More plastic pb questions...

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Depends how much of a rage I get into...could be flattened then it's the spikey masonry hammer then I might burn it...

Measured, restrained, I like it

 

[terrym]

I might kill mine....

Ah but rejoice in the fact that PBs can be recycled since they are made of HDPE (at least the two dead ones I recycled were)

 

[Clint]

On the other hand...I've inherited a load of fruit trees down the allotment...plenty of apples...I might juice the lot and bung the lot in the naughty keg and leave it in the brew shed til next year...just let it do it's thing...

 

[Buffers brewery]

If you’re good at diy you can convert your cap to a Buffers brewery barrel bung as used by myself and @Petefin .

This is the Buffers brewery prototype

This is the @Petefin version

 

[Tanglefoot]

In my experience...no! But the advice is to swap out the gasket for a flat profile,get a lid spanner to rag it tight,fettle the rim flat...

I was having a similar problem after replacing the top on an old Boots barrel with a new (Youngs) King Keg top.
It seemed ok pressurised with Co2 and checked in a tin bath but failed to maintain pressure once filled with beer.

Yesterday I swopped the O ring for a larger square prolile replacement thinking it's worth a couple of quid to try it and day 2 maintaining pressure and all seems well so worth a shot maybe.

 

[cushyno]

I don't know why you lot have so many problems with PB's. The two I reconditioned that had been lying in a shed since we bought the house 20 years ago both work fine. One has a date stamp on the base - made in 1986. Probably not food grade by today's standards, but they're reliable.

 

[terrym]

Probably not food grade by today's standards, but they're reliable.

A couple of years back I was gifted a PB from the 1980s which hadn't been used for some time which I cleaned up and put to use, Sadly it only lasted two brews. For me the cheaper ones were still as crap then as they are now.

 

[cushyno]

New caps 'n' taps and a bit of fettling and these have been sound.

 

[Buffers brewery]

New caps 'n' taps and a bit of fettling and these have been sound.
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I'm intrigued. Your HB adaptor doesn't appear to have a relief valve (rubber band) fitted?

 

[cushyno]

@Buffers brewery
It has, it's a clear band. The caps if I recall are from THBS:
https://www.the-home-brew-shop.co.uk/acatalog/2_Inch_cap_for_barrels_with_PIN_valve.html