Traveling with kegs (little different than all the other ones one here)

[NevermoreBrew]

So i'm suposed to go to charleston south carolina in a few weeks and I really want to take a keg with me. But i have two problems that i have to overcome. One is its a 10+ hour drive being broken up into two days with just a quick overnight hotel stay. This one i'm not worried that much about because if i have to ill bring the whole thing into the hotel and keep it on ice( its already cold but even if it gets a little warm over night im not too worried about it). The second problem im a little more worried about. The place we are staying is on an island and the only available ice will be a small freezer ice maker that really wont be able to do me any good. The nearest store for ice is a good 25 minutes away and i dont want to have to make that trip several times a day. I thought about the Kegglove and getting a spare ice blanket but im worried that it wont keep it cold enough and if it gets too warm to drink i will have a really hard time getting it back down to serving temperature. Jockey box is no good because i still have the ice problem. My kegerator is way to big to take and we are going for a week vacation so car space is at a premium.

So here we go...opening it up to any suggestions. Im able and willing to buy/build something to a certain extent but dont want to invest too much in it because if it gets to the point where it would be way easier/cheaper just to buy a lot of good beer when i get there I'm going to do that. I do really enjoy drinking and sharing my homebrew so any ideas are welcome just throw them out there.

 

[slakwhere]

bottle it from the keg with a counter pressure filler. bottles are MUCH easier to chill. i love my CPBF for road trips, gifts, parties, etc. the bottles don't end up with yeast cakes like traditional bottling so you can serve out of the bottle.

 

[Grizzlybrew]

Not sure exactly how you'd do it, but Dry Ice might be a solution. I wouldn't add it directly to the beer (although I've seen it discussed), but maybe setting the keg in a cooler or bucket with dry ice would keep the bottom of the keg cold. That stuff is so damn cold, it may even freeze the beer. As long as you kept it pouring, you'd probably be fine. Wrap a towel around the base of the keg so the dry ice doesn't directly touch it. You've got time... experiment now.

 

[Grizzlybrew]

Or build one of these: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/my-portable-2-keg-bar-kegerator-258923/

 

[stlbeer]

Or build one of these: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/my-portable-2-keg-bar-kegerator-258923/

Great idea!

 

[mrduna01]

Or build one of these: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/my-portable-2-keg-bar-kegerator-258923/

That build is totally awesome. Beyond my needs but way cool!

 

[NevermoreBrew]

yeah way cool and beyond my needs and $$$. Ive thought about bottling it but they way i currently do it is just with a racking cane and a party tap. it works but every once and a while i get one that didnt hold its carb right. so i dont want to go through all the trouble and find out i have a bunch that arnt carbed right. any recommendations on a CPBF?

thought about the dry ice but i couldnt figure out a way to make it effective either

 

[mrduna01]

yeah way cool and beyond my needs and $$$. Ive thought about bottling it but they way i currently do it is just with a racking cane and a party tap. it works but every once and a while i get one that didnt hold its carb right. so i dont want to go through all the trouble and find out i have a bunch that arnt carbed right. any recommendations on a CPBF?

thought about the dry ice but i couldnt figure out a way to make it effective either

Check out the "we don't need no stinking beer gun" thread. Very cheap as in a few bucks and based on the reviews, very reliable.