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Brewing => Equipment => Topic started by: Dave Savoie on August 09, 2011, 01:56:09 PM

Title: Sanke Kegs
Post by: Dave Savoie on August 09, 2011, 01:56:09 PM: Best Metals just called me and they said they have a bunch of Sanke Kegs there

they will charge per weight for them @ $1.50 per Lbs
Is there andyone still interested in these if so could someone go take a look at what is there otherwise they are going to scrap them
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Title: Re: Sanke Kegs
Post by: Dean on August 09, 2011, 02:05:54 PM: that's more like it ...$45 per is a lot better than the $75 we were talking about at the meeting. Unfortunately I'm FLAT broke this week
Title: Re: Sanke Kegs
Post by: Dave Savoie on August 09, 2011, 02:12:06 PM: Even if you could go buy and see if what they have is what we are looking for and if they have a huge amount of them maybe could talk to brew and bulk buy a bunch of them
Title: Re: Sanke Kegs
Post by: Dean on August 09, 2011, 02:21:47 PM: I can't make it there today but tomorrow may be possible
Title: Re: Sanke Kegs
Post by: Dave Savoie on August 09, 2011, 02:29:49 PM: Cool !!!
Title: Re: Sanke Kegs
Post by: Brian_S on August 09, 2011, 04:34:11 PM: I'd be up for 2 assuming thy are 60L and don't have cracks/holes.

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Title: Re: Sanke Kegs
Post by: Richard on August 09, 2011, 09:56:49 PM: I'd take one just for S&G if they're completely intact.
Title: Re: Sanke Kegs
Post by: brew on August 10, 2011, 05:04:07 PM: I'm having a hard time getting out of my cave this week - work is crazy. If no one else can get there before Friday I'll try to stop in Friday afternoon...
Title: Re: Sanke Kegs
Post by: brew on August 10, 2011, 05:07:02 PM: One other things is that we are fronting over $400 on yeast for this grain order so cash on hand is low at the moment - that won't last long of course once the order arrives but for now we are pretty slim on fronting cash through the club - I wouldn't mind fronting myself though, if we were sure people were going to buy...
Title: Re: Sanke Kegs
Post by: Brian_S on August 10, 2011, 10:37:51 PM: Like I said I'm ready to start a keggle project and cash in hand isn't an issue assuming they are 60L and have not cracks/holes.

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Title: Re: Sanke Kegs
Post by: Brian_S on August 11, 2011, 06:24:47 PM: I'm going to try and get out to Best Metals tomorrow over Lunch. I'll report back.

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Title: Re: Sanke Kegs
Post by: Brian_S on August 15, 2011, 05:42:41 PM: Stopped by Best Metals today. They do have a small mountain O kegs so I managed to grab 2 58.6L and 2 50L Sankes. The rest appeared to be the Golden Gate style with the bung hole and top and bottom valves although I didn't go through the whole pile. I got them for $1.50/pound.

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Title: Re: Sanke Kegs
Post by: Dave Savoie on August 15, 2011, 05:48:47 PM: what is your solution for the Bung hole ?
and is the bung hole in the side ?
Title: Re: Sanke Kegs
Post by: Brian_S on August 15, 2011, 08:06:02 PM: These are Sanke (i guess) as opposed to the Golden Gate style which have the top valve, side bung and bottom valve. This is a single stainless vessel with one valve on top.

I think I'm going to have the tops cut off and use them for a kettles and tuns.

Speaking of which does any know where I can get a good quality sanke to mush tun conversion kit (weld less of course)

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Title: Re: Sanke Kegs
Post by: Jmac00 on August 15, 2011, 08:07:57 PM: hopdawgs has some listed..
Title: Re: Sanke Kegs
Post by: brew on August 17, 2011, 09:35:56 AM: Wish I could have made it out there last week Brian - glad you were able to snag those though, shame for em to get scrapped. Did you notice if the GG kegs looked to be the 15.5 G type or were they the smaller versions?
Title: Re: Sanke Kegs
Post by: Brian_S on August 17, 2011, 08:22:20 PM: They looked to be the 15G ones and there may have been more Sankes as well. We might be well served to have them contact us when they get any kegs in.

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