by beerlover » Mon Apr 26, 2004 8:28 am
Yellowdog,
I understand your caution. This was a big factor for me and when I was making mine, I asked several times on this forum about whether it would hold a quarter keg. Nobody could say for sure because they either had two kegs of their own beer or one of thier own and one commercial 1/6 (sixtal).
So, I measured the dimesions of a quarter keg and that of the sanyo 4910 and determined that it would indeed fit. The metal keg only though, the rubber kegs are too big. I determined that You would have to find some sort of support (like cutting a one ft length 5x5 inch fence post) to support the front of the keg. I would find a friend with an empty first just to be sure.
I'm afraid, I too, am guilty of not taking it any further than speculation since, beer distributors have at least a dozen or two different varieties of microbrews (an some commerical brews), I just buy a 1/6 of something like victory or flyingfish and then have my own beer on tap too at all time. I find it to be much better having a variety, not to mention (1/6 + 1/6 = 1/3 barrel) more beer than a 1/4 keg.
BE FOREWARNED though commerical 1/6 kegs have an additional 1/2 of diameter than a cornie so two commercial won't fit in the 4910. Two cornies will though or one cornie and one commercial. I did have to "trim" like an inch of the plastic molding on the bottom of the door with a hacksaw blade to make it fit (one cornie and one commercial). Its not nearly as bad as it sounds and trust me, its minor surgery. Otherwise, with one cornie and one commerical, the door doesn't quite close. The foor of the door has the plastic piece the juts in like 3-4 inches and hits the keg unless you trim it!
"There's nothin' so lonesome, so dull or so drear, than to stand in the bar of a pub with no beer."-Slim Dusty
