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True. I may try just getting a flared end dip tube and cutting it down to size. What's the harm? As for the silicone, you're probably right. I just remember doing Belgians and pumpkin ales early on in my brewing days and not being able to get the smell out of the fermenter bucket. Silicone...

I guessed the same thing but would not want to drop one in only to find out the hard way that it doesn't work. Not sure how the treading, size, or shape of the male end of the OP matches up with a traditional Corny. The stupidity behind this design is beyond comprehension and to BC's point...

That's a great point, but in this case, I'm fairly certain it is just the threading that's off. When I looked at the leaky post, it was seated slightly crooked on the out side, but when I put the gas post from my other keg (which is identical to this one and original came with the keg), it is...

Very true!

Yeah, it looks like you're right. There is a little notch that goes around the neck of the diptube and this ring just clears it now. I'm guessing it probably popped off from the pressure of the out post bearing down on it over the years. Dumb design. I'm not sure why they just wouldn't flare...

Yes, I just took it off to clean it and the dip tube dropped into the out post a bit. It hasn't fallen completely into the keg (because it bottoms out before it can do that), but I was just wondering where this little washer goes and if that diptube needs to come up a bit

All good recommendations and food for thought. I just ended up leaving the keg as is with the gas post and will sort it all out once I go through this batch🍻. On a side note, does anyone have any experience with torpedo kegs? My diptube on the out side seems to have dropped down into the keg...

Thanks, somewhere I read that reversing the posts and QDs may lead gas leakage given the slightly different size/fit, but I figured no harm (technically) if you are using Gas post w/ a gas QD.

Hey guys, I just kegged a dry-hopped SMASH yesterday only to come down and find a small puddle of beer next to my keg in the morning. Turns out there was a small leak coming from the poppet of the liquid out side. I depressurized the keg and grabbed a 12-point gas post (which is all I had on...

That's good to know. I just did mine at 10 psi and equalized the pressure in the sight-glass chamber and there were no issues. Before I did this though, I realized I had to taken a manual reading from my hydrometer. Wanted to make sure I was close to the FG and for some reason the pressure...

Thank you! So just purge the air out and then fill the chamber with 11psi (or whatever my FV is currently at)? Would you also recommend keeping the FV at pressure when I go to dump the yeast cake out after cold crashing? I have a 90 degree elbow I run off a butterfly valve at the bottom of the...

Hi all, Issue: I just bought a conical fermenter in the last year and this is only my second time using it and fermenting under pressure. As part of my setup I am using the Spike PRV to pressure ferment, and as you can see in the picture, I have a butterfly valve on the hop addition side of...

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