Every home brewer quickly learns that you need to have more than one home beer keg. After you fill that first two-gallon starter keg, you'll want to keep brewing, and you'll be disappointed if you don't have several kegs on hand to fill.

Even if you don't brew your own beer, you can still reap the benefits of using a home beer keg instead of drinking canned or bottled beer out of the refrigerator. A home beer keg is the freshest way to dispense consistently icy cold beer.

Home beer keg Refrigerators

Refrigerators for home beer kegs are a popular option for home beer storage. For only $650, home brewers can get the Haier Keg Refrigerator, with a Sankey tap system, automatic defroster, adjustable thermostat, and attractive worktop and cabinet front. This home beer keg includes a CO2 tank, an air pressure regulator gauge, separate hoses for beer and air, chrome beer tower and guardrail, and a drip tray with water collection reservoir.

For $1,000, you can get a fingerprint-proof stainless steel one-tap home beer keg refrigerator that holds half or quarter kegs and fits a 5# CO2 tank. This tap has a chrome tapping tower, a single gauge regulator, a drip tray, a Sankey keg coupler, all connectors, and a deluxe beer line cleaning kit.

The top of the line stainless steel outdoor kegerator and cart will set you back about $3,700. If you love giving beer parties on the patio, you have to have this professional grade home beer keg refrigerator. This attractive refrigerator and cart has a stainless steel finish and sturdy casters that make it easy to roll to different locations in your yard.

This is a commercial quality unit, with two towel bars, three outside storage shelves, magnetic locking doors and an ice storage compartment.

Homebrew Kegs

Non-refrigerated home beer kegs are known as homebrew kegs. These ball lock kegs usually come in three or five gallon sizes. Home brewers can save quite a bit of money by buying used homebrew kegs, which cost about $25 to $50 apiece.

A new ball lock keg will cost you about $125, but you have the security of knowing it is new, and that the seals will not transfer flavors from someone else's beer to the beer you brew in your home.

When you buy home beer kegs, don't forget keg accessories, like hose clamps, ball lock connectors, thermometers, funnels, stoppers, and brushes.