Microbrewery keg filled with yeast?

Hello all,

I'm new to kegging and this is my first time using my kegerator for any commercial keg. I bought it yesterday from mu local microbrewery. I set it in my kegerator to cool and settle overnight and tapped it tonight. The first pint I pulled was foam, no big deal, the second was almost complete yeast. I continued to pore beers 2-7 and all seemed to be mostly filled with yeast. The beer started to clear towards 6 and 7 but there is only mild hop aroma and a wicked yeast smell. Its usually a great IPA with a strong hop aroma. What happened?! Did I get the last runnings from the fermentor? This can't be normal, right?!

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I would take it back and show them the pictures you took.

indianaroller said:

I would take it back and show them the pictures you took.

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And maybe harvest some of that yeast, because why not?

Yeah, i agree you should show them the pictures, I would hope they send a free keg your way. Thats just not cool

Return to the source!

Horseballs said:

And maybe harvest some of that yeast, because why not?

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This^ (while trying to get a replacement keg for your troubles)

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I boiled and sanitized water and a jar this morning! I'll post a picture of the yeast I harvested once it re-settles. I called the microbrewery and i'm going to return the keg this afternoon.

Make sure you get something for your trouble...your the one hauling it to and fro.

And if they don't replace it, for you, don't buy any more of their beer.

As expected they were extremely apologetic and had fair rationale for the keg mishap. They treated my gf and I to lunch with drinks and replaced the keg. On top of that, the brewmaster came out and shot the **** with me about home brew for about 30 minutes.

My negative feelings have been completely erased! Also I scored some of their yeast for my next ale (see image)!

Glad it worked out.

I bet if you would have asked him for some yeast they would have pulled you as much as you wanted.

One of the local breweries near me offers yeast to home brewers.

Wow that's really sweet. Glad they more than made up for the error. Good business practice if you ask me.

When I toured Franconia, they guy pitched a 30-barrel batch with a corny keg full of yeast. Maybe they got some kegs mixed up in your case...

Awesome, im glad there good people!

Awesome, im glad there good people!