mrgreen4242
Well-Known Member
I just finished my keezer and moved an ESB I've been aging for awhile (really didn't want to bottle it...) into a keg and threw it in the keezer to chill and then put it some gas. In the meantime, I washed and sanitized another keg, which I then used to sanitize my lines and faucets. The sanitizer shot right out of the faucet, all is well.
I then hooked my beer up to one of the faucets and wanted to have a little taste (knowing it won't be car bed but it's not green, and it's cold, so I was hoping for a little sample). I got the tiniest trickle out of it. I'm thinking my beer froze as this keg was on the bottom of the freezer, which is very small so it's basically touching the sides. So, I moved it up to the top shelf, raised the temp a few degrees C and checked it again this morning. Same problem. Im going to wire my fan to run continuously and add a couple inches of insulation under the bottom of the lower keg (as well as keeping the temp a little higher) and hopefully that will solve my problems.
However, is there anything else this could be? Is something else that could be wrong with the keg, and how would I test it? Anyone have any insight to how long i should wait for any icing to thaw before assuming it's a different problem (the keg has liquid, it sloshes around if i shake it, etc)? It was moved up and the temp increased around 9-10 last night, and I tested it this morning around 8. The keezer got down to 3.5C, but the probe is about 16-18" higher than the bottom of the keg, so it could have been really cold down there. I have it set to 5C now (differential of 2C), and will get the fan setup tonight so the temp should be more consistent throughout the whole keezer.
Just looking for advice/reassurance, i guess!
I then hooked my beer up to one of the faucets and wanted to have a little taste (knowing it won't be car bed but it's not green, and it's cold, so I was hoping for a little sample). I got the tiniest trickle out of it. I'm thinking my beer froze as this keg was on the bottom of the freezer, which is very small so it's basically touching the sides. So, I moved it up to the top shelf, raised the temp a few degrees C and checked it again this morning. Same problem. Im going to wire my fan to run continuously and add a couple inches of insulation under the bottom of the lower keg (as well as keeping the temp a little higher) and hopefully that will solve my problems.
However, is there anything else this could be? Is something else that could be wrong with the keg, and how would I test it? Anyone have any insight to how long i should wait for any icing to thaw before assuming it's a different problem (the keg has liquid, it sloshes around if i shake it, etc)? It was moved up and the temp increased around 9-10 last night, and I tested it this morning around 8. The keezer got down to 3.5C, but the probe is about 16-18" higher than the bottom of the keg, so it could have been really cold down there. I have it set to 5C now (differential of 2C), and will get the fan setup tonight so the temp should be more consistent throughout the whole keezer.
Just looking for advice/reassurance, i guess!