Building And Using Garden Sprayer Party Kegs

[browndog]

Congrats on the excellent work you have done on these guides Thirsty, people are going to be asking " have you had any roundup in this thing" at parties everywhere!

cheers

Browndog

 

[jimmysuperlative]

Outstanding job, Thirsty and Spills!! Top Darts!

Great info and good fun all round. Hope we see some photos from those who have made their own!
I'll try and snap a few of my party keg set-up tomorrow.

 

[SpillsMostOfIt]

There's probably just three things I can add of any value:

1. Don't be surprised if the schraeder valves start leaking. You've probably filled them up with old beer and yerk with all the shaking and stuff (no matter how hard you clean, they insist on retaining some for themselves) or they've come loose. You just need to remove the valve from the stem, give both a good clean and reassemble. Steal a metal valve cap from mum's car as a Tool and you're away.

2. Spend the forty five cents on some teflon tape next time you're at one of Westfarmers' big green retail outlets and give the tyre valve a bit of a wrap. It will make a better gas seal and stop the valve stem from rasping bits of rubber from the filler thingy.

3. Carbonate in moderation. If you feel the need to pressure test the rig before, during or after assembly, fill it up with water to reduce the Flying Plastic Potential.

 

[Klemmstein]

Here is the promised guide to Using the Party Kegs.. it covers all the options for dispensing, gas, filling and carbonating.

I will be asking the admins to insert this into the first post in the appropriate spot, but here it is at any rate.


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Happy Kegging

Thirsty

Hi Thirsty,

Thank you very much for your time and effort, it is extremely appreciated.

All the very best,

K

 

[joecast]

anyone have luck using the schrader valve with a rubber body? scored one today at no charge
figure it will seal pretty easily, but not sure about disinfecting it. probably best for short term useso i'll just have to drink quicker
thanks,
joe

 

[SpillsMostOfIt]

Tricky... It shouldn't be coming into contact with your beer and so might not be too much of an issue.

However, I have devised a test! Soak the thing for a couple of days in a glass of plain tap water. Let us know what the water tastes like...

 

[joecast]

Tricky... It shouldn't be coming into contact with your beer and so might not be too much of an issue.

However, I have devised a test! Soak the thing for a couple of days in a glass of plain tap water. Let us know what the water tastes like...

i would guess rubbery, but if i dont get sick i consider it a success! thanks

 

[johnno02]

Outstanding job, Thirsty and Spills!! Top Darts!

Great info and good fun all round. Hope we see some photos from those who have made their own!
I'll try and snap a few of my party keg set-up tomorrow.

Hi All,

I agree,

Absolutely great idea,

Many thanks for the PDF's,and Very helpful info.

Regards.
John

 

[Lukes]

Good stuff Thirsty.
Got motivated last week and put this together.
These things are great for ales.
I purged with CO2, hooked it up to my corny's and transfered under pressure bleeding the party keg to fill it.
The magic of a party keg is they can be chucked in a bucket with some ice and create it's own party anywhere.
Here is mine after months in the making, lifted out of the ice in the mayo bucket and being emptied.

Funny how friend's call it a weed killer rather than a pressure sprayer....

 

[Thirsty Boy]

Nice Lukes... very nice.

Party Keg porn - I like it.

 

[tredog]

I've only just stumbled on these 'Party style kegs' in the past few days and super interested.

Problem is, I am a poor sod with no workshop, tools/accessories bar one battery operated hand drill that doesn't really count as a 'real tool'. No where to put them either, damn town houses!

Is there anyone out there that can put a kit together for a shedless fello?

Cheers, Tae.

 

[Wrenny]

Where are you tredog?

 

[tredog]

Woops, Forgot to fill out the profile. Only new to the forum.

Thanks for pointing that out Wrenny.

I'm located on the outskirts of Sydney.


Cheers, Tae.

 

[johnno02]

Good stuff Thirsty.
Got motivated last week and put this together.
These things are great for ales.
I purged with CO2, hooked it up to my corny's and transfered under pressure bleeding the party keg to fill it.
The magic of a party keg is they can be chucked in a bucket with some ice and create it's own party anywhere.
Here is mine after months in the making, lifted out of the ice in the mayo bucket and being emptied.

Funny how friend's call it a weed killer rather than a pressure sprayer....

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Thanks for the great pics,

I use my Party keg in a bucket,with a tap on the bottom,so I can drain the water off.

In fact,I leave the tap open all the time.
Regards.
John

 

[Thorby]

Hi Guys and Girls,

Further to the post on party kegs, dont disgard the aluminium sprayer end bit and handle. Put a length of hose on it and a beer out dissconnect. Hook up to keg out post, stainless lance in the bottom of the sprayer minus the spray end plastic fitting, and pull the trigger. Presto party keg filler with no o2 intorduction. Simple.

 

[tredog]

Hi Guys and Girls,

Further to the post on party kegs, dont disgard the aluminium sprayer end bit and handle. Put a length of hose on it and a beer out dissconnect. Hook up to keg out post, stainless lance in the bottom of the sprayer minus the spray end plastic fitting, and pull the trigger. Presto party keg filler with no o2 intorduction. Simple.

Sounds interesting... but sadly to me still doesn't make sense... Am i showing my noobness yet?

 

[geoff_tewierik]

Was in my local Bunnings returning a braided hose that was too short and ducked up the Garden Equipment aisle. They had one of the Stainless Sprayer missing some bits for $55.

Worth getting?

 

[SpillsMostOfIt]

I used one of the discarded stainless steel wands from my party kegs to make a thermowell for my Pilot Plant and the other got fitted to a picnic tap. This allows me to fill bottles from kegs with little frothing and the attendant degassing. I think Thorby's idea of using it to fill the party keg is the same, although you could also fill them via the beer-out line and achieve a similar outcome.

I'd like to see a stainless steel garden sprayer party keg, although I have no idea how you might make it work. At $55 each, you could probably buy a full-sized Cornelius keg for an equivalent total outlay, but then you couldn't really call it a Party Keg and would be banished from all subsequent Party Keg discussions...

For me, it's the cheesy low cost of the plastic things that make them winners.

 

[maltedhopalong]

My mother always told me the only stupid questions are the ones you don't ask.

Well I'm about to prove her wrong: How do the Pressure Relief valve, tyre valve and beer-out bulkhead hold up with water pressure rather than air pressure. For example, how would it hold up if you left it lying on its side?

 

[maltedhopalong]

Another question:

In the guide it mentions those hand held co2 tyre inflators.

Anyone know what they're like to deal with? Ie. can you empty half the cylinder and tighten it up and leave it? or are the seals generally not good enough to leave for long periods of time?