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[EWW]

I got gifted a couple old kegs from a now defunct brewery and I'm wondering what is the best way to remove the old wooden bungs? I want to replace them with silicone bungs so I can use them as primaries, so any advice is appreciated. Thanks!

[Dave]

Sorry I don't have an answer but if you read the thread title fast it seems like something else...

[Greatfookin]

I remember a party when I was younger, that someone went for a 3rd and 4th keg, and one of them was the side bung, and we had no tapper for it.My very Irish, and very drunk buddy, was not to be deterred from getting in to the bubbly swill inside, so he laid the keg on its side, and took a hammer to the bung, and drove it into the keg, COVERING ALL IN THE ROOM WITH BEER, WHICH DEFLECTED OFF THE CEILING.I would hazard a guess that a screw-in automotive dent puller would work for getting it out.

[MyaCullen]

I got gifted a couple old kegs from a now defunct brewery and I'm wondering what is the best way to remove the old wooden bungs? I want to replace them with silicone bungs so I can use them as primaries, so any advice is appreciated. Thanks!

damn, the Joy of homebrewing actually had a section on doing this, but I havn't seen my copy in a while. That was helpful eh.. sorry

[Recklessdeck]

damn, the Joy of homebrewing actually had a section on doing this, but I havn't seen my copy in a while. That was helpful eh.. sorry

actually about as helpful as the book, I checked and it doesn't have any useful info. I say just depressurize and get out the hammer. either that or an oversize corkscrew

[EWW]

actually about as helpful as the book, I checked and it doesn't have any useful info. I say just depressurize and get out the hammer. either that or an oversize corkscrew

I just checked this as well. I think I might sink a big lag bolt into it and try to use 2 vicegrips to pull it out.

[MyaCullen]

I just checked this as well. I think I might sink a big lag bolt into it and try to use 2 vicegrips to pull it out.

you might have better luck if you can get a scre into it and use a slide hammer. a lag bolt seems like it would probably swell the plug bigger

[Mudd]

I would drill a big ol' hole in the bung...Large enough to fit a narrow jig saw blade.With the blade attached to the jig saw, make 4 or 5 equidistant cuts from center toalmost touch the S Steel.Now you can break it out with a hammer and wood chisel.Any pieces that fall inside will be able to be easily retrieved.

[EWW]

I would drill a big ol' hole in the bung...Large enough to fit a narrow jig saw blade.With the blade attached to the jig saw, make 4 or 5 equidistant cuts from center toalmost touch the S Steel.Now you can break it out with a hammer and wood chisel.Any pieces that fall inside will be able to be easily retrieved.

I ended up doing basically this, but with hand tools since I did not want to risk compromising the metal on the keg. It worked pretty well. I used a chisel to pull out most of the material of the bung to reduce the risk of a big piece falling in that I may have a hard time getting out by hand. Thanks all. Now I just need to clean and polish these bad boys and get the bungs and stoppers to convert them into nice primaries.

[cj in j]

Didn't see this thread until now. Two ways we use at the brewery. First depressurize (kind of important if you don't want a face full of old beer). Then either drill a couple of holes in the bung and use a strong screw driver to pry the bung out, or just use the screw driver to pry it out without the drilling. I always thought the drilling method was easier, but the young buck at the brewery likes the pry method.

[Slainte]

Sorry I don't have an answer but if you read the thread title fast it seems like something else...

LOL, on the home page under the last post info it reads:"removing a wood bung from a ss..."

[3rd party JKor]

LOL, on the home page under the last post info it reads:"removing a wood bung from a ss..."

[3rd party JKor]