[WANTED] Half-Barrel kegs

djosimd · Joined: 23 Sep 2016 Posts: 4 Location: Gatineau, QC

Hi there,

I am looking for 3 half-barrel kegs in the Ottawa Region (Ontario, Canada) to build my brewing system. Since theres
a deposit on those it seems distributors are not willing to let them go (trust me, I have been looking for those bad boys for a while now).

Idealy, I would like them not drilled.

Thank you brewing community !

Djosimd

**kal** · Last edited by kal on Sat Sep 24, 2016 2:04 pm; edited 1 time in total

djosimd · Joined: 23 Sep 2016 Posts: 4 Location: Gatineau, QC

Hi there Kal,

Don't worry I am full aware. I was in contact with numerous craft brewery in the region too and I was unsucessfull. It was never in my attention to hurt breweries, and this is why I contacted about a few dozen of them with a very few negative answers. I just felt I dindnt have eescribe to strangers my whole research process.

In my emails, I made it clear that i was looking for decommissionned kegs without any answers and this is why I am asking if maybe other homebrewers were more successful with their communications with breweries.w

**kal** · Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2016 2:08 pm Post subject:

Perfect then!

Remember that anyone who pays a deposit does not own them, so they're not theirs to sell or give away. So it doesn't make sense to contact anyone who's paid a deposit. That's why I mentioned what I did, since you brought up the concern about deposits. Quite often people think that paying the deposit means they own the keg.

I would imagine that breweries get dozens of calls every month from people looking for cheap/used kegs. Legit used kegs are most definitely hard to come by.

Some are available here, with or without fittings: http://www.homebrewing.org/Brew-Pots_c_79.html?AffId=95
This one's on sale: http://www.homebrewing.org/Used-155-Keggle-with-Coupling_p_4840.html?AffId=95

Good luck with your searches and your brewery setup.

Kal