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guildofevil
03-03-2006, 08:18 AM
Hi All,
Has anyone any experience of kegging into commercial kegs?

What equipment would one need to clean and sanitize a commercial keg for homebrew purposes?

What would you need in the way of couplers, lines, CO2 tanks, etc. to keg into a commercial keg and force carbonate?

What would you need in the way of taps, couplers, lines, CO2 tanks, etc. to build a kegorator capable of dispensing said beer?

Séan

danno
03-03-2006, 07:20 PM
your biggest issue will be removing the spear (I'm assuming US sankey kegs are the same as your kegs...) if you can get past that (maybe this guy (http://kegman.net/keg_kit.htm) can help you), you basically need the same equipment for a commercial keg: co2 tank, regulator, some co2 line, a coupler, some beer line, shank and tap... (take a look at Fridge Conversion Kits (http://www.northernbrewer.com/draftsystems-kegs.html) to see pics of everything you'd need for a simple system...)

cleaning and sanitation is essentially the same as any other brew equipment, with the exception that you can't really see what's going on inside there, so you better be sure of your cleaning regimen...