Warning! Keggle owners please read!

**Orfy** · 10-13-2007, 09:47 AM

I'd hate to see any one get injured.
I've never thought/heard of this before.
I could cause you to loose a leg or worse!

Edit: Dead link.

Make sure the bottom rim of your keg has got holes in it!!!!!

**Adolphus79** · 10-13-2007, 10:10 AM

Wow... that's crazy...

Thanks for the heads up...

**ScubaSteve** · 10-13-2007, 12:33 PM

Yeah...heard about that! Thank god all my kegs are drilled at the bottom!

JnJ · 10-13-2007, 12:42 PM

I thought that was posted earlier in the year... May be I just read it over there, it's from May.
Bottom line, make sure your kegs have drain holes in the bottom rim.

Cheesefood · 10-13-2007, 01:58 PM

Biermuncher knew this and was being proactive when he designed the BearTrapple.

**Orfy** · 10-13-2007, 02:17 PM

I'm going to check mine later. I'll take a grinder to it if it needs it.

**EvilTOJ** · 10-13-2007, 08:02 PM

Mine has them, and I always wondered what those holes were for. I don't think they put those drill holes in the rim for venting for boiling though. kegs aren't designed and made for being converted into a keggle.

Ohhh I know what happened! Those holes are there to let rainwater out of the rolled rim, and I'll bet the one that asploded was full of water! When it got to boiling, it stressed the metal and kerfloom!

But the most important thing is, the keggle is still useable

Ryanh1801 · 10-16-2007, 07:23 AM

damn that sucks. Have to look out for that if I can ever get a keg.

**RichBrewer** · 10-16-2007, 07:33 AM

Thanks for the heads up Orfy. I've been brewing with mine for over 10 years and I never knew to check it. I'll be sure it's drilled before I brew with it again.

Madtown Brew · 10-16-2007, 08:20 AM

Not quite the same thing, but fun to watch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR3ZdzIJKUE

10-13-2007, 09:47 AM	#1 (permalink)
Orfy For the love of beer! Recipes Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Cheshire, England Posts: 10,556 Orfy's Gallery	Warning! Keggle owners please read! I'd hate to see any one get injured. I've never thought/heard of this before. I could cause you to loose a leg or worse! Edit: Dead link. Make sure the bottom rim of your keg has got holes in it!!!!! __________________ Judge a man not by his signature alone "You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on."

10-13-2007, 10:10 AM	#2 (permalink)
Adolphus79 EAC in training Recipes Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Maine Posts: 534 Adolphus79's Gallery	Wow... that's crazy... Thanks for the heads up... __________________ Cheers, Mike "Give me yesterday's bread, this day's flesh, and last year's cyder." - Benjamin Franklin[/size]

10-13-2007, 12:33 PM	#3 (permalink)
ScubaSteve Gadget Junkie Recipes Join Date: May 2007 Location: IL Posts: 1,712 ScubaSteve's Gallery	Yeah...heard about that! Thank god all my kegs are drilled at the bottom! __________________ My Wood Rig Build: http://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthre...ight=scuba%27s My SS Rig Build (In Progress):http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f11/scub...ent-day-89991/

10-13-2007, 12:42 PM	#4 (permalink)
JnJ Senior Member Recipes Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 843	I thought that was posted earlier in the year... May be I just read it over there, it's from May. Bottom line, make sure your kegs have drain holes in the bottom rim. __________________ Töpperwein Brewery

10-13-2007, 02:17 PM	#6 (permalink)
Orfy For the love of beer! Recipes Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Cheshire, England Posts: 10,556 Orfy's Gallery	I'm going to check mine later. I'll take a grinder to it if it needs it. __________________ Judge a man not by his signature alone "You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on."

10-13-2007, 01:58 PM	#5 (permalink)
Cheesefood Registered User Recipes Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Poo-Poo Land Posts: 6,805	Biermuncher knew this and was being proactive when he designed the BearTrapple.

10-13-2007, 08:02 PM	#7 (permalink)
EvilTOJ Imma chargin mah lazerz Recipes Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 4,668 EvilTOJ's Gallery	Mine has them, and I always wondered what those holes were for. I don't think they put those drill holes in the rim for venting for boiling though. kegs aren't designed and made for being converted into a keggle. Ohhh I know what happened! Those holes are there to let rainwater out of the rolled rim, and I'll bet the one that asploded was full of water! When it got to boiling, it stressed the metal and kerfloom! But the most important thing is, the keggle is still useable __________________ There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."

10-16-2007, 07:23 AM	#8 (permalink)
Ryanh1801 Senior Member Recipes Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Addison,TX Posts: 2,706	damn that sucks. Have to look out for that if I can ever get a keg. __________________ Once you go sour, you don't go back!!!

10-16-2007, 07:33 AM	#9 (permalink)
RichBrewer Senior Member Recipes Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Colorado Posts: 5,553 RichBrewer's Gallery	Thanks for the heads up Orfy. I've been brewing with mine for over 10 years and I never knew to check it. I'll be sure it's drilled before I brew with it again. __________________ Cheers, Rich

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