I have 4 kegs at home, three Guinness and one heino, I think.
I have bayonets for both heads, tubing is messy and all needs replacement, I have two in line coolers and I have two taps, one with a stout insert.
I have a regulator, not sure how well it's working, glass is broken in it, and I have a BOC gas bottle.
I also have a key from Aleman for removing the spears.
Now my question is this, does anyone know what tubing etc I'd need to sort this out and make a kegging system out of it? I can fill a 50l per brew, no reason I shouldn't.
I am at a loss as to where to start for replacement tubing, will Cornie gear do the job?
Any help appreciated, ]
<edit> I will add that I used this at a party about 6 years ago the last time, but the lines were cannabalised at some point after that and that's the only reason theoretically that it is not working now.
Eoin
Looking at www.thebarcompany.ie it's possible really that all I need is a few lengths of 3/8ths tubing.
Maybe a couple of our pros can help with the set up...
Guiness tends to use 3/8" JG fitting for beer lines and a vinyl type gas tubing of about 5/16" This constantly cracks in the cold store.
Heino tend to use 3/8" lines for both gas and CO2.
Recomndation is: Use 3/8" JGs for all your lines. You may need to get some bsp adapters to fit onto the keg couplers.
Re. the kegs.
H kegs: These can be dismantled non-destructively, the safety device disabled so that you can remove the spear for cleaning out the keg, you can fit an airlock for fermenting and fit the spear for dispensing.
I have a little gadget that will do the job.
G kegs: I have yet to find a way to strip one without destroynig it!
Stick with H kegs!!
Quote from: Will_D on July 24, 2013, 11:37:41 AM
Guiness tends to use 3/8" JG fitting for beer lines and a vinyl type gas tubing of about 5/16" This constantly cracks in the cold store.
Heino tend to use 3/8" lines for both gas and CO2.
Recomndation is: Use 3/8" JGs for all your lines. You may need to get some bsp adapters to fit onto the keg couplers.
Re. the kegs.
H kegs: These can be dismantled non-destructively, the safety device disabled so that you can remove the spear for cleaning out the keg, you can fit an airlock for fermenting and fit the spear for dispensing.
I have a little gadget that will do the job.
G kegs: I have yet to find a way to strip one without destroynig it!
Stick with H kegs!!
I have a tool that does both kegs. I also remember working in a pub years ago where we did Guinness kegs for err returns and they went back together fine, but it wasn't me filling them back up with dregs off the floor ;) so I'm not sure how it all worked.