iamjonsharp
Well-Known Member
If you use Mr. Beer Kegs, this may be helpful:
Improving your Mr. Beer Keg
Lets face it. The spigot on the Mr. Beer Keg is at best, weak sauce. Just look at it. We can easily do better than this. There is no on/off valve, there is no way to attach racking tubing or a bottle filler, and it lets out a pithy drizzle that oxygenates your beer. For about five bucks, you can get a much improved valve. For about fifteen bucks, you can get two valves (especially handy if you have 2 Mr. Beer Kegs), racking tubing, and a bottle filler.
Your New Valve
First things first. A new valve. And a washer. Reuse the original Mr. Beer rubber washer. And thats about it. Done. Easy!
Quarter turn angle valve 5/8 OD x 3/8 OD
Washer with 13/16 ID
Original Mr. Beer rubber washer.
I got this Keeney 2622DS quarter turn angle valve (http://www.keeneymfg.com/CAD/2622DS.pdf) from Lowes for five bucks. It comes with compression nuts and ferrules (as seen in the above right hand photo). You wont need the ferrules. You will need the 5/8 compression nut for the valve. You will need the 3/8 compression nut if you want to attach racking tubing or a bottle filler.
The advantage to using the Keeney 2266DS, is that the outer dimension of the opening is 13/16 (5/8 is the inner dimension of the compression nut). The washer and Mr. Beer rubber washer will fit snuggly in the opening. Assemble the valve, washer, rubber washer, and compression nut as seen in the photos above. The wall of the Mr. Beer keg will fit between the rubber washer and the compression nut.
Now simply attach the valve snuggly to your Mr. Beer keg, by hand.
There you have it. A much improved valve. Hooray! But why stop there?
Improving your Mr. Beer Keg
Lets face it. The spigot on the Mr. Beer Keg is at best, weak sauce. Just look at it. We can easily do better than this. There is no on/off valve, there is no way to attach racking tubing or a bottle filler, and it lets out a pithy drizzle that oxygenates your beer. For about five bucks, you can get a much improved valve. For about fifteen bucks, you can get two valves (especially handy if you have 2 Mr. Beer Kegs), racking tubing, and a bottle filler.
Your New Valve
First things first. A new valve. And a washer. Reuse the original Mr. Beer rubber washer. And thats about it. Done. Easy!
Quarter turn angle valve 5/8 OD x 3/8 OD
Washer with 13/16 ID
Original Mr. Beer rubber washer.
I got this Keeney 2622DS quarter turn angle valve (http://www.keeneymfg.com/CAD/2622DS.pdf) from Lowes for five bucks. It comes with compression nuts and ferrules (as seen in the above right hand photo). You wont need the ferrules. You will need the 5/8 compression nut for the valve. You will need the 3/8 compression nut if you want to attach racking tubing or a bottle filler.
The advantage to using the Keeney 2266DS, is that the outer dimension of the opening is 13/16 (5/8 is the inner dimension of the compression nut). The washer and Mr. Beer rubber washer will fit snuggly in the opening. Assemble the valve, washer, rubber washer, and compression nut as seen in the photos above. The wall of the Mr. Beer keg will fit between the rubber washer and the compression nut.
Now simply attach the valve snuggly to your Mr. Beer keg, by hand.
There you have it. A much improved valve. Hooray! But why stop there?