Evan!
Well-Known Member
...but the supplier who I got the kegging stuff is also partly to blame.
I'm new to this whole kegging thing...so when they sent me a bunch of tiny post O-rings with my order, all of them black, all mixed in the same bag, I figured they were all post O-rings. So I grabbed one of them and slipped it onto the liquid post.
Went to hook up my porter in the fridge last night, and ended with beer leaking from the liquid post all over the fridge and the floor. The post was "new" from kegconnection, but it was obviously used, and it was my first time using it, so I thought it was a defective post. Upon further inspection, it appeared that the new black ring that I just put on there was smaller than the one on the gas post. I went back to the bag of rings, and lo and behold, there are 2 sizes. These guys knew I was a n00b, why would they do that? They look almost exactly alike...I guess the smaller ones go on the connection where the regulator meets the co2 tank? Live and learn, I guess...but they really should not put all those rings together, because the smaller ones DO fit. At least make them different colors or something! Anyway, what a mess. I didn't lose but maybe a couple ounces of beer, and everything is fine now. Oh, and the smoked porter is pure deliciousness.
I'm new to this whole kegging thing...so when they sent me a bunch of tiny post O-rings with my order, all of them black, all mixed in the same bag, I figured they were all post O-rings. So I grabbed one of them and slipped it onto the liquid post.
Went to hook up my porter in the fridge last night, and ended with beer leaking from the liquid post all over the fridge and the floor. The post was "new" from kegconnection, but it was obviously used, and it was my first time using it, so I thought it was a defective post. Upon further inspection, it appeared that the new black ring that I just put on there was smaller than the one on the gas post. I went back to the bag of rings, and lo and behold, there are 2 sizes. These guys knew I was a n00b, why would they do that? They look almost exactly alike...I guess the smaller ones go on the connection where the regulator meets the co2 tank? Live and learn, I guess...but they really should not put all those rings together, because the smaller ones DO fit. At least make them different colors or something! Anyway, what a mess. I didn't lose but maybe a couple ounces of beer, and everything is fine now. Oh, and the smoked porter is pure deliciousness.