sankey kegs

cruzan · Post by **cruzan** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 2:31 pm

I drove thru my local beer barn to pick up a few beers on my way home from work yesterday and noticed an almost brand new keg sitting in the stack of emptys the had off to the side, i asked the guy working if they sold thoes empty kegs. he said yea there 20 bucks. so i got out and checked out there stock and ended up buying one. i guess coors kegs bow out in the center like a wooden barrel. there was also a rubber covered keg that was all black and was pretty neat lookin. so i left with a clean dent free keg for 20 dollars, not after getting asked what i was gonna do with it. just like i got asked when i was buying 2" copper pipe, and just like i was asked what i needed a hydrometer that when higher that 25% alcohol.

as for getting a keg for 20 bucks.. is this a good deal?
one site a guy said he paid 22.50 at a scrap yard for one and paid by the pound. it had a left over beer in it to so he ended up over paying.

zeff · Post by **zeff** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 5:21 pm

Sounds like its in good nick so thats prob a good deal. Are you using it for a boiler? If so what method are you going to use?

cruzan · Post by **cruzan** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 7:17 pm

im gonna connect my 2" column i got for 10 bucks from a local pumbers scrap via a tri clamp connection directly to the top of the keg. weld a bung on the bottom for my thread in heating element. and cut around the whole radius of the keg about 2" from the top and weld a 1" wide peice of stainless around the inside edge to hold the top of the keg back on and 3 or 4 spring clips. and maybe some sort of teflon tape or silicone seal. ill post pics when its in the works but i might be a little while cause of work.

Enlikil · Post by **Enlikil** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 8:30 am

I used a 2 inch 316 Stainless steel UNION Arc welded to the top of a Sankey keg. Then Just Put a male threaded Connection on the end of my column.
SO i just gotta screw it in. ( i only use sugar washes so clean out is just a rinse and dump) I paid 20 bucks for my Union.

Peace.

jim81147 · Post by **jim81147** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 9:02 pm

cruzan wrote: some sort of teflon tape or silicone seal.

You should probably rethink the silicone seal. Depending on how you do it , it will be in direct contact with the hot alcohol vapours.

Soused · Post by **Soused** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 10:19 pm

You should probably rethink the silicone seal. Depending on how you do it , it will be in direct contact with the hot alcohol vapours.

Depends on the silicone, Selleys do a high temp food grade adheasiev sealant. It's marketed here (Australia) under the name of Selleys 401.

RJR99ss · Post by **RJR99ss** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 4:15 pm

Enlikil wrote:I used a 2 inch 316 Stainless steel UNION Arc welded to the top of a Sankey keg. Then Just Put a male threaded Connection on the end of my column.
SO i just gotta screw it in. ( i only use sugar washes so clean out is just a rinse and dump) I paid 20 bucks for my Union.

Peace.

That was my idea, although i was just going to get a copper 2" union, and silver braze it to the keg, then solder the male one to the column. Hows it work for you? How do you clean it?

Also...where'd you get the stainless steel union? I know a tig welder who could just weld that up for me, seems like it'd be a little stronger option.

junkyard dawg · Post by **junkyard dawg** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 7:06 am

I've had good luck with stpats.com for fittings and etc. (others here have not)