Hand Pump for Corny Serving - Saw this Once....

[benfoot]

Hey all, I know I should just use CO2, but I don't wanna lug my CO2 etc and leave it at an event coming up in November. Also, none of this beer will be left after the lunch so O2 getting on it won't be an issue.

Saw this once in Seattle: a Corny keg, cobra tap for the out, and the in was a turkey baster type rubber bulb (a bit bigger). When pressure got low in the keg, just gave a few pumps of the baster bulb and the beer resumes flowing.

Anyone ever seen one of these? Have any specs on building one? Wondering if grey in connects are one way (i.e. gas can only go in, not out of them?).

[Grizz]

My best guess would be a bulb pump by what you described. Check the link out.

http://www.flaghouse.com/Bulb-Pump-item-15342

[Whitebeard_Brewer]

No, the gas connector is not one way.....ever pressed the poppet in on it to release pressure???

IMO, your best bet is to use one of these: CO2 Injector

[Weenie Boy]

No, the gas connector is not one way.....ever pressed the poppet in on it to release pressure???

IMO, your best bet is to use one of these: CO2 Injector

+1. If that injection bulb doesn't have a one-way valve on it, you will have a bulb full of beer.

Weenie Boy

[benfoot]

Thanks guys - figured the grey connect for gas was not one way - and was thinking i'd need to put a one way valve near the bulb. Here is what I am thinking.

Grey gas connect, 2 inches of tubing, one way valve, bulb.

[CRBrewHound]

They sell a tire type hand pump with an NPT fitting on the end that you could buy, then just screw on a CO2 connector. Although I imagine that this would be easly done buying a bike tire pump at wal-mart with interchangeable ends. Then getting fittings from a plumming supply store or something similar and taking to an NPT.