Pressurized 5 gallon Roto-keg

[brewski08]

i came across a pressurized 5 gallon root-keg for $15...anybody have any experience with these?

the only thing i could find on them on this site wasn't very helpful, and i'm trying to figure out if this purchase is worth it.

 

[TopherM]

Can you post a picture? By root, you mean root beer? I've never heard of "root-keg" as a subset of kegs, I would think it would be a standard soda keg, in which case, definitely go for it for $15.00.

How is it different than a standard corny keg or other soda kegs?

 

[brewski08]

Can you post a picture? By root, you mean root beer? I've never heard of "root-keg" as a subset of kegs, I would think it would be a standard soda keg, in which case, definitely go for it for $15.00.

How is it different than a standard corny keg or other soda kegs?

i apologize Topher, there was a type. i meant to spell ROTO-keg.

here is a picture of one:

 

[H-ost]

It looks like if that spigot has a diptube to the bottom you can pressurize from the top. Can you find the manufacturer's max PSI recommendation? I bet it could hold 12 psi but I don't know if you could boost carb with it.

 

[jmprdood]

These things are pretty common in the UK. You can bulk prime in it and then use small CO2 cartridges to pressurize and serve. I want to say they go for about $40-50 over there...

Cheers!

 

[sweenbeen]

I recently received one of these... my main question is, is there any good place online/in the US to purchase replacement parts for one of these?

Additionally, I'm looking for alternate ways of carbonating/hooking up CO2 to it. Any ideas?