Kegerator Tower

DandyMason · August 30, 2011, 01:22:44 PM

Just wanted to get some input... the guy wants 80 bucks for this...

http://fredericton.kijiji.ca/c-buy-and- ... Z295404013

Jake · August 30, 2011, 03:50:59 PM

I think you can get the double beer towers from http://www.ontariobeerkegs.comfor $90 if I'm not mistaken, or singles for $73, so not a sweet deal by any means. I'm considering getting a couple more dual towers in the coming months and will likely order from that site.

Kyle · August 30, 2011, 04:41:22 PM

I bought one of those new on ebay for $30, but it was several years ago. There is a problem for homebrew users with the standard faucets like that one that causes them to stick really badly if not used every day. I broke several tap handles, for example.

I highly recommend a tap (tower mounted, or shank mounted) that is forward sealing such as a Perlick or Ventmatic.

fakr · August 30, 2011, 05:16:29 PM

Thanks for that site Jake. real good prices on stuff like poppets for $2.99 each.

DandyMason · August 30, 2011, 06:00:02 PM

Wow yeah Im liking these prices onn the ontario beer kegs site. Jake do you know anything about shipping rates?

ill keep my eyes pealed for the forward sealing taps, thanks for the tips

Richard · August 30, 2011, 09:41:12 PM

Quote from: "Kyle"causes them to stick really badly if not used every day.

Hands up anyone that would be a problem for?

brew · August 30, 2011, 09:48:50 PM

Quote from: "Richard"
Quote from: "Kyle"causes them to stick really badly if not used every day.

Hands up anyone that would be a problem for?

Yeah that's a BIG problem for me - they stick on all the time!!

For some things, beveragetime.com has awesome prices, and the shipping cant be beat (seriously 2 days to my door both times I ordered from there). The perlick (525) for example is 31.50. The dual tower there is 129 but I believe its all 100% S/S...

Jake · August 30, 2011, 10:15:54 PM

I don't find the sticking to be too much of a problem at all. I have the same tower and if you let it sit a couple days or a week (which is rare, but it will occasionally happen) you'll feel it will somewhat stick, but not to the point where I fear it may break ... knock on wood. It probably is worth the extra money for the better taps such as perlick, but I'm a cheap bastard and until I actually have money, these work just fine by my standards.

Regarding shipping, I've never dealt with them so no idea. Someone in the group (possibly Jmac or Brian??) posted the link a couple months ago and I thought prices were very good, even better than what I've seen in the states ... but the main concern is shipping; maybe they gauge you on S&H.

Jmac00 · August 30, 2011, 10:54:09 PM

Yeah, i posted a while back...

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=480

I've not heard any bad dealings with Patrick, lots of praise from other homebrewers accross the country.

DandyMason · August 31, 2011, 09:08:12 AM

Yeah im thinking about getting the dual tower kit for 219.99... It says 25.91 for shipping. So including taxes and shipping it comes to 274.50..

http://www.ontariobeerkegs.com/product_ ... kegkit.htm

Could see if they would give me a deal on a couple of the perlick faucets rather than the standard ones the kit comes with...

Jmac00 · August 31, 2011, 09:20:11 AM

Quote from: "DandyMason"Could see if they would give me a deal on a couple of the perlick faucets rather than the standard ones the kit comes with...

Just email Patrick and ask him, he's great to deal with from what i've been hearing. He JUST got the perlicks and 3gal kegs in....so he probably didn't get a chance to redo the website with packages for the perlicks.

Kyle · August 31, 2011, 09:49:56 AM

that looks like a good deal, but yeah, have him swap the standard faucets for Perlick 525's. Hopefully the difference in price will be less than $15/ faucet

On Jake's point about the standard ones, I think mine worked fine for the first year or two, but then the sticking got really bad.

Jmac00 · August 31, 2011, 09:54:34 AM

Quote from: "Kyle"On Jake's point about the standard ones, I think mine worked fine for the first year or two, but then the sticking got really bad.

ever dismantle them and give them a good cleaning/bath ?

Kyle · August 31, 2011, 11:41:12 AM

yep, several times, but I found the problem got worse unless the cleaning was done every couple of weeks.

DandyMason · August 31, 2011, 01:42:07 PM

So ive been e-mailing Patrick back and forth a bit... He added an option that allows you to upgrade to perlick faucets... but for an additional $27 per faucet. So to upgrade my dual tower to Perlick im looking at another 54 bucks.. Seems a little steep, but from what you guys are saying, it might save me some trouble in the long run.

Im looking at about $350 tax and shipping included... for the kit + two way manifold + perlick faucets...