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#21 porter

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Posted 28 November 2015 - 08:30 PM

The price isn't bad at all for new kegs. If I was new to it, I would be tempted, but I have a LOT of cornies, both ball and pin. The amount of time and money I spent getting them all functional..... Something to consider. I'm kind of confused why homebrewers haven't really switched over to sankey. Not so much the old school guys, but more the new folks. Old ways I suppose

 

I think because most homebrewers brew in 5 or 10 gallon batches and horizontal space is more limited in cooling devices in vertical. But yes, the coupler is superior.



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Posted 28 November 2015 - 09:02 PM

The price isn't bad at all for new kegs. If I was new to it, I would be tempted, but I have a LOT of cornies, both ball and pin. The amount of time and money I spent getting them all functional..... Something to consider. I'm kind of confused why homebrewers haven't really switched over to sankey. Not so much the old school guys, but more the new folks. Old ways I suppose

 

 

I've wondered the same.  Particularly with the increase in popularity of 1/6th barrel kegs for commercial brews.



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Posted 29 November 2015 - 01:20 PM

I think because most homebrewers brew in 5 or 10 gallon batches and horizontal space is more limited in cooling devices in vertical. But yes, the coupler is superior.

Because what JKor said. There are a lot of 1/6 bbl legs on the market.

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Posted 29 November 2015 - 01:23 PM

the easy to clean aspect of cornies seems to be important.  the hole in a sanke isn't that large.  what is it?  a couple of inches?

 

I'd need a way to take them apart and clean them (probably a cleaning setup).  then there is the fact that whatever the thing you put on top is called (coupler?) seems like it makes the whole assembly a little tall (wouldn't work in a dorm fridge) adds some more strikes.  if these issues can be worked with it's just as viable of a choice though.


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Posted 29 November 2015 - 01:32 PM

Because what JKor said. There are a lot of 1/6 bbl legs on the market.

 

Aren't they about an inch wider, though? It can make a difference in a lot of setups. But yeah, it does seem they'd be more popular. 



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Posted 29 November 2015 - 04:51 PM

I have 3 Sankeys (1. 1/4 bbl, 2. 1/2 bbls)but rarely use them. I absolutely hate taking the spear out and I don't feel comfortable cleaning them with it in. The footprint on my pony keg is awful and the coupler sits way too tall. 90deg couplers are available to lower it a bit but hell, I ended up spending too much $$ getting my Sankeys ready to serve when I could have bought a couple more cornies and had ease of cleaning.

Wasn't about to sink more $$ into these things. Cornies are easy to rebuild/disassemble/clean so my Sankeys just sit. Here it is eating up my whole fridge. 3 cornies will fit in there. Zyf3ONV.jpg

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Posted 30 November 2015 - 08:14 AM

the easy to clean aspect of cornies seems to be important.  the hole in a sanke isn't that large.  what is it?  a couple of inches?

 

I'd need a way to take them apart and clean them (probably a cleaning setup).  then there is the fact that whatever the thing you put on top is called (coupler?) seems like it makes the whole assembly a little tall (wouldn't work in a dorm fridge) adds some more strikes.  if these issues can be worked with it's just as viable of a choice though.

 

 

I think the cleaning and height aspect is something that would be taken care of by the hobbyist market once you see 1/6th barrels becoming more popular.  I'm pretty sure they make low profile Sanke couplers.  I'm really not sure on the cleaning, but there's obviously systems out there for cleaning them as they are the primary commercial beer containers.   Really, all I do is soak my cornies in oxyclean, so I don't think I'd do anything differently.

 

 

Two years ago I would've bet that homebrewers would definitely be migrating to Sankes, but with the glut of new Asian cornies popping up recently, I think the ball locks are going to stick around.



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Posted 30 November 2015 - 09:34 AM



Two years ago I would've bet that homebrewers would definitely be migrating to Sankes, but with the glut of new Asian cornies popping up recently, I think the ball locks are going to stick around.

 

This. I think there're enough advantages that they'll probably remain the preferred choice for homebrewers, given the availability of new stock.




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