Doom Bar party keg

Victor Churchill said:

Where's the best source for the bungs?
I have a couple of Hobgoblins from Lidl, and an Old Speckled from Sainsburys.
The Hobgobs bungs were rubber and came out intact. The Speckled was a rigid plastic that shattered (and left a bit inside the keg, which I now can't get out!)

I get the impression from a video that you 'can' re-use an original rubber bung, but I am going to need to get at least one replacement bung for the SPeckled keg.

Any particular horror stories or recommendations? Maybe by the time next year's Xmas comes round Santa might get me a CO2 injector tap.... but until then I need to keep it simple!

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An Ankoù said:

I think the ones Oneflewover recommends need to be used with an injector and tap as you can't vent the can with them (unless I was using mine wrongly). These are the bungs you want:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_...ini+keg+bung.TRS0&_nkw=mini+keg+bung&_sacat=0

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Oneflewover said:

Actually I've got both and prefer the ones I linked to, but each to their own. The ones with the red insert are vented then stay vented. The ones I linked to you can remove the hard plastic insert from the rubber bung, serve, then replace it. I think it retains condition and carbonation a bit longer. Depends how long it takes you to get through a keg I guess

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Oneflewover said:

Hahaha, maybe I'm using them wrongly! I've had one blow out under pressure, but it was well over-carbed for a minikeg. No problems otherwise.

I can't get the red ones to reseal properly once vented, I wondered if the 2 red bits come adrift from each other when twisted.

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An Ankoù said:

They're not supposed to and when you reassemble the bung there should be a satisfying "click" to indicate that the plastic bits have linked up. But they have to be aligned properly otherwise it won't go together.
Just had a thought: using a bung underneath would be good for carbonation and then when the pressure drops through drawing off the beer, it could be pushed into the can by using another bung from above, which can then be used as you're using it. Doh!

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Spinningwoman said:

Bother - I bought a Doom Bar minikeg from Tesco planning to reuse for homebrew and was going to use my party star co2 tap on it (because we aren’t going to get through the Doom Bar very quickly). But as far as I can see, I don’t think I can install the party star on the lift-to-vent stopper that is supplied, can I? I don’t think I can push the stalk through the stopper. Or can I? I don’t mind wrecking it to get it out as I’ve got replacements, but I can’t do that when it’s full of beer. Is there a way to push a hole through this stopper?

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