Impulse buy...now what to do with it?

I took a long lunch today and went to a semi-local HB store. While looking around I came across a quarter keg...the old type with two holes. I was either thinking of making it into a mash tun or actually serving beer out of it with a beer engine similar to an English cask setup. Apparently a guy gave it to the HB store owner and he tried to use it to serve wine. The inside looks pretty good although some discoloration...no rust or anything. Will a soak in oxyclean clean it up good?

BTW, got it for a whopping 3 bucks.



Cheers,
Bill

3 bucks!?!?! thats worth way more as just scrap stainless! Nice score whatever you do with it!

Nice score! I use Oxyclean to soak almost all my stuff. Just rinse it with cold water, not hot...

Way to be! Good luck with it, and hey, even if it doesn't work, it was only 3 bucks.

You could sell it for about $25 to a scrap dealer.

It is a cask not a keg.:rockin:

If you are using a beer engine alone then you'll have oxygenation problems they are designed to be used in fast consumption venues.

You can use a cask breather and set your C02 on minimal pressure.

Welcome to the world of tasty flat beer.

Either that or turn it into a grill or paint it white and plant it.

orfy said:

It is a cask not a keg.:rockin:

If you are using a beer engine alone then you'll have oxygenation problems they are designed to be used in fast consumption venues.

You can use a cask breather and set your C02 on minimal pressure.

Welcome to the world of tasty flat beer.

Either that or turn it into a grill or paint it white and plant it.

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Orfy,

Dually noted...I was already thinking of building a cask system and was researching the breather. Im an English Ale fan myself so this is right up my alley. Question though...seems a cask or a pin have the hole down low (because it lays on its side). This keg is dead center. What would be the best way to retro it? Should I leave it upright, have the air push from up top and have the beer leave the side hole? Thats what I am leaning towards. The whole thing will be refrigerated but not much...more like a fermentation chamber running around 55-60 F.

Cheers,
Bill

I must admit so are the ones I've seen.

Look here.

http://www.caskwidge.com/

Gotta ask, which LHBS had that thing? I have been to all 4 local ones in the last 2 weeks, and have never seen that. I am assuming you went to Lancaster???

I'd fill it with concrete and use it as a base for my mailbox.

Ryan_PA said:

Gotta ask, which LHBS had that thing? I have been to all 4 local ones in the last 2 weeks, and have never seen that. I am assuming you went to Lancaster???

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I think its called Spirit of 76. Its an antique shop/ winemaking and beer shop. I think it is located near adamstown. His prices are not the greatest but he is a good guy and always wants to help out. He didnt want the keg and thought I would have no use for it so I got it cheap.

I picked up this bad boy off of craigslist for $10 a long time ago. It's a 15.5 gallon cask keg from the 70's. As soon as I rack a few more times, I'm going to cask some blackberry wine in it and stove it under the house for conditioning! :rockin:

$3? That puts "Graig'sList Score" to shame! Keep that sucka! Use it to ferment...or....when you get really sophisitcated.....use it as a cask!