Skarekrough
Well-Known Member
So a few minutes ago I was sitting around typing when I heard a loud bang from downstairs. Thinking the worst (a newly installed hanging liquor cabinet) I ran down to see what happened. After a few minutes I found a keg had tipped over.
It looked odd so I gave it a once over before I righted it. The bottom of it was so mis-shapen that it had fallen over. Since it had been standing upright since Monday when I used it to hold a batch of Chimay Blue clone I knew something was wrong.
I took it outside and vented it.
You know those movies where they strike oil and the pressure sends it up into the sky about 100 feet?
Yeah, that's what happened.
So, I vented it and the bottom came back into shape. It has an old style handle so I was able to leave it vented and hose it down as the eruption subsided.
It's in the driveway now and I need to make a decision.
This beer was kegged a few days ago. I used the Beer Captured instruction and went with 1/3 cup of corn sugar and 1/2 cup of Clear Candi Sugar to carb as I would do in bottles.
Do I let it ride out the wave in the driveway and let fermentation of the sugars complete? Should I toss it into the lagering fridge and crank the temps down to 33 degrees in hopes that it will stop fermentation?
I also have another keg of the stuff that I did the same thing. I vented it to make sure it wouldn't detonate and it seems fine.
Thanks for any help that can be offered.
It looked odd so I gave it a once over before I righted it. The bottom of it was so mis-shapen that it had fallen over. Since it had been standing upright since Monday when I used it to hold a batch of Chimay Blue clone I knew something was wrong.
I took it outside and vented it.
You know those movies where they strike oil and the pressure sends it up into the sky about 100 feet?
Yeah, that's what happened.
So, I vented it and the bottom came back into shape. It has an old style handle so I was able to leave it vented and hose it down as the eruption subsided.
It's in the driveway now and I need to make a decision.
This beer was kegged a few days ago. I used the Beer Captured instruction and went with 1/3 cup of corn sugar and 1/2 cup of Clear Candi Sugar to carb as I would do in bottles.
Do I let it ride out the wave in the driveway and let fermentation of the sugars complete? Should I toss it into the lagering fridge and crank the temps down to 33 degrees in hopes that it will stop fermentation?
I also have another keg of the stuff that I did the same thing. I vented it to make sure it wouldn't detonate and it seems fine.
Thanks for any help that can be offered.