kpr121
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Hey all, its been a while since I've posted here. Brewing kind of fell off the priority list for a couple years - Ive brewed but not with the obsession I previously had. Anyway, after spending way too much money on commercial beer my wife and I are ready to get back into the swing of things - we'd like to brew a bunch this winter while other hobbies don't take up so much of our time (gardening, fishing, camping, etc). In order to make that work I needed a few additional fermenters/vessels to store the brew in the 'pipeline', so I started looking for deals on carboys, buckets, kegs, etc. And I happened upon this:
A total 26 pin lock kegs (mix of firestone and Cornelius style) for a price I couldn't pass up (lets just say they were well under $20 per keg). They seem to be in great shape physically but they are all either full of soda or were emptied and never cleaned. Some of them appear to have leaked and have sticky soda all over their exterior. Hopefully they hold pressure - I didn't check them all - I figured I would need to get them all cleaned up first anyhow.
So I'm planning on building one of those DIY submersible pump keg/carboy cleaner things, have already ordered new orings for them all, and am making up some DIY PBW (oxyclean and TSP/90).
I also have to make a decision on how to deal with my existing kegging setup which is all ball locks (a total of around 10 or so kegs). It uses John Guest fittings and MFLs so changing between the two wont be terrible but I might just make the decision to swap out completely to pin locks, selling off the ball locks or relegating them to long term storage vessels that don't get put in use often.
TL : DR - Bought a bunch of dirty soda filled pinlock kegs for a killer price. Excited about it but have to clean them up and also decide what to do with existing ball lock setup. Looking for any input/thoughts.
A total 26 pin lock kegs (mix of firestone and Cornelius style) for a price I couldn't pass up (lets just say they were well under $20 per keg). They seem to be in great shape physically but they are all either full of soda or were emptied and never cleaned. Some of them appear to have leaked and have sticky soda all over their exterior. Hopefully they hold pressure - I didn't check them all - I figured I would need to get them all cleaned up first anyhow.
So I'm planning on building one of those DIY submersible pump keg/carboy cleaner things, have already ordered new orings for them all, and am making up some DIY PBW (oxyclean and TSP/90).
I also have to make a decision on how to deal with my existing kegging setup which is all ball locks (a total of around 10 or so kegs). It uses John Guest fittings and MFLs so changing between the two wont be terrible but I might just make the decision to swap out completely to pin locks, selling off the ball locks or relegating them to long term storage vessels that don't get put in use often.
TL : DR - Bought a bunch of dirty soda filled pinlock kegs for a killer price. Excited about it but have to clean them up and also decide what to do with existing ball lock setup. Looking for any input/thoughts.
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