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Kegging in sixtels
Whats a sixtel?
Its a 5 gallonish keg but with the normal Sanke hook up. Very similar dimensions to a corny keg. Sometimes called a sixth barrel. See photo.
I was in the walk-in cooler of my local package store and saw a couple sixtels of beer from DFH recently.
I thought to myself maybe it would be cool to get a sanke/CO2 hook up to be able to swap in commercial beer ordered in sixtels right to my own kegorator at home occasionally.
Then I was thinking beyond this and thought about actually kegging homebrew this way and doing away with cornies.
Like it or not cornies are getting harder and harder to find. Ultimately, this might be the packaging of the future for home keggers. Anyone ever seen this size keg used somewhere? Probably not, but I wonder where the future lies for homebrewers and these kegs.
Thoughts?
Actually, know that I think of it. A "slim quarter" might make an interesting fermenter, no?
And your right. A Sixtel is an easy switch from a corny, assuming anybody uses enough of them so that they are available.
How do you get the beer in to a sixtel?
Xian24 wrote:
How do you get the beer in to a sixtel?
You would have to snap off the retention ring, and pull the spear, fill it, replace the spear, and snap the retention ring back on.
This explains it more detailed. http://www.physics.arizona.edu/~workman … Sanke.html
I have seen these sixths quite a bit actually. Many of the high end (expensive) beers are packaged this way to make them more affordable. Not too many people are willing to shell out $350 for a keg of st Bernardus 12 or DFH 90 minute. But the may drop $125 on a sixth.
Are there any home brewers doing this yet? I'd love to get away from cornies.
thirsty wrote:
This explains it more detailed. http://www.physics.arizona.edu/~workman … Sanke.html
Interesting point. For this to work on the homebrew scale we'll need the official tool for removing the spear assembly, but to make it easier to clean. OR we'll need to rig up some sort of sanke hook up to pump in and out cleaning solution.
My real motivation is to get more corny keggers to start looking for these, to leave more cornies around for me!
brewchez wrote:
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My real motivation is to get more corny keggers to start looking for these, to leave more cornies around for me!
I only have 10, and they are near and dear to my heart- you get NONE!! 
thirsty wrote:
brewchez wrote:
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My real motivation is to get more corny keggers to start looking for these, to leave more cornies around for me!I only have 10, and they are near and dear to my heart- you get NONE!!
My seven are totally spoken for. And if I find more, tooooooo bad. West Coast is mine! :-)
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