Need Keg Advice

Greetings!

I'm a fairly new all grain brewer and have zero experience when it comes to kegs. I've been wanting one for a long time but haven't really wanted to pay the steep prices for kegging equipment.

Today I came into something for FREE which I think will be perfect but I need some conversion advice.

It's a 20 liter (5.3 Gal.) Italian AEB Eye wash keg . Appears to be aluminum

I should probably point out that I live in Germany currently so i'm mostly dealing with Metric.

Does anyone have any thoughts or experience with this type of keg?

I believe you just need Firestone ball lock Connectors a gas and a liquid out and your good to go.

^^^^^ that, and its stainless.

Yep, that's a standard AEB keg so it looks like you just need to change the gas and liquid posts. The diptube by the way should be sitting in the dimple in the bottom of the keg. Not sure from the pic if they bent the tube or not as it looks to be seated on the floor outside the dimple.


Rev.

Thanks for the input. I thought it looked like a standard Pepsi keg, but the italy/ AEB threw me off. Guess I'll look into getting some ball lock connectors. This was the most impractical eye wash station i've ever seen but I'll find a new job for it.
Cheers

AmiHeiner said:

This was the most impractical eye wash station i've ever seen but I'll find a new job for it.
Cheers

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I'll be staying tuned to see if we witness the very first conjunctivitis beer infection


Rev.

LOL! No worries. It's never been used and I have plenty of star-san

I have used this before. We Energies uses them as their portable eyewash station like you said. You can find them on eBay for 400+ dollars but most companies have been getting rid of them. They work great if you have the correct parts

It's a standard ball lock keg... and stainless.


Unfortunately, it looks like that coupler has been welded onto the keg. That's an issue.

You may have just gotten a free stainless fermenter...

k1ngl1ves said:

It's a standard ball lock keg... and stainless.


Unfortunately, it looks like that coupler has been welded onto the keg. That's an issue.

You may have just gotten a free stainless fermenter...

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the attachments were welded together but not to the keg itself. I'll just have to replace the whole ball lock assy.

AmiHeiner said:

the attachments were welded together but not to the keg itself. I'll just have to replace the whole ball lock assy.

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Oh yes! I just took a better look at the pic. That's good!

I ordered the posts and in/outs. On a side note, The eye wash spray hose was steel braided so I was able to make a couple of long bazooka filters for my cooler mash tun project!