Ah so wider at the top and narrow at the bottom. Strange, but Makes sense now, especailly as the bucket outer shells would be the 11 1/8" diameter overall. Maybe I will look into these when I expand my keezer in the future.
Plastic 1/6 bbl pub kegs- anyone tried em?
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mikescooling
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What ya looking for per keg?
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Just the bottle, the bottle and valve assembly or everything including the outer shell?
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Hey been busy with the deer hunt I'm planning on getting a shipping quote for three of them shrink wrapped together--think that would work best--I used the online quote for one and it was $15.00 to a 62 zip code with the demesions and weight--I'll get it done Friday and let you all know--I have 12 available right now and will be able to get more
nianticcardplayer
Homebrewing Since 2009
Is there a video anywhere of a home brewer filling and using these kegs I know brew brothers said they were doing one but it has never shown up
Youtube. Search "plastic pub keg".
First video is this one
and it'll likely tell you everything you need to know to get started...
Cheers!
First video is this one
and it'll likely tell you everything you need to know to get started...
Cheers!
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Link or PM me your Craigslist post when you get them listed. I'd take a drive north to pick up a few.
OppamaBrendan
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Has anyone used these as fermenters? In Japan it is hard to find an economical fermenting container - 4700 yen for a 6 gallon pail? 8100 yen for a 23 liter better bottle!? I can get the pubkegs for free second-hand so I really want to convert them to use as fermenters initially. Anyone have negatives to dissuade me from their use? Cutting them up seems to cause a separation of a film from the regular PET plastic, so I think they have extra oxygen barrier film added to them.
I already have 4 corny kegs that I can use for carbing and serving, but perhaps later on if that isn't enough I might use the plastic kegs for serving as well.
I already have 4 corny kegs that I can use for carbing and serving, but perhaps later on if that isn't enough I might use the plastic kegs for serving as well.
I only have one which I bought so I could make beer for a buddy with a store bought kegerator that has Sanke connectors. I suppose you could use it to ferment as long as you can vent it. Do you have something in mind for venting?
Do you have any bakeries or food shops that may toss food grade buckets? Oftentimes people get empty frosting buckets, or pickle buckets, or the like for free/cheap and convert them into fermenters. Additionally if you can find cheap wines/juices in gallon glass containers, you can use them as cheap glass fermenters. Additionally still, if you can get ahold of one, empty office water bottles would work too. Thats the beauty of homebrewing, we can recycle and reuse pretty much anything that will hold liquids.
If you are going to use the pubkegs as fermenters, just leave more headspace, remove the cap and improvise an lid/airlock. I wouldn't bother cutting into it.
I like mine a lot. Really light and easy. You will need replacement an o ring. I found a good replacement at my local hardware store. A little beefier than the one that came with it. See photo below.
I dont see why it would be a problem. Just make sure the sanke tap is sterile and use a spunding valve or blow off tube. Might be a good time to check out the pressurized fermentation thread.
I have also made good beer with water cooler jugs and the old ones were glass if you are lucky enough to find one.
OppamaBrendan
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Just an update: I have used the pubkegs for several fermentations and am hooked on them. I have not used them for long-term storage, but have no worries about several months storage in them. They have a PET plastic bonded with an O2 barrier plastic.
I have NOT used them pressurized.
I have used them only with a rubber stopper + airlock. No couplers involved, it is as simple as a glass carboy but with no stress about breakage and no stress about the cost of replacing it.
In response about plastic pails, most food sources in Japan seem to use tins for delivery. Familiar white 5gallon pails that cooking oil would arrive in for NA restaurants is replaced by square tins. Buying a bucket costs roughly 30 bucks and these kegs are free from any craft beer place. The craft beer places have to pay to get rid of them so are more than happy to give them away for free.
On another note: I noticed when serving from them at the restaurant I work at, there is often plenty of yeast in certain breweries' pubkegs... If I were interested in doing it, I suppose I could serve off of one, then carefully depressurize and remove the valve and harvest the yeast. Some people harvest and build starters from bottles, but this would be a hell of a lot more yeast. I should add that liquid yeast in Japan is also expensive and has to ship from the US or Europe, and paying to dispose of the plastic pubkeg is cheaper than the cost to buy a vial from whitelabs.
I have NOT used them pressurized.
I have used them only with a rubber stopper + airlock. No couplers involved, it is as simple as a glass carboy but with no stress about breakage and no stress about the cost of replacing it.
In response about plastic pails, most food sources in Japan seem to use tins for delivery. Familiar white 5gallon pails that cooking oil would arrive in for NA restaurants is replaced by square tins. Buying a bucket costs roughly 30 bucks and these kegs are free from any craft beer place. The craft beer places have to pay to get rid of them so are more than happy to give them away for free.
On another note: I noticed when serving from them at the restaurant I work at, there is often plenty of yeast in certain breweries' pubkegs... If I were interested in doing it, I suppose I could serve off of one, then carefully depressurize and remove the valve and harvest the yeast. Some people harvest and build starters from bottles, but this would be a hell of a lot more yeast. I should add that liquid yeast in Japan is also expensive and has to ship from the US or Europe, and paying to dispose of the plastic pubkeg is cheaper than the cost to buy a vial from whitelabs.
wilserbrewer
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Consider yourself lucky, I wish I could get these for free with yeast included!
For $50, not so much!
For $50, not so much!
Still using the kegs I started with last year my only draw back is I'm only setup to use one at a time--there's been a couple times it would take a few days before I can get it on the Co2--I've only damaged one o-ring so far--didn't feel like cleaning a couple last spring and just pitched em in the recycle pile on the curb--have one I put garbage bags in for trash in the garage and I even composted in one--what's nice is I don't worry about damaging them like I do my cornie's
I'm gonna try using a plastic bag inside one of the outside canister's and zip tie a bubbler or piece of blow off tube to the bag and ferment that way just haven't got the bags yet-when the bag's empty throw it away-it would be easier than cleaning and better than buckets sitting all over the place------
I'm gonna try using a plastic bag inside one of the outside canister's and zip tie a bubbler or piece of blow off tube to the bag and ferment that way just haven't got the bags yet-when the bag's empty throw it away-it would be easier than cleaning and better than buckets sitting all over the place------
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