If I buy a kegerator, will I save money in the long run over buying cases? I would get 5 gal keg of lagunitas

Answer 1

I bought a kegerator for right around 700 bucks from sears. It's a good one and i probly spent more on it than i needed to. I pretty much only put IC Light in it so i'll use the figures from that. A half barrel costs about $68 if I can remember correctly (haven't bought one in a while). The keg holds 15.5 gallons. It's aproximately five and a half cases of beer, but a little bit is wasted (i hate losing beer, but this is nothing to cry about). My friends and I like to do some damage to some kegs in our spare time. For a while we were going through a keg every 5 days or so. In about a two or three month period we went through about 10 kegs. Another time we went though about 7 kegs in one weekend (it was a good weekend).
Ok, now to the part you care about. A case costs 20 bucks, so 5 and a half cases would run you about 110. Since you're only paying 70 for the same amount of beer, you're saving 50 bucks a barrel. Since i've already had about 10 kegs since i had my kegerator, i've saved 500 bucks!!! Yahoo, i love beer!!!!
There are another costs you have to assess. There is a deposit on the barrel itself (10 dollars, but you get it back when you return the empty one) as well as getting your CO2 bottle filled (comes with kegerator, 10 bucks to fill, lasts apx. 10 kegs).
It basically all comes down to how much beer you drink. A keg pumped with CO2 will last about 3 weeks, after that it tastes kinda off. I had to waste about a half a keg once. It wasn't fun.
One tip is to keep a case of beer on standby cause it can be difficult to gauge when the beer will run out, and it usually happens about 15 minutes after the beer store closes.
If you still haven't decided to go for my option, come on dude, IT'S A KEGG!!!!!

Answer 2

I took an old refridgerator and made it into a beer dispensor. And when you count all the extra foam and the waste, it wasn't any cheaper than buying it by the case. Plus, I had it in the garage and had to be sure that no kids got into my garage or I'd have been sued by some parents. Unless you drink a heck of a lot of beer, you are better off getting it by the case. The beer will be fresher and you won't have the hassle of clean up with the keg. (You have to clean out the drain, fairly often or it will stink and grow mold)

Answer 3

How much does the kegerator cost? Add up the cost of the amount of beer you would have to buy to match what the kegerator does and compare what is cheaper