Can you repair a king keg?

[Mr A]

Just got home from work and found a trickle of beer on the floor under my king keg, (I think the dog has been licking it up as it looks a bit wobbly on its legs so it must be good stuff) After further investigation I have found a crack about an inch long on the bottom and it is slowly dripping out, can it be repaired? cos these things are not cheap. I think I know what the answer is but I will ask anyway. :hmm:

 

[percival]

a very quick google search trying to find coopers in UK made grim reading .... could be a job/career for someone in these credit crunched times perhaps?

 

[damfoose]

As you already know the answer im going to give you these ideas with the conns.....

King keg being plastic makes using a soldering iron an option to seal the crack on the outside but this still leaves the crack on the inside to become full of stuff that can and will at the first opportunity kill your beer :sick:

Same applies for the inside using a soldering iron to seal the crack but you need to ensure you do a really good job of it and ensure the seal is smooth so no backteria can survive and ruin your brew.

One consideration the repair wont be up to much and you will more than likley end up with your keg splitting at the same point again when pressure builds up.

Question for you though have you overpressured the keg at all in the past which could have caused the split in the first place.

 

[Mr A]

Many thanks for the advise, I am pretty sure the keg has not been overpressured, from the look of the crack it is on the very bottom which touches the floor so I wonder if it has been dropped with a full load...... One thing I hadn't thought of was the bacteria issue on the inside so thanks for that, I will give it a go with a soldering iron but me thinks that I will need to shell out another 40 odd quid as I think the risk of ruining another batch of beer is too great......I will try to consume 40 pints in a couple of days while watching the rugby. Cheers
:cry:

 

[EskiBrew]

I will need to shell out another 40 odd quid

Could it be time to try a cornie keg? :twisted:
If it's an option, have a look at our links page and send Norman an email - he often has good deals :thumb:

 

[prolix]

Go cornie,

keg with fittings £40

regulator £30

gas £15 (lasts about a year)

i get mine from warverleytbs

tap £10 (plastic) £20 (metal)

about £100 all in and you can then keep adding cornies!

if you then want to go mad get a management board £50 for six cornies at once!

 

[Wez]

P - you have to be a salesman :grin:

Good summary - i'd go for it :thumb:

 

[Mr A]

What can I say.........where do I sign, looks the dogs bits to me, I will have a serious think about the cornie, many thanks for that.

Just so you know I did try the soldering iron but with no success, even if it had it was still very rough on the inside and would not have been ideal.

Thanks all for the help, most appreciated. :thumb:

 

[damfoose]

May I add norm the corny man does 2 kegs + fittings , reg, gas , tube and a tap for £140 including delivery. Seeing as a KK is almost £50 cornies are the way to go.

 

[Parva]

I wouldn't go the cornie route if I were you. They are the homebrewers version of 'crack' cocaine, once you start you just have to keep getting more. You really don't want to do it, seriously. If there's yet another homebrewer bidding for cornies where am I to get my 'fix'? Nope, KK's are the way to go!

 

[MEB]

Cornie's are just convenient. Bottled beer is, IMO, far superior in taste. But as for convenience and shiny, cornies are hard to beat.

 

[Rabmaxwell]

I would go for cornies just don't get hooked & end up with 18 like me. :twisted:

 

[Vossy1]

Corny's are great and if you hate em,...god forbid, you won't loose a dime selling them :thumb:

 

[Bradley33]

ooooohhh I want a management board... he he. :drunk:

 

[trunky]

I want a shiny tap :whistle:

 

[Parva]

I want more cornies......

 

[Aleman]

I want more cornies......

So Do I :cry:

 

[Parva]

I want more cornies......

So Do I :cry:

Greedy bugger, you already bought half the Schweppes plant! :P