Keg Anomaly?

[gcdowd]

I have a dual tap kegerator and the strangest thing happened right now. One beer pours, the other does not. Checked the pressure, all seems well. Checked the keg, not empty. I didn't open it yet but I'm so confused. Anyone know what the problem could be?

 

[Dan]

I had something similar happen recently. The outpost tube was clogged with hops.

 

[gcdowd]

I thought maybe a clog, but this wasn't dry hopped, and I racked carefully. I suppose something else could be clogging it. Shall I open her up?

 

[Dan]

Open it up and check, at least you'll rule that option out. Another thought, sounds stupid (don't ask me how I know this?)

On another keg, different time. Flow was coming out of the tap, very, very, slowly. I bumped up the pressure quite a lot (20 psi), no better. Finally took a look at my new plumbing and realized I'd turned off the CO2 valve at one of the pressure distribution manifolds.

 

[gcdowd]

Open it up and check, at least you'll rule that option out. Another thought, sounds stupid (don't ask me how I know this?)

On another keg, different time. Flow was coming out of the tap, very, very, slowly. I bumped up the pressure quite a lot (20 psi), no better. Finally took a look at my new plumbing and realized I'd turned off the CO2 valve at one of the pressure distribution manifolds.

Oh man. I definitely checked to make sure the tank was on and air flowing, but I've done that in the past. Doh

 

[mosquitocontrol]

If the line was draped near the wall of the keezer the beer in the line could be frozen. Had that happen a few times.

 

[gcdowd]

If the line was draped near the wall of the keezer the beer in the line could be frozen. Had that happen a few times.

I'm sure as you were typing this, I found it. It was exactly that, part of the line was frozen. Holy crap!

 

[Dan]

Is there pressure in your keg? If you hit the saftey relief, strong pressure comes out? If it's not ball lock there isn't a pressure reilief valve that you can manually vent, but you can still check by pushing in the CO2 in fitting on a pin-lock.


Edit: Oops, never mind. :)

 

[gcdowd]

Is there pressure in your keg? If you hit the saftey relief, strong pressure comes out? If it's not ball lock there isn't a pressure reilief valve that you can manually vent, but you can still check by pushing in the CO2 in fitting on a pin-lock.

Edit: Oops, never mind.

Haha yeah, the first thing I did was pull the relief valve and I heard it backfill, that's how I knew it wasn't the pressure. Thanks for the input though!

 

[Dan]

Glad to hear all worked out well. Thank you for posting the question. I learned something, never would have thought about checking frozen beer lines!

 

[gcdowd]

Glad to hear all worked out well. Thank you for posting the question. I learned something, never would have thought about checking frozen beer lines!

You learn something new every day, that was my lesson of the day as well.

 

[zachattack]

Get a fan in that freezer!

 

[gcdowd]

I think it's because my kegerator is on my back porch, which is basically outdoor temperature. It never happened in the summer/fall. Think I gotta bring it indoors...

 

[zachattack]

Ah. Yes you do.

 

[passedpawn]

The rootbeer line freezes up in my kegerator if the product line is against the front wall of the keezer. Beer has a lower freezing temp because of the alcohol, so I've never had a problem with that. Yet.