Adding Co2 valve to mini (easy) kegs

[Berry454]

I have 20 of the 5l easy kegs similar to the ones you get beer in from the supermarket.

Has anyone tried adding a Co2 valve to the top of these easy kegs 5lt?

DIY Mini 5L Keg Co2 System - Just In View

I was recently wondering if there are any easy ways to re-carbonate a mini keg for homebrewing purposes. Much searching led me to an article found here that explains how to capture Co2 from your first ferment process, and reuse it to carbonate your beer. A brilliant idea! I on the other hand...

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Presta valves can be bought super cheap on eBay. Fill the kegs using a Co2 bike tyre inflator? Test the pressure in the kegs by hooking a cheap bike pump up to the valve after filling with the tyre Inflator?

Seems like a great way to be able to pour a pint, re pressurise using the Co2 tyre inflator then be able to keep that keg fresh for months after the first pint was poured?

I have like 20 of these mini kegs. Would appreciate if someone could let me know if this would work or not? I'm really not a huge beer drinker. If I want more than one or two drinks I'll always opt for the gin or wine. So it would be super helpful to be able to pour a pint or two then add Co2 to keep that same keg fresh for months before drawing another pint.

 

[Tanglefoot]

Have a look at these threads, lots of reports of these kegs leaving a metallic taint to the beer after a while.
5 or 10L stainless steel mini kegs are a decent investment and designed for the job.

Stainless Steel Mini Kegs

Has anyone had experience of these Minikeg single Stainless Steel Keg Until now I have been using Ghost Ship kegs from Tesco but after a few uses the beer develops a metallic taste, especially if it has been in the keg a month or two. These look to be the ideal solution, is there a catch?

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Mini-kegs

Apologies if this isn’t the right section, but is anyone able to advise….. I have a couple of empty 5L mini-kegs from a local micro-brewery. CanI reuse themor are they single use? Thanks.

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