Balloonknot
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Was a part of a local keg group buy. Didnt realize the kegs were not going to be reconditioned kegs and instead were dirty kegs (still had soda syrup in them).
One keg had im guessing Fruit punch and the other had rootbeer. I let them sit for 48 hours in PBW solution. After 48 hours, I took them apart, filled the kegs half way with PBW again put all the posts, lids, gaskets in another bucket of PBW solution to soak. After an hour of soaking I inverted the keg into a bucket to soak the top half of the keg for an hour.
I used BarKeepers Friend to scrub the outside of the kegs to a shiny stainless steel appearance. After soaking in PBW and rinsing, I then made a solution of Star San and let that sit in the kegs for 30 minutes.
Put the kegs back together and pressurized to check the seals (I dont think the vendor actually pressure checked them.. one came to me with no pressure in it).
after 24 hours unhooked from CO_2, I rehooked up CO_2 to listen for gas rushing in. No sounds so I no leak. Pressure test checked out.
Now, I burped the CO_2 out and smelled it. It smells like Hawaiian punch is still there.
This is the first time Ive purchased dirty kegs, what did I do wrong? Is there no way to get the smell to fully dissapate or do I just need to run some beer through them and it will be gone? Im afraid to put my Oktoberfest in there and end up with fruit punch oktoberfest lol.
Heres some pics of my cleaning.
Scrubbed one down, not the other in this pic.
This one had fruit punch in it.
Theres the fruit punch left in the soapy bucket lol.
Two sparkly kegs
One keg had im guessing Fruit punch and the other had rootbeer. I let them sit for 48 hours in PBW solution. After 48 hours, I took them apart, filled the kegs half way with PBW again put all the posts, lids, gaskets in another bucket of PBW solution to soak. After an hour of soaking I inverted the keg into a bucket to soak the top half of the keg for an hour.
I used BarKeepers Friend to scrub the outside of the kegs to a shiny stainless steel appearance. After soaking in PBW and rinsing, I then made a solution of Star San and let that sit in the kegs for 30 minutes.
Put the kegs back together and pressurized to check the seals (I dont think the vendor actually pressure checked them.. one came to me with no pressure in it).
after 24 hours unhooked from CO_2, I rehooked up CO_2 to listen for gas rushing in. No sounds so I no leak. Pressure test checked out.
Now, I burped the CO_2 out and smelled it. It smells like Hawaiian punch is still there.
This is the first time Ive purchased dirty kegs, what did I do wrong? Is there no way to get the smell to fully dissapate or do I just need to run some beer through them and it will be gone? Im afraid to put my Oktoberfest in there and end up with fruit punch oktoberfest lol.
Heres some pics of my cleaning.
Scrubbed one down, not the other in this pic.
This one had fruit punch in it.
Theres the fruit punch left in the soapy bucket lol.
Two sparkly kegs