autobaun70
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I've got a 1/4 slim keg that I may try using for a fermenter and would like some expert input. I also have a spare sanke coupler. My thought is to get a Kegman retainer replacement kit, pull out the probe and cut it pretty much off. Once good and clean, then put it back in using the Kegman kit. Being that I already have plenty of beer & air line, I thought about just hooking up a sanitized beer line to the beer out port on the coupler, and capping off the air in port, and running the length of beer line into a bottle of water/sanitizer. I will be doing basic 5 gallon extract batches to get started, so I would think that there would be plenty of head space to avoid using a large blow off tube.
The other factor I am thinking of, I already have a second probe out of another keg, I could trim it by an inch or two, and put it in once fermentation is complete, and then transfer with CO2 into a corny. The 1/4 slim size will fit in my kegerator much easier than a ale pail, and the idea of a glass carboy just looks like it is asking to get broken.
The other factor I am thinking of, I already have a second probe out of another keg, I could trim it by an inch or two, and put it in once fermentation is complete, and then transfer with CO2 into a corny. The 1/4 slim size will fit in my kegerator much easier than a ale pail, and the idea of a glass carboy just looks like it is asking to get broken.