Can I BUY a keg? (Not rent)?!
Does anyone know how I would go about buying a keg? Also about what the cost of a half keg would be? Thanks in advance if you do. I will be sure to pick a best answer if someone is helpful and doesn't crush my dreams of being a keg owner.
Answers:
First I'm assuming you mean the actual dispenser that you put the keg of beer into, right? You can certainly buy it, and I would either look at a beer supply store or ask at the liquor store where you buy your kegs to begin with. They do have a deposit when you rent them, you can always just simply not return it and let them keep the deposit.
If you are talking about the keg that you put the beer itself into then no, you can't buy those. They need to be filled by an actual beer distributor and are processed to be refillable, and with certain types of beer.
A half keg where I live cost about 42 bucks for domestic and 55 for a micro.
Good luck! I own a kegerator and I love it!
Not really.
1) Not returning a keg is theft, and as they have serial numbers on them it is easy for them to be traced
2) Renting it out, without a license to do so is also illegal
3) Filling equipment is expensive, and to have it filled somewhere else would mean a check on the keg serial number - ahd as it's on the stolen list it's not worth the hassle.
4) Kegs have to be sterilised before refilling, and you can't do that yourself
Just don't take it back.
~The Fat Man
You can't BUY a keg. However, you can rent it almost indefinitely, or however long the beer holds out.
A couple of things...
1) Stay away from those dumba** "pump" beer taps most places rent out, if you're not drinking the keg in 1 night, it ruins the beer.
1a) check around for a CO2 keg tap, they're expensive to rent but worth every penny.
2) kegged beer, even kept cold all the time, only has about a 120 day shelf life max.from date filled---to still taste fresh it's best to drink it within the first 30 days
3) The smaller keg is called a "pony" or "baby" keg,,,technically it is a 1/4 keg. Don't ask me why, but the full sized kegs you see in bars are classified 1/2 barrels/kegs, then comes 1/4...down to 1/8
3a) the cost of any keg depends on the beer you want. Best thing to do is contact y your local establishment that rents out kegs and ask them. They can probably get just about any flavor. but you may be limited if you desire a specific beer, not all flavors are available in all sizes.
If you're interested, check out the link below, the most expensive equipment will be the gauges.....
http://www.ehow.com/search.aspx?s=kegera…
Hope this helps