Will this keg work?

[alaktheman]

My friend just gave me this keg and I was wondering if I could reuse it for my own brews?
Any information would be nice.

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[lumpher]

what do you want to use it for? a serving keg, a boil keggle, mash keg, or what?

 

[EcuPirate07]

http://youtu.be/UkaQ5SA1uXc

You can do it, would I want to? No, easier to just buy a korny keg.

Best thing for that bad boy is cut the top off and turn it into a keggle.

 

[alaktheman]

Serving keg.

 

[alaktheman]

I have this because my friend gave this to me where a corny keg costs a lot more than free.

 

[Schecter]

Well, ok.

So this is a 15.5 gallon sanke keg.

You would need a kegerator setup for a sanke keg and one that has room for it, obviously. Make sure its depressurized and lookup how to take the spear out to clean it and fill. Be aware that it is 15.5 gallons, now sure how big your batches are...typically I prefer my kegs with as little headspace as possible to avoid pushing oxygen into the beer.

Cheers

 

[alaktheman]

I do know this is a 15 gallon keg which isn't great. Like you were saying a lot of head space.
How would I depressurize it though? I looked up how to take the spear out and that seems pretty straight forward.

 

[Schecter]

The depressurizing is probably shown in the spear removal. Simply depress the middle with a screwdriver or the like. Personally I'd make it into a brew kettle (15 gallon kettle for 10 gallon batches) and surf craigs for a deal on cornys. They can creep up for 40$.