I just want everyone to make sure that their shank and faucet connections are nice and tight. I lost 4 gallons of my pale ale that i had cold conditioning for over a month. It sat fine for that long and then, I woke up to it all over the floor this morning (luckily the keezer is in the garage).
I believe the circled area was the culprit. In the picture, the connection is securely tightened. When i inspected it this morning, a couple of the threads were showing. When this happens, if you grab the faucet assembly and push down or up, it starts leaking. I believe the faucet just tilted a bit (somehow?), opened up a slight gap between the connection and boom, pale ale everywhere. In addition, the black cap on the faucet was on the floor. Does everyone agree with my assessment of what happened? Or could it have been something else? Anybody have this happen before? It did not drain the C02 tank, just the beer.
I believe the circled area was the culprit. In the picture, the connection is securely tightened. When i inspected it this morning, a couple of the threads were showing. When this happens, if you grab the faucet assembly and push down or up, it starts leaking. I believe the faucet just tilted a bit (somehow?), opened up a slight gap between the connection and boom, pale ale everywhere. In addition, the black cap on the faucet was on the floor. Does everyone agree with my assessment of what happened? Or could it have been something else? Anybody have this happen before? It did not drain the C02 tank, just the beer.