Coated Kegs Ok for boil?

[mrburnsbud]

I found a 10g-15g? keg at Liquor Depot for $20. The valve was damage and couldn't be returned to the distributed. Has the year 1986 stamped onit, along with the pressure and made in belgium.

I cut it open to find somekind of coating on the inside. I plan to use it as a boil kettle. Is the coating okay?

 

[JVD_X]

What kind of coating? If it is not stainless steel inside and out you can't use it.

 

[mrburnsbud]

The keg should be SS.

Coating looks really dull, not shinny like the outside. It always scratched fairly easy with a screwdriver. This is my first keggle, never read anything about a coating.

 

[xxdcmast]

I would say that you are all set. Look like any other keg i have seen.

 

[keiths]

Looks like SS to me.

 

[jcdillin]

Give a test boil, if the inside looks the same after the boil then I would say your fine. I've never heard of any coating on the inside.

 

[Bobby_M]

The outside is shiny from getting banged around for 20 years. You're fine.

 

[Bjornbrewer]

I cut it open to find somekind of coating on the inside. I plan to use it as a boil kettle. Is the coating okay?

How did you cut it open? It could just be residue from the cutting (plasma cutter, grinding wheel, whatever). Give it a good scrub and test boil. Looks like a good find!

 

[mrburnsbud]

No, definately not residue from cutting. The coating is either something applied when the keg was produced or its a layer of oxidization built up over the 22 years of service. Don't really know. I did do some searching today and found that you can buy coated kegs, pretty much top of the line. Maybe this is what I have. Sometime this week Ill do a pre-boil and report back if anything crazy occurs.

I cut the thing open with about 5 dremel wheels in all. Please don't laugh.

 

[BargainFittings]

No, definately not residue from cutting. The coating is either something applied when the keg was produced or its a layer of oxidization built up over the 22 years of service. Don't really know. I did do some searching today and found that you can buy coated kegs, pretty much top of the line. Maybe this is what I have. Sometime this week Ill do a pre-boil and report back if anything crazy occurs.

I cut the thing open with about 5 dremel wheels in all. Please don't laugh.

Thats a record. It took me 6

 

[MoRoToRiUm]

You did a good job at cutting too- I've seen worse jobs (*cough* bm *cough* )

 

[Trouble-Brewing]

You did a good job at cutting too- I've seen worse jobs (*cough* bm *cough* )

I agree you should see mine, all we had was a drill, a 1/2" bit, a hack saw and a hammer. Needless to say there was blood and the outcome is down right scary