Ball Lock Vs Pin Lock Keg

Then again the pin lock kegs go together a little more easily after cleaning.

Ball lock vs pin lock keg. Pin lock cornelius kegs. Pin lock cornelius kegs are also known as coke kegs because this style was used exclusively by the coca cola company and use a pin lock style disconnect to connect and disconnect to the liquid and gas lines. This is an important factor when looking at which system to invest into. Created on february 13 2012 using flipshare.

One other thing is that pin lock kegs don t have a ring on the pressure relief valve so you have to depress the gas poppet to purge the pressure. The pin lock keg is about 9 in diameter. Parts will be more easily found for the ball lock kegs than the pin lock kegs. I d rather have a pin lock keg than no keg at all but long term you are going to be much better off being on the ball lock standard.

Ball lock on top pin lock on bottom this ball lock keg is just over 8 in diameter. Standard ball lock kegs measure 25 tall x 8 5 diameter while standard pin lock kegs measure 23 tall x 9 diameter. The pin lock keg is about 2 5 shorter than the ball lock keg top down view. Not a big deal but it is another slight convenience for ball locks.

Inevitably you ll want to serve beer at a friends or at a homebrew club event or. Official specs for this specific model are 25 tall and 8 5 diameter. For most home brewers the decision between ball lock and pin lock kegs is highly influenced by which system they find first when. Pin lock cornelius kegs have small pins around the perimeter of the post.

While pin lock cornelius kegs are built so that they cannot possibly be fitted backwards they are less common than ball lock kegs. The pin lock and ball lock both refer to the way the quick disconnects attach to the cornelius keg. I went with and would go with ball locks again. Pin lock are about 20 25 cheaper but have basically none of the advantages above.