Cornelius Kegs, worth getting some?

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Re: Cornelius Kegs, worth getting some?

Post by shandypants5 » Thu Oct 29, 2009 9:38 am

I am about to sell my 3 cornie set up if anyone is interested. (I will post in the for sale section soon).

Cornies are fantastic and a real pleasure to use, but I am in a financial pickle just now so we are selling anything that moves. :cry:

I am still making beer, just bottling into "free" PET bottles. :)

My setup is

Three Cornie kegs with all disconnects ( a set on each keg and a couple of new O ring kits kits)
One chrome dispensing tap that mounts into a hole drilled into the cornie handle (2cornies are drilled one is not)
Two waist high gas bottles (one is full and can be refilled/swapped by my supplier, the other is now empty but I have never tried to get it refilled)

Two regulators, one is the type that screws onto the bottle with a coloured guage to indicate avaliable bottle pressure.
The other is a "fine" adjustment in line regulator with a guage that lets you set the pressure to the cornie.
This one is actually a compressed air regulator but does the job perfectly.

I was thinking £180 for the lot, plus shipping, (I am in shropshire if you want to collect,)

Let me know if your interested.

flything

Re: Cornelius Kegs, worth getting some?

Post by flything » Thu Oct 29, 2009 11:21 am

Sorry to hear of your pickle - I've just bought a complete setup from Norm (last week!) but I'm in Shropshire myself so I would have been interested, nevermind, hope you get sorted.

Where are/were you getting your Gas from?

shandypants5

Re: Cornelius Kegs, worth getting some?

Post by shandypants5 » Thu Oct 29, 2009 11:43 am

flything wrote:Sorry to hear of your pickle - I've just bought a complete setup from Norm (last week!) but I'm in Shropshire myself so I would have been interested, nevermind, hope you get sorted.

Where are/were you getting your Gas from?
Cheers Flything, its not a bad pickle "yet", its just that the missus insist on food and shoes for the kids as a minimum :)
I have only just emptied the last cornie so I need to sell them before I am tempted to refill them all again. (they make such a sad sound when they are empty.)

I have a mate who runs a pub and he swaps my gas bottle when I need it, do you have a gas supply yet?

escapizm

Re: Cornelius Kegs, worth getting some?

Post by escapizm » Thu Oct 29, 2009 9:12 pm

Hi are these still for sale, could you send me some pics to escapizm@yahoo.co.uk

Thanks

flything

Re: Cornelius Kegs, worth getting some?

Post by flything » Thu Oct 29, 2009 9:21 pm

shandypants5 wrote:
I have a mate who runs a pub and he swaps my gas bottle when I need it, do you have a gas supply yet?
Hi, I think so, http://www.bratbygases.co.uk/ going to call in there tomorrow, if it's a good result I shall be adding them to the list on this site.

jonnyhop

Re: Cornelius Kegs, worth getting some?

Post by jonnyhop » Fri Oct 30, 2009 12:51 am

just got my third keg. Love it. The best bit is not using bottles.

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Re: Cornelius Kegs, worth getting some?

Post by Deebee » Fri Oct 30, 2009 10:13 am

I really need 4 things.

1 an excuse to buy these things

2 a supplier that will ship to Norway for a decent price ( they cost 120 quid here used with no fittings

3 a hiding place for them

4 a hiding place for me when SWMBO find out!
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Re: Cornelius Kegs, worth getting some?

Post by GARYSMIFF » Fri Nov 13, 2009 10:28 pm

Mountain wrote:The only problem is you can't fit them in the fridge.
However, fine in winter as when your beer is ready just stick it outside the back door on a chilly night for nice cold beer.
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Re: Cornelius Kegs, worth getting some?

Post by likesbeer » Fri Nov 13, 2009 11:25 pm

Was thinkning about adding this to my shopping list but they seem to be getting expensive.
Norm seems to be asking £40 + £10 postage recently, has somebody been buying all the stock (Parva!)
Seriously that seem rather a lot to me, US fleabay you can get 4 for £50 shame about the £100 shipping, but still cheaper if you did want 4!

Parva

Re: Cornelius Kegs, worth getting some?

Post by Parva » Sat Nov 14, 2009 2:54 am

Hey, it's not me, I haven't bought any from Norm in about 12 months now! :) The 10 full size and 2 baby ones I have are taking over the kitchen somewhat and it's proving hard to keep them all filled so I've stopped for the forseeable future. :) I have noticed the prices are steadily rising though, when I got mine from Norm initially I think they were £30 - £35 delivered. :(

Shoit

Re: Cornelius Kegs, worth getting some?

Post by Shoit » Sat Nov 14, 2009 9:46 am

I'm not sure whether the prices are rising, I got 2 kegs the week before last for £60 including postage! Must have got lucky.....!

Kev

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Re: Cornelius Kegs, worth getting some?

Post by likesbeer » Sat Nov 14, 2009 2:12 pm

Perhaps its just a different type and they cost him a bit more. I'll keep an eye out and hopefully he'll get some lower cost ones

JabbA

Re: Cornelius Kegs, worth getting some?

Post by JabbA » Sun Nov 15, 2009 6:20 pm

The two I had delivered this week off Norm were £93 the pair with shipping.

If they have gone up in price, it's still just as cheap and more effective than using King Kegs!

Cheers,
Jamie

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Re: Cornelius Kegs, worth getting some?

Post by Trefoyl » Mon Nov 16, 2009 2:20 am

Question about Parva's picture. What is that the beer is dispensing into that looks like a stereo receiver?
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Re: Cornelius Kegs, worth getting some?

Post by Parva » Mon Nov 16, 2009 2:57 am

Trefoyl wrote:Question about Parva's picture. What is that the beer is dispensing into that looks like a stereo receiver?
Even I fail to see where you came up with that one. Good luck with your imagination.

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