Went to tap a pint of my new IPA...it's in the upright freezer that I use for lagering, and for dispensing kegs when I have more than the two that fit in my kegerator.
Disaster! When I opened the door, there is beer slush everywhere...not homebrew, than goodness, but some BMC light beer that people had brought to a Mem Day cookout. Three sixers all together, some bottles broken, some with the caps blown off, a couple intact. No loss on the beer, but a ***** to clean up.
The bigger problem? Two kegs of homebrew (IPA and Wit) FROZEN SOLID. I shake the kegs, no sloshing, no nothing. They're heavy (each is 3/4 full, at least), but not liquid. Rocks.
I identifed the problem...probe for the controller, which normally dangles in the air above the kegs, somehow got stuck between the door seal and the frame of the freezer. So even though I had the box set to 45, the probe kept sensing a higher temp than that and the freezer ran continously. I relocated the probe (more securely this time) and turned it up to 55 to let the kegs thaw.
What's this gonna do to the beer?
Disaster! When I opened the door, there is beer slush everywhere...not homebrew, than goodness, but some BMC light beer that people had brought to a Mem Day cookout. Three sixers all together, some bottles broken, some with the caps blown off, a couple intact. No loss on the beer, but a ***** to clean up.
The bigger problem? Two kegs of homebrew (IPA and Wit) FROZEN SOLID. I shake the kegs, no sloshing, no nothing. They're heavy (each is 3/4 full, at least), but not liquid. Rocks.
I identifed the problem...probe for the controller, which normally dangles in the air above the kegs, somehow got stuck between the door seal and the frame of the freezer. So even though I had the box set to 45, the probe kept sensing a higher temp than that and the freezer ran continously. I relocated the probe (more securely this time) and turned it up to 55 to let the kegs thaw.
What's this gonna do to the beer?