MoreWine! Cellar Keg
R652
A new take on an old favorite!
Most winemakers appreciate the simplicity of using a keg for topping up barrels... apply nitrogen or argon gas pressure and you top up your barrels as needed. Our version of the cellar keg has a couple unique twists, designed after using most others on the market.
We start with a brand new 15.5 gallon keg manufactured in Germany. We cut out the original valve and weld in a 4" tri-clamp ferrule. Some winemakers have told us they do not need the 4" opening. However, the cost difference between a keg with a 2" or 4" opening is very little, and boy is the 4" opening nice when you want to clean it quick by hand. The larger opening also comes in handy for small producers who may need to add oak staves into a cellar keg for structuring.
A unique feature of our Cellar Keg is the 1.5" tri-clamp wine-out connection positioned at a 90 degree angle to the keg. Clamp on a butterfly valve for a consistently sanitary, easy-to-use connection. If you buy a Cellar Keg with a threaded connection the ball-valve that you attach gets contaminated and is hard to clean.
We mentioned above that we start with a German made keg. Other Cellar Kegs on the market are being made with Chinese manufactured kegs. We have imported these and inspected them as we had hope to use them too so we could keep our costs down. We rejected them because of the welds did not fully penetrate and there were open pockets on the inside. Use a keg with bad welds once, no problem, but you will never get it fully sanitized again unless you can cook the entire keg. The last thing you want to do is to have a contamination and then use that wine to top up all your barrels. I also cut my hand the first time I ran it through on the inside - not a great selling feature!
Features
New Stainless steel 15.5 gallon capacity keg
4" opening with Tri-Clamp connection
4" Clamp and gasket included
1.5" Tri-Clamp wine output
1/4" NPT threaded coupler welded into lid for gas connection
Pressure relief "blow-off" valve to protect against over pressurizing
Typically you will need hardware to connect the gas line and hardware to connect a liquid line to a hand-held barrel filling tool. We have listed all these items in the "you might need" section below. Please note we use 1' of the 1/4" beverage line as gas line(rated to 60psi) to connect to the 1/4" gas barb on the keg. On the end of the one foot connect the quick-disconnect set for an easy way to connect and disconnect your gas line.
Click here for complete instructions for the assembly and use of this keg.
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