5 gallon Sanke Keg...Usable?

[TCC]

Thanks DannyW and RJH311. I hope to put them to good use soon.

[ajlewis13]

I just keep the spear out and fill 'er right up. then put the spear and ring on and pressurize. one disadvantage to using sankey kegs though is that the air pressure you're adding is going on top of the beer rather than when you use the liquid out on a Corney keg. in a Corney keg the air would be able to pass through all the liquid on the way up and carbonate it, so when you pressurize the keg make sure to let it sit for a day or two and shake it up pretty good intermittently during that time.

I also use these...but because of the forced carb issue I prime straight in the keg, about 120g of corn sugar seems to work.

[DannyW]

You can force carb with a sankey coupler just like a corny. You just have to pull out the check valve behind the nut that holds the gas line tail piece on. If that makes no sense I will dig out the camera and take a few pictures.

[ajlewis13]

You can force carb with a sankey coupler just like a corny. You just have to pull out the check valve behind the nut that holds the gas line tail piece on. If that makes no sense I will dig out the camera and take a few pictures.

Pretty sure I know what you're talking about...thanks for the tip!

[Quin]

You can also install spear and gaskets about 1-2 degree Plato above your FG, remove coupler, and let it carbonate naturally. You can still adjust carbonation later if more.less is needed.

[TCC]

You can force carb with a sankey coupler just like a corny. You just have to pull out the check valve behind the nut that holds the gas line tail piece on. If that makes no sense I will dig out the camera and take a few pictures.

A photo would be helpful.

I am assuming you can not force carb just by leaving the sankey coupler as is?

With removing the check valve, do you reinstall it after you force carb to dispense?

Thanks

[Crut]

its pretty simple once you take it apart. Remove the nut from the gas inlet, and there will be a little gray or white rubber piece inside the couple, just pull it out, reinstall the gas connection and your set to go.
-Crut

[DannyW]

You can force carb with a sankey coupler just like a corny. You just have to pull out the check valve behind the nut that holds the gas line tail piece on. If that makes no sense I will dig out the camera and take a few pictures.

A photo would be helpful.

I am assuming you can not force carb just by leaving the sankey coupler as is?

With removing the check valve, do you reinstall it after you force carb to dispense?

Thanks

Wow, now that I read this in the light of day I realize what a dumb thing I wrote yesterday. Of course you do NOT have to remove the check valve to force carb, you just hook it up same as you would for dispensing, keep the keg cold, and wait. For filling and CIP the valves have to be removed, but not for force carbing through the gas attachment.
Here is the whole gas side taken apart:

Here is the check valve, held in the open position: