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[3rd party JKor]

I've happened upon a 2-gallon stainless pressure vessel, it pretty much looks like a corny keg, but instead of ball/pin-lock posts it just has four 1/4" NPT female fittings (one has a dip tube attached). I'd like to use it to tote my beer around, but I need a way to hook up a dispensing system. I have an idea in my head of how to do it, but I want to get other opinions before I put it out there.It basically looks like this, except shorter:

[Genesee Ted]

I would put gas in attachments on all of the gas ones and a liquid out on the one with the dip tube and call it a day. What was this used for previously?

[3rd party JKor]

I would put gas in attachments on all of the gas ones and a liquid out on the one with the dip tube and call it a day.

The problem with disconnects is that they have a weird, possibly proprietary, threaded fitting for the posts. I've never seen a way to go from a female pipe thread to a corney keg post.

What was this used for previously?

Testing of chemical warfare agents.

[Genesee Ted]

Ah, I missed that they are female fittings. Hmm.

[Thirsty]

Testing of chemical warfare agents.

May want to have the family hamster take a few sips off the first pint and observe!Is this in fact going to be a carry and go type of system? Are you going to force carb it, or fill it before travel? Or prime? Do you have any fittings that match up the threads? If you can expand off the posts those little CO2 cartridges work well, and they have a 1/4" female connector, so you would need a 1/4" coupler. Now that you have the tank, do you have access to rob the apparatus it was originally used for?

[stellarbrew]

You could use 1/4" MPT x 1/4" MFL fittings, and then put 1/4" FFL fittings on your gas and beer lines.https://www.midwestsupplies.com/products/ProdByID.aspx?ProdID=7951Edit: To be able to hold pressure in your tank when you disconnect the lines, it might be a good idea to put 1/4" ball valves directly on the tank with a 1/4" close nipple, and then continue from the ball valves with fittings mentioned.

Edited by stellarbrew, 06 October 2009 - 12:24 PM.

[3rd party JKor]

You could use 1/4" MPT x 1/4" MFL fittings, and then put 1/4" FFL fittings on your gas and beer lines.https://www.midwests...spx?ProdID=7951Edit: To be able to hold pressure in your tank when you disconnect the lines, it might be a good idea to put 1/4" ball valves directly on the tank with a 1/4" close nipple, and then continue from the ball valves with fittings mentioned.

That's pretty much what I came up with. 1/4" shutoff valves attached to the tank fittings, followed by a flare adapter. On the gas side, I would attach a CO2 cartridge injector. On the liquid side, I'd go straight to a picnic tap. With the two remaining 1/4" taps I was planning on adding pressure gauge and a pressure relief.I was going to buy everything from McMaster, but they don't have the SS 45° flare adapter, they only have 37°.

[Dale Hair]

I've happened upon a 2-gallon stainless pressure vessel, it pretty much looks like a corny keg, but instead of ball/pin-lock posts it just has four 1/4" NPT female fittings (one has a dip tube attached). I'd like to use it to tote my beer around, but I need a way to hook up a dispensing system. I have an idea in my head of how to do it, but I want to get other opinions before I put it out there.It basically looks like this, except shorter:

[Dale Hair]

I've happened upon a 2-gallon stainless pressure vessel, it pretty much looks like a corny keg, but instead of ball/pin-lock posts it just has four 1/4" NPT female fittings (one has a dip tube attached). I'd like to use it to tote my beer around, but I need a way to hook up a dispensing system. I have an idea in my head of how to do it, but I want to get other opinions before I put it out there.It basically looks like this, except shorter:

I've seen these on a dairy farm. When a cow's milk needed to be tested this is what they used.

[Winkydowbrewing]

obvious question, the lid is different dimension than a corny keg right?

[3rd party JKor]

obvious question, the lid is different dimension than a corny keg right?

Yeah, it's quite a bit larger.

[Stout_fan]

May want to have the family hamster take a few sips off the first pint and observe! ...

That's why this is for "Friends". JK would NEVER drink from it!

[3rd party JKor]

That's why this is for "Friends". JK would NEVER drink from it!