Hi kegmeisters,
A friend of mine has "a big old keg and a smaller one" that have been in storage on a property a couple of hours out of town. His father used to brew but is a bit beyond that now. He's happy to offload them to me - I'm curious as to how useful they're going to be.
What were the old imperial volume kegs?
I believe the larger ones were 18 gallons and that there was a 9gal (aka a firkin).
11gal kegs are the current 50 litre jobs from pubs.
Sound about right?
I figure that 100+kg of keg and beer isn't going to be too polite to a fridge.
Is tap and line hardware still readily available to use them at home, or should I cut the lid off it and use it for storing brewing crap until I get into all grain brewing ?