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There's a first for everyone, right?
I've been sitting on a keg in my lagering fridge for a few months now, and I decided that I wanted to move it to a new keg; the idea was that when I wanted to move the keg up to my kegerator I wouldn't have any yeast cake on the bottom to disturb.
The first half of the transfer went super smooth; the beer was already carbed, so I attached a liquid to liquid line to move the beer into the new keg. Beer started flowing and all was good. Eventually the beer stopped flowing, so I relieved some pressure from the new keg by adding an open gas quick disconnect to the gas post; beer flowed and all was good.
Then at about half of the beer transferred I heard a sort of hollow pop, a lot like what it sounds like when you open the keg lid, and the beer stopped flowing. I tried adding CO2, but it just escaped the keg. After a bit of inspection I found that the static safety relief valve, I use pin lock kegs, had failed. It seems like the decreasing pressure caused the valve to break? I'm not sure.
So, with a half keg of beer to move, I needed to figure out how to finish moving the beer. I put the good lid from the new keg onto the old one so I could establish a bit of pressure. I put the broken lid on the new keg just to prevent stuff from falling in the hold, and connected the liquid to liquid line again.
That went well until the new keg was about full; then foam started to slowly seep out of the broken lid. I wasn't too concerned, and I put a towel under the new keg to prevent any little spills. Unfortunately I didn't realize what was about to happen. I'm not sure of the cause (though I think it was the beer in the new keg releasing CO2 as the new keg was warm), but the new keg started a beer foam fountain through the broken lid. I quickly disconnected the old keg from the CO2 which didn't slow the flow, then the liquid to liquid lines, which again didn't slow the flow, and then I removed the broken lid to replace it with the working one.
A bit of mopping later, and I'm in the market for a new lid. Woo beer making! It is always an adventure. On the bright side, my hands and clothes smell lovely right now.
The kegs were from Keg Connection; they were B-grade, and they have worked great up until now. I got them on a great deal, and I am not disappointed. It is a little annoying that one of them broke, but I knew they were not new quality when I bought them.
I've been sitting on a keg in my lagering fridge for a few months now, and I decided that I wanted to move it to a new keg; the idea was that when I wanted to move the keg up to my kegerator I wouldn't have any yeast cake on the bottom to disturb.
The first half of the transfer went super smooth; the beer was already carbed, so I attached a liquid to liquid line to move the beer into the new keg. Beer started flowing and all was good. Eventually the beer stopped flowing, so I relieved some pressure from the new keg by adding an open gas quick disconnect to the gas post; beer flowed and all was good.
Then at about half of the beer transferred I heard a sort of hollow pop, a lot like what it sounds like when you open the keg lid, and the beer stopped flowing. I tried adding CO2, but it just escaped the keg. After a bit of inspection I found that the static safety relief valve, I use pin lock kegs, had failed. It seems like the decreasing pressure caused the valve to break? I'm not sure.
So, with a half keg of beer to move, I needed to figure out how to finish moving the beer. I put the good lid from the new keg onto the old one so I could establish a bit of pressure. I put the broken lid on the new keg just to prevent stuff from falling in the hold, and connected the liquid to liquid line again.
That went well until the new keg was about full; then foam started to slowly seep out of the broken lid. I wasn't too concerned, and I put a towel under the new keg to prevent any little spills. Unfortunately I didn't realize what was about to happen. I'm not sure of the cause (though I think it was the beer in the new keg releasing CO2 as the new keg was warm), but the new keg started a beer foam fountain through the broken lid. I quickly disconnected the old keg from the CO2 which didn't slow the flow, then the liquid to liquid lines, which again didn't slow the flow, and then I removed the broken lid to replace it with the working one.
A bit of mopping later, and I'm in the market for a new lid. Woo beer making! It is always an adventure. On the bright side, my hands and clothes smell lovely right now.
The kegs were from Keg Connection; they were B-grade, and they have worked great up until now. I got them on a great deal, and I am not disappointed. It is a little annoying that one of them broke, but I knew they were not new quality when I bought them.
