Dip tube length & position

[StLouBrew]

I'm brand new to kegging. Just got my first two corny kegs home and I'm taking stock of what attention they may need before I use them. On both of them it seems like the dip tube is VERY close to the bottom of the keg. I've believe I've read on here somewhere that if the opening is too close to the bottom, you run the risk of sucking up any yeast sediment that may form.

My tubes look to be a 1/16th to an 1/8th of an inch off the bottom. Too close or not?

If I do need to trim them I was considering using a Dremel with a cutting disk.

Thanks!!

 

[mng8r]

That's how all of mine are and they work fine. Unless there constantly stuff settling out, the pick up of settlement will be a one time event. I condition, cold crash, gelatin, etc in a secondary before going to keg, so I have very little gunk in the first glass.

 

[cluckk]

Some people use their kegs as casks. They carbonate and use finings in the keg to settle everything clear. Some of these guys cut off about a quarter of an inch or so of their dip tube. Others don't bother cutting and still do this. Though I haven't used finings in the keg yet, I do naturally carbonate all my beers in the keg. I don't cut the tube. Once the keg is carbonated and settled in the kegerator I run off beer until the gunk stops flowing out. After that the rest of the keg will be fine, unless you shake it. Either you lose the first pour without cutting or you lose a pint or so of beer if you do cut--six of one, half dozen of the other. You gain nothing by shortening the tube.

 

[Hammy71]

What cluckk says. You don't really gain anything by cutting the dip tube. And once it's cut...there's no going back. Some of mine have part of the bottom of the tubes touching the bottom of the keg. No worries.