keg froze - problem?

I had a keg full of rootbeer that I made for my kids. The rootbeer never got carbonated so I decided to throw it out. Low and behold the top layer of the rootbeer was frozen so I guess that was why it never got charged. So I filled it with a hard cider and I can't get the stuff to carbonate. Not frozen - I checked (once bitten...). Could I have done some damage to the keg? I have had it on 20 psi for weeks and nothing!

is it leaking?

I doubt it's damaged at 20 psi. Check your dip tube. Make sure it's not clogged.

I checked for leaks - no problems there. How would I check the dip tube? Do I take off the little intake thingy?

Are you laying your CO2 bottle on its side and putting liquid CO2 into the keg?

falmike said:

Are you laying your CO2 bottle on its side and putting liquid CO2 into the keg?

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nope - it's standing. And my other keg is getting enough gas. I'm going to check the stems today.

falmike said:

Are you laying your CO2 bottle on its side and putting liquid CO2 into the keg?

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You can check your dip tube without tearing it down by what falmike said...

If you can hook up a black (beer) side QD to your gas cylinder you should be able to push gas through the dip tube.

Or you can release the gas, remove the beer out post and dip tube then blow into it to see if it's clogged. Then resanitize and assemble.