Beer Keg - What to do?

[kellya01]

I have an old beer keg lying around in the shed and apart from making a spit roast oven out of it I have no other use for it. Does anyone have any DIY ideas for an empty keg?

Thanks!

[wheelinround]

stainless or ali

[echnidna]

Do a sell or swap deal with a home brewer

[kellya01]

the keg is stainless.

[peter_sm]

Home brew

[watson]

G'day,
Does it have modern clamp fittings, or a threaded fitting.

[kellya01]

its an older west end draught keg with a threaded fitting.

[watson]

PM sent

[BobL]

What about a portable pressure vessel. Fit some air fittings to it and use it to take air to things you can't take a compressor to. It doesn't need a high pressure as it has a largish volume.

[zathras]

Make beer and fill it (temporarily)

[Geoff Dean]

If you are into camping, they make a magnificent hot water service.

Weld 19mm threaded pipe joiner onto the side around 3/4 to 4/5 of the way up.

Drill a hole thru the side of the keg thru the middle of the pipe joiner.

Screw a piece of threaded 19mm pipe into the joiner for a spout.

If you still have the "stem" from the keg down the centre that is good.

Put on fire and heat. When you want hot water, just pour it in the top thru the stem. Cold water goes down to bottom of keg, hot water comes out spout.

I leave mine on the fire all the time and can get 3 8 min showers from a keg full. The first is about 1/2 keg 1/2 cold water. The second is about 3/4 keg 1/4 cold water and the 3rd is all keg. Needs a good hot fire though.

[metalfabricator]

sell it as scrap metal and buy a scooner.

[acton]

A good keg is probably worth quite a bit ... worth thousands new. If you're not inclined to try and sell it, then I've seen them used for heaps of things (including the spit roast). I've seen many turned into very effective stills (for making essential oils and distilled water of course!), some turned into excellent backyard foundrys, nifty stools (round padded cushion on top), camping appliances, little shed heaters, even pot plants. The stainless is usually very high grade and construction is very solid. Most are rated to 60psi or there-abouts. Pretty difficult to drill and cut neatly though.

[Bluegum]

One of the bloke I work with turned one into an esky. Took a bit of work but it came up really well. he cut it in half then added some clips to it then a seal and instant esky.

[welder.man]

I have made a few old kegs and 44's into BBQ's over the years, they work really well and are a breeze to keep clean.

The one in the picture was made using the burners from an old primus camping stove I bought for $1 at the markets.

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