Mini keg made from Pressure Cooker?

[casebrew]

A 10 quart pressure cooker would sure fit in the fridge, between the milk and the ketchup. And into many ice chests. I've got several Cornies from the swap meet for parts, and lots of taps and dies....

I know aluminum is used for kegs, and some folks use it for brew pots...

Any thoughts on this concept, before I junk a corny and (worse) risk a batch of beer?

 

[Spoonta]

sould work have a go

 

[david_42]

Rather than trashing a cornie, just buy the parts. Or ask your cornie source for a damaged keg. All you really need are the plugs, poppets and the dip tubes. A pressure cooker already has a pressure relief and you can just take the lid off to put the ale in.

The only possible downside is, if the pressure cooker is cask iron there might be an impact on the flavor. I'd test it with a couple quarts of ale first. Let it sit for a week or two.

Great idea, now I need two pressure cookers.

 

[Baron von BeeGee]

There was an article in byo this month or last about converting those plastic pressure sprayers like you use for spraying fertilizer into a mini keg from off-the-shelf parts. Using a metal pressure cooker seems like a better idea to me than whatever grade of plastic they use in those, but if you could acquire a copy of that article it might help in fashioning your pressure cooker into a keg with no special parts.

 

[casebrew]

I got a stainless steel pressure cooker for christmas. Haven't leak tested it yet though. It was $5 at a thrift shop. Cornies are getting cheap now, $10 on Ebay, but mine come from the swap meets for $2 or so, parts would set me back $20. I'll let you know how it works in a few weeks, the Brown Rye is in the secondary how.

How much pressure should I test to?

 

[david_42]

So, like where do I find this swap meet?