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Calum

Corny Kegs

Post by Calum » Fri Mar 02, 2007 11:37 pm

Just wanted to come out clean and say that bought 2 corny kegs of Norman on eBay today.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... &rd=1&rd=1

Its my birthday later in the month and my parents said they would give me a cheque for £25. I then realised that as SWMBO had been selling books on eBay that there was £11 left in the PayPal account. So, I managed to get a couple of kegs for £2 a piece (I'm as happy as a man who just got 2 corny kegs for £4 - erm, I think you know what I mean).

All I need to do now is let SWMBO know I have invested her book money on something less literary than she intended but it will make the garage look better [-o< :whistle:
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AT

Post by AT » Fri Mar 02, 2007 11:50 pm

i'm sure she'll be over the moon :lol:
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mysterio

Post by mysterio » Sat Mar 03, 2007 4:31 am

Well in Caldo.

Those kegs will take a fair bit of cleaning, let us know if you have any problems getting the smell out :wink:
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maxashton

Post by maxashton » Sat Mar 03, 2007 12:45 pm

Bicarbonate of Soda will take the smell of anything off of anything else.

From reading what everyone else on this forum has said in the cleaning section, i'd say make a solution of bicarb.. say as much as you can dissolve in a pint, slosh that around for a good few minutes.
Then dump soda crystals in and soak them in (warm?) water for a few hours.
Then apply your sterilizing regimen!

DaaB said in another thread that you might want to unscrew the dispense/gas posts and give them a good soak too.

If they're old, you might also have to replace the o-rings.
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Calum

Post by Calum » Sat Mar 03, 2007 3:46 pm

From what I can make out it will be a good exercise in finding out how these things are put together.

I have nothing to put in them yet so I'll have plenty of time to get them fully serviced. I need to get a sack of malt to get production under way again.
have you got some taps and gas lined up
Not yet, I'm going to get a couple of S30 valves for the gas to get me started. I already have a tap on my other cornie so I can use this for now. Once I get close to filling up my available capacity I will sort out new taps. :)
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Vossy1

Post by Vossy1 » Sun Mar 04, 2007 4:57 pm

Nice one C 8)
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Calum

Post by Calum » Tue Mar 06, 2007 7:55 pm

The kegs arrived today and although they look a bit dented they aren't as dirty as I was expecting. Certainly good value. 8)
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mysterio

Post by mysterio » Tue Mar 06, 2007 8:32 pm

Well looks like you did better than me. Mine either had some kind of green scale, pink syrupy goop or dead spiders :lol:
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