BingenBrew
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Does anyone know if these can be reused? I got my hands on a couple of used plastic corny kegs and may try and use them if possible. Cheers!
Is it a true plastic keg or is it a plastic or rubber coated keg?
My understanding is that there is only one manufacturer of true plastic kegs, this company, and that all the kegs had implanted gps markers to prevent theft.
I would strongly reccomend not trying to service those as a home brewer. It was one of those Kegs America products that caused the tragedy at RedHook.
Yea. It was funny how it caused a backlash and assumption on Chinese kegs. Truth is almost everyone uses Chinese kegs, AB, Molson, Geemacher, and even SBC. Not to mention almost every craft and micro I know.
"While plastic beer kegs have been in use in Europe for some time — ostensibly more than a decade — their introduction into the American market was largely spearheaded by a British company called CypherCo., which established a manufacturing operation for full-sized beer kegs in California.
The company operates in the United States under the name Plastic Kegs America (PKA)."
http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120520/GJNEWS_01/705209896/-1/FOSNEWS
I do not know how the US market works for smaller breweries. In Ontario if you get someones keg or growlers sent to you by accident you generally just process and return them to the owner (mutual thing).
I would strongly reccomend not trying to service those as a home brewer. It was one of those Kegs America products that caused the tragedy at RedHook.
I would strongly reccomend not trying to service those as a home brewer. It was one of those Kegs America products that caused the tragedy at RedHook.
The scenario that caused the keg to explode is highly unlikely to occur in a homebrewing setting. It is true that they can't handle pressures as high as SS kegs, and homebrewers often do stupid things, but I wouldn't hesitate to use one of these kegs myself. The newer ones also have a pressure relief valve in the bottom for safety reasons. It will safely vent the contents if the pressure in the keg gets to ~115 psi.
The single use plastic kegs are another story altogether.
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