Mallcrawler
Well-Known Member
So this was my first time kegging, kegged my Dundalk Irish heavy that had just finished up. Force carbed at 20 psi for 3 days, checked it, everything was going great. Had great taste, good carbonation so I dialed it down to serving pressure. I had it at 10psi for almost 2 weeks and was pouring one or two a night from a picnic tap with no problems. Well SWMBO got home before me and immediately called me saying my keg exploded all over the floor. I came home to see my Co2 bottle all iced up and beer all over my carpet spilling out of my mini fridge. I have no clue what happened. The only thing I can think of is when I would put my picnic tap back in the fridge I would place it on top of the keg and I think that it got to cold up there and froze which allowed the valve to open just enough to allow beer to flow and ruin my day. Anyone else have this happen or have any insight on what could have happened? On the plus side SWMBO saw how bummed I was and said I can stop at the LHBS and pick up more supplies to make another batch tomorrow