RidingDonkeys
Well-Known Member
So I've brewed about ten batches and have never had a bad batch. I recently started kegging and had something happen the other night that concerns me.
I've heard that if you splash the beer going into secondary or a bottling bucket, that you'll get the wet cardboard taste to the beer. Never tasted that, but it doesn't sound pretty. While I was filling my second keg the other night, my spigot kept getting clogged, stopping the flow and leaving air in the tube going to the keg. I would simply rock the bucket gently and flow would resume, but it would force all the air from the tube and send bubbles through the beer in the keg. This happened several times. Only after I replaced the spear (I use sankes) did it occur to me that I probably screwed the pooch.
I'm waiting for it to prime now, but I can't stand the suspense. Am I worrying over nothing here?
I've heard that if you splash the beer going into secondary or a bottling bucket, that you'll get the wet cardboard taste to the beer. Never tasted that, but it doesn't sound pretty. While I was filling my second keg the other night, my spigot kept getting clogged, stopping the flow and leaving air in the tube going to the keg. I would simply rock the bucket gently and flow would resume, but it would force all the air from the tube and send bubbles through the beer in the keg. This happened several times. Only after I replaced the spear (I use sankes) did it occur to me that I probably screwed the pooch.
I'm waiting for it to prime now, but I can't stand the suspense. Am I worrying over nothing here?