SixFoFalcon
Well-Known Member
I don't know why I'm just thinking of this now.
I have an old Beer Meister from the 70s. The only kegs that seem to fit in it are Hoff-Stevens 1/4-bbl kegs (football shaped) which have the removable bung plug in the side. I dispensed a few batches of my beer and apfelwein through it in the HS 1/4 bbl that came with it, but then I bought & converted a chest freezer and switched to Cornies, so the old Beer Meister and 1/4-bbl keg have been sitting around collecting dust.
Then it dawned on me--I could just stick a big stopper and airlock in the bung hole, and ferment right in the keg.
Has anyone ever fermented in an old Hoff-Stevens keg? I bet you can score these things pretty cheaply these days since none of the major breweries use them anymore. (That is, if they haven't all been scrapped by now.)
I could also part-out my old kegerator (sell the tower, faucet, and CO2 stuff) and use the remaining fridge for lager fermentations.
I have an old Beer Meister from the 70s. The only kegs that seem to fit in it are Hoff-Stevens 1/4-bbl kegs (football shaped) which have the removable bung plug in the side. I dispensed a few batches of my beer and apfelwein through it in the HS 1/4 bbl that came with it, but then I bought & converted a chest freezer and switched to Cornies, so the old Beer Meister and 1/4-bbl keg have been sitting around collecting dust.
Then it dawned on me--I could just stick a big stopper and airlock in the bung hole, and ferment right in the keg.
Has anyone ever fermented in an old Hoff-Stevens keg? I bet you can score these things pretty cheaply these days since none of the major breweries use them anymore. (That is, if they haven't all been scrapped by now.)
I could also part-out my old kegerator (sell the tower, faucet, and CO2 stuff) and use the remaining fridge for lager fermentations.