michaeltrego

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Very sad news at our local brewery. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family, friends and Redhook community.

http://www.wmur.com/news/30946163/detail.html

rhamilton

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OMG -- horrible news.....

What PSI do Sanke kegs blow?

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paulmac

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I think it would have to be a pretty significant pressure. I have a feeling this is going to come down to some sort of catastrophic failure due to unnoticed damage to the keg. I can't see any reason for them to put as much pressure as I would expect you would need to explode a keg.

Gregscsu

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Standard Sanke Kegs are typically rated to 60 PSI max working pressure.

Cornelious kegs are typically rated to 130 PSI max working pressure.



I assume that the keg was damaged in some way or the pressurizing system failed to cut out at the specified PSI, which lead to the keg failure.

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HawksBrewer

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That is terrible news, prayers will be said for the employee and their family.

bk0

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I heard a story as a kid of a guy who died by throwing an old sanke keg on a bonfire. Thing blew up and the shrapnel killed him.

ScootersAle

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Scary.

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Homercidal

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Ever throw a can of beer in the bonfire? I've heard they are pretty impressive. I can't imagine what a whole keg would go off like...

barneygumble

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That is tragic.

Kegs are pressure vessels and as such are usually rated to withstand 5X max safe pressure before rupturing. Hence I doubt it was due to excess pressure. Typical air systems run around 110psi. It had to either be a fault in construction or damage to the inner pressure vessel wall. My guess is it was a faulty new keg with poor welds.

bueschen

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terribly sad news. Man, rough one that.