Reusing Heineken Mini Kegs

[ozcah]

Hiya,

I see these 5lt mini kegs are available again.

Anyone thought about reusing them?

I'm curious to find out.

Catchya
Osc

[Kevnlis]

It can be done with one of the mini-keg tappers. They come up on eBay every now and then.

[sathid]

I'm looking at ordering one of these from the UK.

50 pound (inc 14% vat I'm guessing) for 3 kegs, and the dispenser.

It would be awesome if someone local picked them up as a product line.
I don't have the space or $$ for a full keg system, so one of these is great.

http://www.easybrew.co.uk/product_detai ... 440820103f

I'm just waiting on a freight cost (expensive I'd suggest.)

Let me know if you find any locally.

Cheers,
Troy

[Kevnlis]

Talk to this mob:

http://www.ibrew.com.au/html/equipment/ ... draft.html

Much better idea IMHO and looks like it would hold up better over time

Plus it is cheaper!

[sathid]

Not including shipping, it's actually cheaper for the kegs, because you get three of them rather than one. And you can use the empty special offer ones.

PET bottle holding up better than steel kegs?

or do you mean the pouring device?

Kegs are cooler tho

But seriously, I've been considering both, and had preferred the keg idea. Any particular reason you think it would be less sturdy?

[Longwood-65]

I like the look of the mini kegs.
50 pound plus tax = 57pound = $130 aussie plus delivery
You would need another keg for a normal size brew ( guess you could bottle the remainder.)

So cost wise depending on delivery about the same.

anyone know the how tall it is tapped?? would it fit in a fridge with your normal fridge stuff. ( not too much shelf adjusting the missus would get peeved)

Not sure about the corkage rubber stopper seal the brew gets a bit too much pressure and POP!!! thats what I would worry about.

I went the Tap-a-draught 44cm long tapped 17cm in dia, easily fits the Kelvinator. $143 with 4 bottles phoned the G'borough HBS and asked them if they had or could get one in, No problems coupla days. no delivery charge.

haven't tried it yet just waiting on maturity ( 2 weeks tuesday )

Cheers
Ron

[Kevnlis]

The biggest thing for me would be the ease of cleaning and the fact that you can SEE it is clean. The kegs are not very strong, they are prone to damage easily, and even a slight scratch can cause it to rust out. The tappers can be a major pain, hence the reason they never really took off years ago when they were first released. They do appear to be cheaper, but don't forget it is going to cost a fortune to have a package of that size sent over from the UK! I would guess somewhere in the vacinity of $150 AU just on post. For that kind of money you can buy the kit and 3 extra bottles

[WSC]

I pulled a heiny 5 lt keg aprt not so long ago.

I had to nearly destroy it to do so and it had some crazy CO2 thing in it which is why they say they can last 30 days.

Seemed like for heiny 5lt kegs it wouldn't work.