3 GREAT VALUE, but Keg arrived dirty Posted by Craig Meaney on 11th Dec 2014

Let me preface this by saying that I LOVE Kegconnection. It is clear whenever I order something from them that they make the extra effort where they don't necessarily need to: they wrap fittings, bubble wrap components to keep them from dinging/denting other items, and offer pre-assembled versions of products that quite frankly can be a pain in the a$$ to put together yourself.



But, this particular item arrived dirty, unpressurized, and it didn't match the item image above. However, after removing stickers, soaking the posts/cleaning the diptube and exterior, this unit cleaned up nicely.



By dirty, I mean the base was literally covered with dirt, the interior smelled of root beer, the diptube had soda residue on it, and the posts contained dried soda.



Unpressurized: this was probably not kegconnection's fault, I'm sure the keg was knocked around during shipping. The keg does hold pressure so far.



Doesn't match image: the one I received (and others, if reviews are any indication) did not come with an rubber upper surround, but instead with a single spot-welded handle. The downside to these kegs is the post threads are not secured in one place, so you have to finagle a crescent wrench inside the unit whenever you want to disassemble/reassemble either post to clean/sanitize because you have to hold the bottom part of the assembly in place. A minor inconvenience, but worth noting.