cyberbackpacker
Well-Known Member
Keggin newbi here needs help.
I just got my lines and regulator hooked up this evening, and then transferred my Irish Red into the Keg. It was CRYSTAL clear until my siphon picked up some of the cake in the last 1/8 of the bucket... D'oh!
MY PROBLEM is I have a dual regulator (
(micromatic) that I picked up used that I see on their site they actually list it as a secondary reg not a primary. But I removed the hose barb on the high pressure side with the proper nipple/washer/nut to attach to my 10# tank.
I have my handles turned all the way in, which I assumed would be near zero pressure, but it is so STRONG that it actually triggered my kegs pressure relief valve and turning out doesn't seem to turn down the pressure either. Also, my low pressure gauges don't seem to be working right as one returns to zero and the other 40 when I detach the gas and clear the lines but neither really are giving me a good reading when I do have the gas on.
Any ideas?
In the end I gave the keg a few shots of co2, and purged to make sure I got any o2 out and then gave it another shot and purged until I felt there was just enough to keep the lid sealed.
So I am not actually carbing yet because of my regulator issue. But my FIL will be here Sat and Sun night and he is looking forward to trying this (as am I).
Oh, also I think in my haste to get the beer transferred and get my son to swim lessons on time, I may have watered down the beer. I had starsan in the keg, forced it out with co2 to sanitize the diptube, tubing, etc. and then immediately started to transfer without dumping what was/may have been still behind. I totally spaced that the dip tube doesn't pick up all the fluid and that there is always some left behind.
Again, D'oh!
I just got my lines and regulator hooked up this evening, and then transferred my Irish Red into the Keg. It was CRYSTAL clear until my siphon picked up some of the cake in the last 1/8 of the bucket... D'oh!
MY PROBLEM is I have a dual regulator (
I have my handles turned all the way in, which I assumed would be near zero pressure, but it is so STRONG that it actually triggered my kegs pressure relief valve and turning out doesn't seem to turn down the pressure either. Also, my low pressure gauges don't seem to be working right as one returns to zero and the other 40 when I detach the gas and clear the lines but neither really are giving me a good reading when I do have the gas on.
Any ideas?
In the end I gave the keg a few shots of co2, and purged to make sure I got any o2 out and then gave it another shot and purged until I felt there was just enough to keep the lid sealed.
So I am not actually carbing yet because of my regulator issue. But my FIL will be here Sat and Sun night and he is looking forward to trying this (as am I).
Oh, also I think in my haste to get the beer transferred and get my son to swim lessons on time, I may have watered down the beer. I had starsan in the keg, forced it out with co2 to sanitize the diptube, tubing, etc. and then immediately started to transfer without dumping what was/may have been still behind. I totally spaced that the dip tube doesn't pick up all the fluid and that there is always some left behind.
Again, D'oh!