Bottling of the Keg with no Dip Tube

Someone gave me a free keg because the dip tube was missing, so I thought that I could still use as a force carbonating or aging tank. I just started to carbonate a root beer in it and I was wondering if it's feasible to use a bottling wand in the keg to fill bottles after it has been carbonated. Any insight would be appreciated!

 

Without a dip tube you won't be able to push the liquid out and trust my, trying to siphon carbonated liquid out of a keg is not a good idea. Once it starts to foam and fizz it's all over.

 

What about using a bottling bucket?

 

I think you can buy dip tubes for cheap.

 

Thanks! Are they pretty standard per corny keg?

 

I don't know about the liquid dip tubes.... but I know that one of my kegs has a fatter diameter gas diptube than the others... that one is not interchangeable. I haven't checked into the liquid side. Measure the diameter of the hole and see what you can find on the net. Length should be standard so long as the bottom of the interior of your keg has the dimple in the center where a dip tube would go.

 

With a carbonated keg, You will need to get that keg really cold in order to open it up and change / add that tube, (found out the hard way) with out having a foam over.

 

That picture was one I had for serving cask style beer with no gas. The "out" dip tube was use as an air return, beer served out of the "in".

I was just trying to show that flipping the keg over would work with no dip tube on the "out" side. Then use a standard picnic tap and and line (or longer) along with BMBF on the out post.



edit:
Bottling from a keg with no dip tube was the question?

 

That's where I eventually ended up.

I'm starting to realize why there was no dip tube with this keg. It seems to be one of the Firestone race track kegs, that used to have a plastic dip tube.

 

Looks awesome. Assuming whatever your serving is at room temperature though?

EDIT: Just noticed it isn't painted, it has a refrigerated sleeve. Very nice.

 

Update:
Using AnOldUR's idea, I was got a picnic tap and some tubing and was able to lay the keg on it's side and let gravity do it's work. Once this keg is empty, I'll definitely get a dip tube for it.