos fellow- now $35/ea includes new gasket kit. Decent quality, steel is good, rubber looking a bit ragged but expected.

 

[EarthBound]

If you're in the Denver area, hit up Tom's Brew Shop. He's got the hookup!

 

[Joncb04]

My LHBS sells ball lock kegs for only $40 too. Sounds like prices are just more in that area ("higher standard of living" maybe?). I've seen a lot of people converting pin lock corny's to ball locks and prices I've seen online are $30-$40, but shipping is what gets you. I have one that is a pin lock converted to ball lock as well for $40.

 

[Dhruv6911]

hah.. my lhbs jacked up the price to $70... i know he has to make a living but thats nearly twice the online going rate...

 

[j_adkison27]

I remember seeing this thread a while ago and y'all were looking for the guy in SD who always has kegs. I found him the other day and he still has some. Price is now $55. He gives them to you pressurized so you know they are good. Just pull the ring to test.

 

[gluttonoussloth]

I live in NJ, but I just got 4 corny kegs from a bulk, group buy through my homebrew club. They were used cornies with some soda still left in them and required a great deal of cleaning, but overall are in good shape. They came with new o-rings and lube all for $104. This was by far the best deal I have found over the past 4 months in my area. I was having the same problem as you before I found this group buy. If you live in CA, you probably have some decent homebrew clubs. I would check them out as a possible source for cornies.

Good Luck

 

[wilserbrewer]

Maybe someday the corny will be commonly replaced w/ retired Sanke sixtels? I'm already there and they work well FWIW.