Morkin

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3 days ago I kegged my American Lite Lager. A solid B beer, not great, but tasty. I forced kegged the beer, shook the sh!t out of it.

Sooo, tonight, I go into the basement and find a trail of dried film leading from my fridge to my drain. I open the fridge to find about half an inch of beer in the bottom. One keg is fine, while the other keg was spurting a little bit of beer from the beer out terminal. Not quite the terminal, after the terminal, right by the metal screw that connects the terminal to the keg line out.

I lifted the keg to see how much was left, and to my surprise, all of the beer was gone...... Aparently, the beer slowly escaped last night and into today. 5 gallons, gone overnight. Woah is me.

What could have caused this? My psi was around 15 on the regulator, maybee a lil higher but under 20. Do you think that blew the connector from the terminal to the keg line out? Got picnic tap. Would like to know what piece of equipment to yell at, and don't want to put another 5 gallons into it untill I know what went wrong...

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Frankfurtvr4

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Did you upset Jesus?

Ace_Club

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What metal screw are you talking about? I'm trying to picture it in my head and can't figure out what part of the keg you are describing. A picture would help, or maybe someone else knows off-hand.

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Hoppus_Poppatopolis

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When you say "metal screw" are you talking about a hose clamp? I'm picturing a loose hose connection and beer being blown out.
A picture would be a big help.

juslod

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Rip the delicious nectar of man.. Sorry for your loss.

JohnnyO

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Sounds like a not-so-slow leak through a bum gasket in your liquid-out post. Sorry for your loss, man.

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Morkin

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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/justinalf/5328472011/" title="Busted by JustinAlf, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5010/5328472011_92a84ef685.jpg" width="374" height="500" alt="Busted" /></a>

When i tried to tighten it, I could with my finger, so I guess I needed to tighten it...

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Drinking - Germann Pumpkin Ale
Primary- Schwarzbier
Secondary - Nothing
Bottled - Gose, Eisbock
Kegged - Nothing
Next Batch -
Planning - Berliner Weisse

Morkin

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Damnit try this one. Bad night...http://www.flickr.com/photos/justinalf/5328472011/

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Drinking - Germann Pumpkin Ale
Primary- Schwarzbier
Secondary - Nothing
Bottled - Gose, Eisbock
Kegged - Nothing
Next Batch -
Planning - Berliner Weisse

Bobby_M

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That's a link to a private page. Do your disconnects have a molded hose barb or is it a threaded male flare fitting?

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beninan

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is this the picture you are trying to post?



seems like you may have figured it out though. Sad times man...

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