bendavanza

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Barons Brewing uses 7.9 gallon (look like 1/2 barrel only a bit smaller) plastic kegs. They are not wanted for return to the distributor, so a local bar offered me 3. There is not a way to disassemble the spear, it appears to be glued/plastic welded etc shut, although it does take a American Sanke tap. I cut a couple of them open and I'm using them for temporary compost bins but I have one intact and could get my hands on others for free. I searched for a thread about this but came up blank, only references to an american company selling plastic kegs. These say ONE WAY on them, I guess the shipping if stainless kegs back to the land down under is not worth it. Any ideas on uses for these? Its basically a plastic barrel shaped bucket, with a clear bubble sealed container inside. The clear container is connected to a red "lid" that makes it look like a normal keg from the outside. I have to use tire irons or screwdrivers to pry the lid away from the barrel.
ideas? There must be some good homebrew use for these containers....
-Ben

ScubaSteve

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Fermenter, MT jacket, classy barstools, fitness equipment; the list goes on!

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bendavanza

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Well the only way to use it as a fermenter would be through the sanke fitting, but it (the fitting) does not disassemble. You cannot remove the spear. So that means it would be difficult to clean as a fermenter. Barstool, etc, ok, but MT jacket, you mean mash tun jacket?
I thought about filling it with beer line cleaner, and using it to flush lines, it might make my cleaning of 4 taps go easier than using my little micromatic hand pump gizmo, and I could flush forward, through the faucet rather than disconnect the faucet and flush backwards. Would mixed BLC have a shelf life?
If I used it for beer dispensing, how would I know it's clean? Just trust BLC?
Like I said, these are freebies for me, and you can probably find a local bar that's serving this that would otherwise throw them in the dumpster.
I'll post some pics of one.

bendavanza

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I think i'll just use the shells for hop planters.

MoRoToRiUm

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Drill holes and install an gas in post, and a pressure relieve valve-You'd almost have to use a pump, but you could fill it with the relief pulled and beer going through sankey connection. Could rack into keg then after fermentation or serve from there. Is it worth it? probably not, but *shrugs*

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GilaMinumBeer

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IIRC, Sabco offers a hook up for cleaning Sanke kegs without having to remove the spear.