The age old question of opening, cleaning and filling commercial kegs could be a thing of the past if you used a wash/fill coupler, re: pic.
I've found 2 places that sell them, Kegman and St Pats. They are both D type couplers. Are these really any different to a regular coupler? To me it looks like they have just removed the 1 way valve on the beer side and then used taps on each and a 1/2" fitting on each (for better flow) Why can't you convert a dispense coupler into a wash/fill coupler?
Looking at my Andale D type coupler. Its easy to remove the 1 way valve and then you can see straight through, no blockages or restrictions. The gas side doesn't have any 1 way valves.
The beer out becomes the in port. The gas in becomes the out port. Then, fill the keg with cleaning solution. Shake it around, maybe even leave it over night. Then invert the keg. I plan on using a fish tank pump to circulate the cleaning solution for a period of time. Then flush out with hot water. Sanatise and rinse with cooled boiled water. Then its ready to fill. Stand keg up again. Beer out is now beer in. When it comes out the gas port you know its full :lol:
I can't see why you can't convert any coupler to a wash/fill coupler, so its not just restricted to D types.
The reason I ask, I was about to buy a clean/fill coupler from Kegman, but I'm starting to think its a waste of money and they are full of it about them being different to a regular coupler. Here's what St Pats say about wash/fill couplers.
"Please note the Clean/Fill Coupler is not the same as the Dispense Coupler. They appear very similar but they are not interchangeable."
Cheers
I've found 2 places that sell them, Kegman and St Pats. They are both D type couplers. Are these really any different to a regular coupler? To me it looks like they have just removed the 1 way valve on the beer side and then used taps on each and a 1/2" fitting on each (for better flow) Why can't you convert a dispense coupler into a wash/fill coupler?
Looking at my Andale D type coupler. Its easy to remove the 1 way valve and then you can see straight through, no blockages or restrictions. The gas side doesn't have any 1 way valves.
The beer out becomes the in port. The gas in becomes the out port. Then, fill the keg with cleaning solution. Shake it around, maybe even leave it over night. Then invert the keg. I plan on using a fish tank pump to circulate the cleaning solution for a period of time. Then flush out with hot water. Sanatise and rinse with cooled boiled water. Then its ready to fill. Stand keg up again. Beer out is now beer in. When it comes out the gas port you know its full :lol:
I can't see why you can't convert any coupler to a wash/fill coupler, so its not just restricted to D types.
The reason I ask, I was about to buy a clean/fill coupler from Kegman, but I'm starting to think its a waste of money and they are full of it about them being different to a regular coupler. Here's what St Pats say about wash/fill couplers.
"Please note the Clean/Fill Coupler is not the same as the Dispense Coupler. They appear very similar but they are not interchangeable."
Cheers