Want to keg

[annasdadhockey]

Can anyone tell me what the cost would be, roughly, to start kegging? I already have a keg setup in my house for commercially produced beers, but will probably not buy any more when i start kegging my own. I cant imagine it being too expensive. If someone could break down the parts involved and their respective costs, that would be great. Thanks.
My setup is as follows...
5 lb tank, pressure guages, hose leading to 15.5 sankey keg connection, then out to tap in bar room.

 

[mbird]

Sounds like you have all you need if you are going to keg in Sanke (commercial) kegs.
If you are going to keg in Cornelius (corny) kegs then you will need kegs ($30-$40 ea.)
co2 in and beverage out connectors ($5 ea?) some length of line in and line out hose
($10 for one keg). I would need to know more about what your doing to give details.
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Beer Diary...

 

[annasdadhockey]

Sounds like you have all you need if you are going to keg in Sanke (commercial) kegs.
If you are going to keg in Cornelius (corny) kegs then you will need kegs ($30-$40 ea.)
co2 in and beverage out connectors ($5 ea?) some length of line in and line out hose
($10 for one keg). I would need to know more about what your doing to give details.
mark
Beer Diary...

Sorry, Yes I will be using corny kegs, when i acquire them. I have the keg in a full size fridge, and will do the same with the cornies when i fill them.

 

[TwoHeadsBrewing]

For a complete setup, I would figure around $100 for 2 kegs if you already have a tap and CO2 tank.

Corny Kegs: $25-35 each
Quick Disconnect fittings: $15 per keg (1 gas/ 1 liquid)
5/16" Gas Line: $3 per keg (6ft @ $0.50/ft.)
3/16" Beer Line: $4 per keg (8ft @ $0.50/ft.)

Total per keg: $47

 

[annasdadhockey]

thanks guys, just bottled yesterday, cleaning bottles is big PITA, will keg next brew

 

[bhs668]

I recently started homebrewing and converted my regular kegorator to corny so I can keg and serve my homebrew.

I bought this conversion kit from kegconnection as well as two kegs. It contains everything you need for a very easy conversion process. Also makes it so you could easily switch back to your sanke coupler if you choose to.

Sanke Tap to Homebrew Conversion Kit, with disconnects

 

[annasdadhockey]

I recently started homebrewing and converted my regular kegorator to corny so I can keg and serve my homebrew.

I bought this conversion kit from kegconnection as well as two kegs. It contains everything you need for a very easy conversion process. Also makes it so you could easily switch back to your sanke coupler if you choose to.

Sanke Tap to Homebrew Conversion Kit, with disconnects

Thanks bhs, gonna check with my LHBS to see if they have similar, otherwise I may order from the link you provided.

 

[lombard]

I recently started homebrewing and converted my regular kegorator to corny so I can keg and serve my homebrew.

I bought this conversion kit from kegconnection as well as two kegs. It contains everything you need for a very easy conversion process. Also makes it so you could easily switch back to your sanke coupler if you choose to.

Sanke Tap to Homebrew Conversion Kit, with disconnects

That's a good way to go. I just did that the hard way...

Bought 3 cornies (got a deal at $17 ea). Bought 2ea gas and liquid fittings with threaded connections. Figured I'd get the barbed fittings locally. Then discovered that I couldn't, so I had to buy some barbed fittings online. Then did some research into getting adapters to allow me to thread my updated gas and liquid lines onto my sanke couplers. Ended up buying the adapters separately. So in shipping charges alone I probably made out worse than just one of those kits. Ugh.