Keg with plastic ends, for a Mash Tun

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Permalink Reply by denimglen on February 23, 2010 at 8:27pm

...I'm concerned as to whether i can get the ball valve close enough to the bottom... Make up a pick-up tube for it mate, as long as the siphon doesn't brake it will drain to the very bottom. Ball valve could then be at the very top if you wanted it to be. Something like this:

But with a manifold/stainlessbraid/whatever on the end in place of the copper scrubbie.

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Permalink Reply by vdog on February 23, 2010 at 10:08pm

Could you do the same as this but just come straight in through the bottom (vertical)? We've done that with the hot water cylinders, but we use a false bottom - not sure whether we could connect a braid manifold to it.

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Permalink Reply by Soren on February 24, 2010 at 9:07am

glen, does that scrubbie work ok for you? I tried that once and after transferring 2 liters in 30 mins I had to stick my arm (clean and sanitised of course..) in the kettle and jank it of, it had clogged up instantly... i did have a little bit of cone hops in there though.

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Permalink Reply by denimglen on February 24, 2010 at 2:53pm

It did work back then - this is a photo of my old kettle. At the time I was using a hop bag and had no dramas with just break material.

I tried it again with my new set up and had the same problem as you, even with 100% pellets. Luckily I realised it clogged during my whirlpool so I managed to knock it off using my brew spoon. I'm running my pick-up tube filter-less now.

Some people swear by them though. I need to figure out some sort of filter so I can use cones, otherwise they'll clog my pump/pick-up tube.

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Permalink Reply by Greig McGill on February 24, 2010 at 7:50am

You can definitely remove the ends. Done this myself. Jam a long flathead screwdriver underneath the plastic and just lever it hard against the metal. It'll pop right off.

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Permalink Reply by Pilgrim on February 24, 2010 at 12:05pm

Brilliant,

Thanks guys for your suggestions.

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Permalink Reply by denimglen on February 24, 2010 at 2:54pm

Would you mind posting some pics once you're finished?

I had a few of those kegs but swapped them for the 'traditional' type assuming they were no good. I'd be interested to see what they're like all converted.

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