How to remove a Keg valve safely

How to remove a Keg valve.
In this video I will show how to de-pressurise and remove a Keg valve.
How to make a simple re-usable tool for releasing the pressure and removing the valve safely.
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[@kurtamesbury6679]

BRILLIANT! One of the most creative solutions to a problem I have ever seen on KZbin! More entertaining than the video itself was watching your thought process!!

[@mtb1340]

Wow, thanks!

[@JDMumma]

Genius! Excellent example of divergent thinking! Thank you!

[@DicktheBoyWonder]

I love it when you use what you have to get what you need done! U inspire me to use something simular to remove and replace the split ring on the sankestyle usa kegs! Thanks for sharing! ON on Brother!

[@seankerin2061]

Nice work. Didn't use your setup, but you gave the idea I needed. Cheers

[@jamescairney.]

Thank you. I'll be giving this a bash over the weekend.

[@ManontheOutside]

Awesome hack, thanks, looks much safer than shoving screwdrivers in! I'll use this today, thanks!

[@tonydfixertonydfixer9113]

Great job, that's putting on the thinking cap!

[@gjaberson1726]

Fantastic, real lateral thinking and application. Thank you!

[@mtb1340]

You're very welcome!

[@naghipeter7589]

It’s really working, I do my first keg whit the 2 screwdriver but it’s hard , whit this ,, tool it’s very easy , well done Mr 🤝🍺

[@pendingpublishing663]

About to attempt my first Thank you for now lololol

[@grincreepy1011]

Awesome video, I made your make shift caulk gun with ratchet extension and clamp with rags.. took my time, very slow and didn't shoot any beer out, just air, very easy to do and very helpful video.. getting that ring off was the hardest part

[@mtb1340]

Thanks for the great comments and for Subscribing.

[@ThatJpg]

This is genius mate, cheers. Needed to repurpose a keg and couldn't figure out why I couldn't get it out

[@mtb1340]

Glad to help

[@franksommerfeldt6732]

Great video -- Well described, easy way to remove the keg valve. I'll use your technique when loading kegs with my home made hard cider. This process will easily allow me to carbonate my cider using the CO2 system for the kegerator. THANKS!

[@mtb1340]

Thanks for the great comment

[@boatbuilderjon5636]

genius!

[@nazimgokcezade1651]

NICE WORK, MANY THANKS

[@ukwildcampersouthwest4885]

Fantastic vid, thank you. Just not long spent an hour in the shed trying to take the same out. Watched your vid, did the same with the silicon gun and two minutes later it was out. Just need to buy a new gun now !! Thanks again.

[@mtb1340]

Glad I could help.

[@jesteronetime]

M.Ate .your the man...cheers

[@b.e.d.brewing3909]

This is next level brilliant!

[@shincraft1924]

Clever way to open a keg. Thanks

[@sustainable-strength]

you sir are a genius.

[@jesteronetime]

Mate .Australia thanks you.

[@mtb1340]

Glad to help

[@jesteronetime]

@mtb1340 mate the reason I comment is because I did comment a while ago.and I've used and showed your technique and I swear you have saved many fingers stichers. And totally destroyed kegs through your vid..cheers

[@paulcolliton3511]

Great video thanks for sharing brother

[@jayganesh5515]

You sir are a star

[@gmonkman]

Usually the S-type have a circlip stopping unscrewing of the main body when using a lug. There may be incuts around the top rim for removal of the circlip, but I managed to have one withoout this cut ins - I had to make my own using a dremmel with grinding disk - complete PITA.

[@davidsalmon5047]

Fantastic work a treat 👏 thank you

[@mtb1340]

Thanks for the comment 👍🏼

[@thomasatkins1430]

Very helpful thank you

[@tonyk3728]

Brilliant, many thanks,

[@simonduff117]

Good idea, thank you

[@michaelknowles3993]

great stuff - thanks

[@jackborris5474]

Sunshine wouldn't be so easy in Australian keg😂😂😂

[@SKmattie1]

Wow, easy, thank you

[@Justin-le4ip]

Excellent!

[@johnbaker9483]

Awesome thanks 😊

[@revb0]

Brilliant!

[@nealewiseman7184]

Genius idea

[@isaacharvey]

If you lay the keg on its side before de-pressurising, presumably the spear would be out of the dregs so wouldn't spray the beer out.

[@jamesbagos3459]

There’s children in Europe going to bed sober and you’re wasting beer😂

[@leespencermusic2453]

That’s bang on 👍🏻

[@_Common_Logic_]

Awesome thinking, Sir... Rather than having to mess with the socket adapter and clamp system, you could just cut the two (blue) frame rails short enough for the rod to protrude the proper distance... Drill a small hole in the end of each rail and affix a 2 1/2 inch hose clamp or better yet, a thumb-screw style clamp to the end of the rails with pop rivets through the holes... Just clamp your tool on and pull the trigger. 🙂

[@mtb1340]

Great idea I like that. Thanks fir the comments 👍🏼

[@_Common_Logic_]

@@mtb1340 - You did all the brainwork... It's always easy to add two cents worth after the heavy lifting is done. 😉

[@mtb1340]

And that's how we evolve 👍🏼

[@3rdrockfromthesun23]

Nice!

[@Jimeoin351]

If you depressurise on its side or upside down then beer won't come out.

[@paulgush]

Different systems in Europe and North America, as far as I know. The American ones are retained by a split ring. Screw driver isn't too bad a tool to remove a split ring _as long as you've depressurized it by pushing down the ball_

[@inonoffin8876]

far too messy there at the start lol. Put the keg on its side - voila, no beer escapes and the gas escapes in about a minute. In fact, it really is easy to jar a big screwdriver in to do that bit.

[@London-Lad]

I just got 2 I want to use as a piggy bank. Good idea?

[@wojciech9200]

Polish 👍👍👍

[@rollsofflame]

Any one can answer this question? If you take the vale out can you put water in and use it as a water dispenser once it’s open

[@mtb1340]

You can fill it with what you want, but you will need the correct connection for that keg and some form of air/gas to push the liquid out.

[@kentedgar442]

Ill be filling my half barrels very soon now bc of this video forget pony kegs lol

[@4xmajor]

This was excellent. Thank you! Do you know if Asahi kegs have the same/similar type of valve? (And if your method would work?)

[@mtb1340]

Sorry I don't.

[@feckless7]

Where did you get the keg ? Where should we steal them from ?

[@mtb1340]

Hi, I found mine out the back of a bingo hall. You will find that most of them are owned by the brewery and want them back.

[@MrBigMalT]

You sir are a star! I’ve had a beer keg knocking around for a while and didn’t know how to approach removing the valve. Love your technique. But I’ve got a problem…. I’ve discovered the keg I got has a micromatic (A-type?) valve. It’s too wide for the cut down sealant gun. So tried clamping a piece of 18mm ply across the keg, with a nut set into the underside of the ply, then wound a big bolt in to press on the centre of the valve… but I bent the wood! 😳 Any idea how to depressurise and dismantle this style? Thanks 😊😊

[@mtb1340]

Hi and thanks for the comment. Thinking about how you can depressurise the keg, sticking with your current set up, can you change the wood for a metal rod, DIY shops (B&Q) sell them. Hope that helps.

[@voytekgutek961]

Hi Where I can buy the same keg you got on the video 50l with thread around the valve please? Thanks

[@mtb1340]

I was given mine, try ebay or something

[@neotropos]

Thanks for the video... I've tried this but unfortunately to no avail. Perhaps I'm doing it incorrectly. Please can I ask - do you need to press in the centre (beer) valve or just the outer ring?

[@mtb1340]

You need to press down on the centre of the valve.

[@neotropos]

@@mtb1340 many thanks for this. So the 'bullseye' right in the middle? Might be where I've been going wrong! Cheers 🍺

[@petepaul8224]

Hi mate i got question how much u put PSI to this keg carbonate the beer this is exactly this same like Cornelius keg ? Thanks

[@mtb1340]

Hi Pete, I didn’t pressurise the keg prior to the video they come like that, the video is showing how to remove the pressure safely. Hope that helps.

[@stephenjebb5576]

Same as any other keg.

[@sitedirector4631]

What size was that extension ? 1/2 inch ?

[@mtb1340]

Hi, yes it was.

[@supposedlycollectable4220]

If you put the keg On its side will that beer still come out?

[@matthewrobbb]

When I push down on it, the springs just spring back up and nothing changes been at it for over 2 hours, frustrating the bollox off me hahaha

[@danp7507]

👌

[@floriantoderas4779]

Amneysing

[@mtb1340]

Thank you

[@darnellowens4290]

You should patent your idea 😁

[@stephenjebb5576]

What a waste of good beer! I homebrew and refill sanky kegs. Never needed to remove the spear. Just use the coupler to de-gas, clean and re-fil.

[@mtb1340]

The beer was very old and not mine otherwise I would have drunk it. As for rhe removal of the valve its more for the purpose of reusing the keg for other things. Thanks for watching.

[@alexandrevaliquette1941]

1 You could put the keg on the side to avoid liquid to flow out while releasing the pressure. 2 I'm pretty sure there is a tool to get this job done, perhaps the pouring tap will work?

[@mtb1340]

Thanks for the comment, I'm aware there's a tool to do the same job as my video shows but this is a cheap and quick alternative to buying the more expensive tools.

[@alexandrevaliquette1941]

@@mtb1340 Be creative and get things cheaper is my motto for sure! If you use the keg for beer, I guess you have the tap, no? Can you use the tap to release pressure? Then, take your screwdrivers to loosen up the valve, and finally, use the tap again to release the notch and pull out the valve? If you don't have the tap, how do you use the keg?

[@mtb1340]

@@alexandrevaliquette1941 the video is a guide not a rule. The video is to give you a choice, a different way, a different tool to complete the same task.

[@louisejackson8770]

The pressure in the keg/barrel as they are called in the UK pub trade is to great and it will still shoot out even on its side. I've been on the receiving end of a barrel connector not going on correctly and ended up having a John Smiths shower lol. The type of barrel that is you would need a proper connector which would then go to a pump like you have in a bar. Unless you modify the barrel to take a tap?? But all in all a very good and informative video.

[@alexandrevaliquette1941]

@@louisejackson8770 If the barrel is 99% empty, it make sense that putting it on the side will spray less liquid than letting it in the vertical position. Anyway, I'm just a random dude with no experience with keg and honestly I don't even like the bear nor the alcool. So, I've no fkn idea what I'm doing here! Still, thumbs up for the video and peoples sharing positive comments! Cheers from Montréal, Canada

[@ioandanielursu8340]

You doing everyfing very complicated

[@raten2791]

You left beer in the keg.....thats alcohol abuse!

[@mtb1340]

Risky when it had been there for weeks

[@desmondbroad1305]

I hate waste Ide of got a pint glass 😂

[@mtb1340]

You wouldn't if you new how long it had been in there.🙈