Corny Keg Noob Question

So I have a noob question about corny kegs, I'm getting ready to start kegging beer for the first time so I want to make sure I have all my ducks in a row.

The pressure relief valve on my corny keg confuses me a bit and I was just hoping someone could clairfy how the one on my keg works. Typically on these valves I thought you have a ring that you can pull up on to manually relieve pressure, it's located between the gas in and the beer out disconnects. On my keg, I dont have this ring to pull up on so I was curious just how the pressure relief will work. I know theres other ways to do it, like pressing on the CO2 disconnect connection. But I plan on transferring beer from commercial kegs to corny kegs along with my homebrew so I'd like to know how my pressure relief valves work and if they are working properly because I'd like to be able to loosen it a bit like seen in a video to release pressure from the corny while transferring beer from the commercial keg

I've attached a picture to illustrate what I'm looking at. Sorry if this comes across as real stupid


also.....for the transferring of beer from commercial to corny keg, is it necessary to use foam free tubing? or could I get away with just regular vinyl tubing for the transfer?


Thanks a ton for all of your help!

 

Can you twist or push down on the pressure relief?

 

Pretty sure that style PRV is more like a fuse than a circuit breaker.
Ie: it's a one time use thing that has to be replaced if it blows...

Cheers!

 

no I can't twist or push down at all

 

so is this replaceable with the right part? or did I buy a cheap keg?

 

This was my first thought too.

I bought a new lid for mine off ebay.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/321396300332?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

 

Look at the inside of the lid and see if the PRV is a plastic threaded-in style that looks like this:



If it is you can get replacements here...

Cheers!

 

Yeah it doesn't look like it has a manual relief valve. You could just get one of these...

http://www.homebrewing.org/product....m=ProductAds&gclid=CPncvNDpuMYCFUY8gQod9BUF6w

Just wondering, why are you putting commercial beer into Cory kegs? Save it after parties or something? I have done that before but the beer should be drank quickly because of all the outside air that get pumped into it. If you just want to serve commercial beer, you can get a Sanke coupler and could serve right from the commercial keg.

David

 

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Looks like a pin-lock keg. I think there are lids available with manual pressure release. The brand and model of keg should be stamped on the side.

 

I think I'm just gonna buy a new lid with the manual relief built in.

Did you guys happen to see the question about whether it's necessary to use foam-free tubing when transferring beer from a commercial keg to a a corny keg?? Or if it's just ok to use regular vinyl tubing for the transfer

 

What's "foam free tubing"?
Never seen that term used on HBT...

Cheers!

 

To conserve space in my keezer. Id like to be able to keep the three corny kegs in my keezer to be able to have my homebrew on tap and also some commercial beers for friends and family who fear any kind of change in their drinking habits. So I was thinking I could get 1/4 barrels and distribute them into corny kegs and have the extras on hand as replacements

 

Foam free tubing is the word this guy uses for his tubing in his video about transferring from commercial kegs to corny kegs. I found this video in a thread on HBT. I was wondering what it was myself. Judging by the response I'd assume the regular vinyl is fine....

 

Ok, I used Google-Fu and found that "foam free beer line" was a marketing thing that simply refers to 3/16" ID thick wall beer line

Anyway, if you dial your pressure down and keep everything cold during the transfer you could probably use pretty much any line. And if you stick a gas disconnect on the keg without any tubing connected you won't have to wait for a new lid to do the transfer...

Cheers!