Anyone refill a regular 15 gallon keg?

[MikeInCtown]

I know you can all pop the valves out and was wondering if anyone has actually just refilled and re-used a standard keg? My BIL has two kegs sitting at his place and a tap for them I figures I could make a large batch for some of his parties and just refill his keg and then force carb it somehow. Would that even work?

Point me in any direction would help.

Mike

 

[MoRoToRiUm]

Here is a break down of a Sanke, curtisy of Yuri Rage-

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f35/sanke-keg-further-revealed-28915/

Here is a good posting on transferring between different kegs-

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f35/sanke-corny-64375/

As it says, as long as you have a Sankey D coupler that has a preasure relief valve, you could easily purge it, and pull the relief valve as you fill. Hope this helps...

You could always return them for about $30, or sell them and get some cornies

 

[IrregularPulse]

I think the above post isn't quite what you're looking for? Seems like your not asking to go between kegs, but just fill the 15G normally like the 5G from a primary or secondary. Yes it's the same. You just need a Type D coupler instead of your pin or ball locks. Then force carb as usual.

I have Type D's on my cornies instead of ball or pin locks and am getting ready to start carbing my first keg.

 

[wilserbrewer]

Sankes work well IMO. Remove the stem, clean, sanitze, fill, replace stem, purge w/ co2 and force carb.....enjoy!

 

[BucketCityBrew]

So, exactly HOW would someone go about filling sankey kegs??? Step by step process?? Anyone? I've got a type D coupler, where do we go from here??

 

[MoRoToRiUm]

I would imagine you'd prefer to syphon from your fermenter, in which case, check out the sankey breakdown link I posted above (Sanke keg further revealed!). With this removed, you can clean and sanitize everything easy. Syphon/rack your beer, rebuild the sankey connection, pressurize and check for any leaks.