michaeltrego
Well-Known Member
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
http://www.wmur.com/news/30946163/detail.html
OMG -- horrible news.....
What PSI do Sanke kegs blow?
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.
I also hope all parties deal with this tragedy with tact and dignity in order to honor the man properly.
ScottSingleton said:The news reportings coming out today are saying that the keg that failed was a plastic keg, not owned by Red Hook.
Kegs are supposed to have a fail point, usually on the bottom, that will give before any sort of huge, dangerous explosion happens. This is terrible news, and I hope Redhook makes public what went wrong so that all the breweries out there can make sure this horrible event can't happen to them.
Looks like it was a plastic keg, and it wasn't one of theirs.
I've never heard of something like this happening before.
Looks like it was a plastic keg, and it wasn't one of theirs.
Reno_eNVy said:Yeah, I worked at a regional brewery for a summer and whenever we got the plastic kegs we would just put them in a stack until we had enough to palate and get the hell out of our warehouse.
Keg ownership is weird.... it's like Goblin made weapons.
He who hast commissionedeth the forging of a kegge,
Beist the rightful owner of said kegge.
Once the wielder hast drained the kegge of the containing life liquid,
The ownership of said kegge returneth to that of the forger.
The news reportings coming out today are saying that the keg that failed was a plastic keg, not owned by Red Hook. I'm guessing they get the ocassional mis-packed used keg that comes in.
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