Keg bulk buy - anyone interested?

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Permalink Reply by mattd2 on April 5, 2012 at 12:49pm

I'll put my name down as a possible for 2 or 3. Look pretty good, I assume that relief valve is screwed into the top and not permanent (well I would hope so anyway).

The look like 1/6th kegs with the tops modified.

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Permalink Reply by Kelly Milligan on April 5, 2012 at 1:03pm

I quite like the look of these, might be keen on 2 as well. Sounds like it's possible to get new seals and stuff from somewhere in NZ too.

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Permalink Reply by Liam Callaghan on April 5, 2012 at 1:50pm

Worth digging deep for that price mate, awesome to have the capacity to make more and leave it to age.  Especially if you get a long weekend and time to knock out a mass of beer in one go.  The kids wont mind going without presents next xmas once they see the smile on your face!

You can never have too many kegs.

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Permalink Reply by TBone on April 5, 2012 at 6:15pm

I'd be interested... but have a couple of questions. 

Would the parts in these be interchangeable with corny kegs... I'm thinking of having to maybe replace some of the gasket parts like orings and gaskets and such in the future. It would be a pain if you needed specialized parts...

I'd be in for 4 if everything works out.... let me know!

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Permalink Reply by Pilgrim on April 5, 2012 at 9:14pm

These are Firestone kegs. The lid O-rings are the same a corny kegs so no problems there. The posts are completely different with the Corny Kegs having male on the keg and female on the post, whereas Firestones have female on the keg and male on the posts. There are plenty of sites on the web that sell replacement posts and popet valves. Firestone kegs are approximately 1 litre bigger than Cornelious kegs. I have five of each. Steve Plowman still has a lot of Corny kegs for sale at Hallertau and I bought eight in November for my son at $75 each, so make your choice. Personally I prefer Corny kegs as I've never had any problems with the posts sealing but I've had quite a few problems with the Firestone posts leaking. The Corny keg popet valves fall out when you remove the post and so are easy to clean whereas the popets on my Firestones are held in place by a circlip and have to be removed with a pair of needle nose pliers. A bit more work. You can increase the capacity of either if you want to by shortening the gas dip tube. I've done this on all of my kegs.

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Permalink Reply by TBone on April 6, 2012 at 1:41pm

Thanks for that Pilgrim! 

I'm thinking I might go the Corny keg route... considering I can get them here in Auckland. 

Cheers!

T

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Permalink Reply by Tilt on April 6, 2012 at 3:20pm

Thanks Pilgrim - this is great specific info. 

I'm glad you chipped in because, based on what you're saying, these might present a few inconveniences - and at the very least some graft and cost to make them work properly and convert them over to being compatible with Cornies.  

With your mix of types - do you think theres any practical difference having the whole keg stainless (handles/collar included) over the plastic/ rubber end caps on Cornies?

In the end - if we can take a bulk order to Steve and get the same price minus shipping costs then I know where I'd rather spend my $$.

So....anyone interested in a bulk buy from Hallertau?

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Permalink Reply by TBone on April 6, 2012 at 3:23pm

Tilt... I'm in! 

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Permalink Reply by Kelly Milligan on April 6, 2012 at 10:57pm

Even more interested in corny's at $75  a pop! count me in for 2-3 :)

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Permalink Reply by Pilgrim on April 8, 2012 at 5:46pm

"With your mix of types - do you think theres any practical difference having the whole keg stainless (handles/collar included) over the plastic/ rubber end caps on Cornies?"

Not really, the Firestones are a little taller but unless you're really cramped for space that shouldn'r make any real difference. The Corny lid hole is a little easier to get an arm down for cleaning.

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Permalink Reply by Richard Jack on April 8, 2012 at 6:23pm

I'd probably be keen for 1 more.

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Permalink Reply by Kelly Milligan on April 14, 2012 at 12:51pm

I need to withdraw my interest in this for now sorry mate. Happy kegging!

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