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Forging two sanke kegs into a single kettle?

Post by sleepyjamie » Mon Jun 18, 2012 12:13 pm

I have two extra 50L sanke kegs. I was wondering if anyone has seen any photos of anyone who have converted both into a single kettle?
I was thinking of cutting the bottom off of one of the kegs and the top off the other and merging them into a big brew pot.

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Re: Forging two sanke kegs into a single kettle?

Post by LiverDance » Mon Jun 18, 2012 1:27 pm

That's what we use.

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Re: Forging two sanke kegs into a single kettle?

Post by sleepyjamie » Mon Jun 18, 2012 2:01 pm

nice.

how big of a batch can you do?
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Re: Forging two sanke kegs into a single kettle?

Post by GAM » Mon Jun 18, 2012 2:12 pm

The General or Chris?

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Re: Forging two sanke kegs into a single kettle?

Post by LiverDance » Mon Jun 18, 2012 2:17 pm

sleepyjamie wrote:nice.

how big of a batch can you do?
On that system we can do 60L (final product) at a time.
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Re: Forging two sanke kegs into a single kettle?

Post by sleepyjamie » Mon Jun 18, 2012 2:40 pm

thought so. looks good!
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Re: Forging two sanke kegs into a single kettle?

Post by bluenose » Mon Jun 18, 2012 4:16 pm

GAM wrote:The General or Chris?
Both ;)
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