What is the difference between ball lock and pin lock

The two major differences between these two types of kegs is size and connection type. Ball lock kegs are a little leaner, but a little taller where pin locks are a little shorter, but a little wider. A quote is a quote An altered quote is NOT a quote and should not be represented as one. Sorry about jumping your case over this, but I've had quotes edited here in completely inappropriate ways a few times.

This is a simple rule of etiquette we should ALL follow. Joined Sep 14, Messages 63 Reaction score I went all pin lock mainly for cost. I've bought a ton of lids overtime to make up for this. This does sorta kill the financial part of things unless like me you find some super cheap sales on lids. I know just do the gas post depression so don't find this a huge problem now.

The threads are different. I realized this the hard way 5 lbs co2. I know the trick to identify the posts for the right style now but if you are going to use pinlocks in decent quantities you are likely to run into this and need to keep track which posts go with each keg. I still think if i started over I'd still go with pinlocks due to the fact that I have 11 of them so the cost added up. Ruvort said:. I respect your opinion and concern The "ftfy" thing has been around for some time and as long as it is not used for derogatory or malicious intent, I don't really see an issue with it.

Furthermore, the original post is always clearly linked back to if someone needs to go check it. Definitely not trying to cause an argument. I've just been using forums for many years and have accepted this as a commonplace practice.

OleBrewing Well-Known Member. I have use both pin and ball lock legs and they don't hold a candle to Sanke kegs. You can modify a sanke tap so you can fill and clean them. No leaking posts and I can take a keg to a friends house if they have a kegarator. I will never go back to corny kegs. There is a reason breweries use sankes and not cornies. MaryB Well-Known Member. KegConnection had has? At less than half the cost of a ball lock I can deal with the negatives. And I have no need for more than 3 kegs on tap and 1 carbonating and my fridge will hold 5 pin locks.

Both kinds will hold your beer just fine, but if the price isn't an issue I'd go with ball locks, the PRV reason and some of the other pin lock issues mentioned above outweigh the lower cost.

But look on your local craigslist, there's brewing stuff for sale all the time and if you find cheap kegs, go ahead and get them.

I have enough kegs now that I'm going to start doing closed ferments and transfers of my IPAs, others I'll use for long term storage of cider and sour beers. Brickman said:. Sanke kegs hands down are better. Coming from someone who has used both. They work better. Cleaning is a breeze.

They never leak air so there always filled with co No air.. I give them a simple Oxyclean soak for good measure every 5 kegs or so. Plus you can simply swap out with your favorite store bought at any time No dip tubes to clog No o rings to seal or lube Must be the design Youd be hard pressed to find someone switching from sankes to cornys yet people switch the other way around And thats fine and it sticks to this day but reality is its a bit of a "rigged" setup and cornys weren't designed for beer they were designed for soda.

Sanke kegs are now available and are designed for beer so why not use them? My friend with the microbrewery uses sanke kegs, and I really dislike them. Most homebrew devices are made for ball locks - carbonator caps, etc. Jeff Gladish, Tampa RC Brewmaster Posts: Ball-lock is the de facto standard. Robert Official Poobah of No Life. Quote from: RC on September 26, , pm. I think either is fine but depending on your application one may be preferable over the other.

For example: I use a side-by-side fridge for lagering freezer side and serving fridge side. I open the door to serve so I like to put two kegs side-by-side to serve: usually one dark and one light which is relative depending on the season. Photo of serving side of side-by-side fridge. On the left: Amer Amber Ale. Rocket City — Huntsville AL. You may want to consider which you can get most easily.

The used keg market is getting very thin so you want to buy what you can get more of. This feature makes it impossible to mix-up which end was for gas, and which was for liquid. Sankey Kegs : Sankeys are the odd one in the bunch. They only have one port in the center of the keg , that features a gas in as well as a liquid out in the same unit called a coupler. They do take more work to take apart, but are less prone to gas leaks due to there being less potential escape points for gas.

They also come in larger sizes, like half barrel large batch brewers rejoice. This will be in two sections. First the Cornelius kegs pin and ball lock , and the other for sankey kegs. Working from the start to finish, you need a CO2 tank, which is connected to a regulator. Regulators control the amount of pressure in the keg, which will maintain carbonation, and push the beer out of the keg on demand when you pull the tap.

From the regulator you run gas line to the gas disconnect remember you need a style specific disconnect for ball and pin lock kegs. The gas disconnect will attach to your keg.

Don't forget hose clamps on all your gas and liquid lines. On the other side of your keg, you have a liquid disconnect. Then you lave liquid line leading from the disconnect to either a picnic tap or an actual tap handle.