Kegging - Rookie Mistake

Kegged my first beer, a whiskey barrel stout, and followed the directions to a T. Beer was great, carbonation was good. My second, a vanilla porter. I guess I got too confident. I switched the gas and liquid posts on the corney keg after cleaning. In the process of trying to put the connector on the liquid side, with some force, I ended up breaking it. But I didn't stop there, I jacked around with the gas connector and now it leaks. After a bit of frustrating research, apparently there are notches on the gas connector because the two aren't interchangeable. I won't make that mistake again. Guess I'm headed to my HBS store tomorrow to buy new posts and connectors. I assume the beer will be OK. There is only a slight leak on the gas side. I turned it down to 5psi until I can replace it. Gas is cheap right? BTW, I poured a glass of the vanilla porter and it's fantastic. 2oz while kegging, extract.

I have a beer disconnect connected to a spare outlet on my gas bottle so I am able to do this. I am not sure where I read this but I heard that it is easier to force carbonate your beer using the beer post rather then the gas post. I have never really noticed a difference but never tried to compare either.

mamies said:

I have a beer disconnect connected to a spare outlet on my gas bottle so I am able to do this. I am not sure where I read this but I heard that it is easier to force carbonate your beer using the beer post rather then the gas post. I have never really noticed a difference but never tried to compare either.

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It is true. Force carbing from the beer post introduces Co2 into the bottom of the keg. It's not wildly faster but every little trick helps.