Dip tube touching bottom

[Christophrawr]

Hi!!

Got my first corny keg and I took a look inside and saw the dip tube is touching the bottom marking it up, is that normal?

Thanks

 

[balrog]

I have several types. Most sit, touching, in depression in either center or side of the bottom.

I vote "normal".

 

[OG-wan Kenobi]

Normal that they touch that's how you get every last drop

 

[day_trippr]

I like the "touching" the well, it means there's about a teaspoon of liquid left after a Star San purge...

Cheers!

 

[Rev2010]

Completely normal. The diptube sits in the dimple at the bottom to get every last drop and also to suck up any settled debris with the first pour. That's why it's good to pull and dump the first couple of ounces (just like 3oz-6oz). If you do like I do and remove the diptube to clean it with a long wire brush you'll find that sometimes when you put it back in place when tightening the post down it's gonna turn the tube a little bit and sometimes it leads to small minute scratches. It's nothing to worry about so long as you clean your kegs and sanitize before use. Some people don't even do that and still have no issues.


Rev.

 

[Christophrawr]

Thanks to everyone's confirmations, I really appreciate it.

 

[william_shakes_beer]

Yes. Most of the kegs I have the liquid poppet is set at a slight angle so the sip tube reaches the center of the bottom depression. Some of then have an offset depression in the bottom beneath the dip tube.

 

[hawkbox]

I had one that completely touched the bottom and I couldn't get flow out of it, not sure how it happened but I cut a couple mm off the bottom and it works a treat now.

 

[govner1]

I shorten the dip tubes in my kegs an inch or so so that I can 1- add a SS dip tube filter and 2- so that I can keg condition