Stainless Keg with 6" Tri-Clamp Top, 304L, 15.5 Gallon and Pony Keg

A standard stainless beer keg with the top cut out and a 6 inch tri-clamp ferrule welded in its place, so you get a large sanitary opening on a vessel that already rolls on every keg dolly. 304L stainless, built for ethanol handling. 15.5 gallon half barrel $180, 7.75 gallon pony keg $165.

Two half barrels and one pony keg left. When they are gone that is the end of the run unless somebody wants a batch.

Specification

If you need more than 15 psi (1 bar) to move ethanol out of a keg, something else in your setup is wrong, and turning the regulator up is not the fix. We are not going to pretend a keg is something it is not. It is a robust, sanitary, low pressure liquid vessel with a big lid.

Quarter barrel shells come in a squat and a slim version. We have one pony keg left and we will confirm its exact height and diameter before it ships if the footprint matters to you.

What we do to it, and what it is for

• We start with a finished keg, cut a 5.87 inch hole in the top, and weld a 6 inch tri-clamp ferrule in. About an hour of work per keg.
• The 6 inch opening is the whole point. A hand, a hose, a filter sock or a dip tube go straight in, and you can see and scrub the inside, instead of working through a 2 inch sanke opening with a bent wand.
• We made these for ethanol. Bulk storage and transfer, decanting, holding a batch between steps, anything where you want a sealed sanitary container one person can move and that does not cost what a jacketed vessel costs.
• The shell keeps standard keg dimensions, so it fits any keg dolly, rack, cooler or keg washer you already own.

What comes with it, and what does not

• The keg with the ferrule welded on. That is it.
• No cap, no clamp, no gasket. Almost everyone who buys one of these wants something specific on the lid, a port arrangement, a dip tube, a valve, a fitting for their own line, so we do not guess. Email info@nboler.com with what you want on the lid and we will build the cap to suit.
• Our 6 inch tri-clamp end caps, 6 inch high pressure clamps and 6 inch gaskets are sold separately and any of them will fit this.
• No dip tube. We do not stock one, and if you want one it goes on the custom cap.
• Not jacketed, so there is no way to heat or cool it through the wall.
• The sanke fitting is gone, so a beer coupler will not attach.
• Not rated for hydrocarbon service at pressure, and it cannot be certified as a pressure vessel.

Stock, and ordering a batch

Two half barrels and one pony keg on the shelf in Bend. When those sell the listing goes empty, and we have not run a batch of these in a long time. We can make them again, but it takes a minimum of 10 to 20 units to be worth setting up for. Email info@nboler.com if you want a quantity quoted. One or two at a time is not something we can restart production for, and we would rather tell you that than take your money and leave you waiting.

$220 was our regular price on the half barrel. These are the last units of an old run and we would rather see them working than sitting on the floor.

More on where a stamped pressure vessel is required and where it is not: ASME vs Non-ASME Extraction Equipment.

SPECIFICATIONS

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