Patterson860
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I recently lost a half corny keg (ball lock) full of beer and am not sure why. I had a nice double chocolate stout in the keg for over a month with no problems. This weekend I put about 10-15psi in the keg to keep some pressure on it and then removed both the CO2 and liquid hose quick disconnects so that I could use the CO2 to force carbonate a new batch in a separate corny keg. The next day I went to check on the beer and to my horror I noticed my keezer was full of a dark almost black liquid! My double chocolate stout had spewed out of its keg from the liquid valve all over the place. WTF!
Why would the valve fail? Has this ever happened to anyone else? What can I do to avoid this?
Why would the valve fail? Has this ever happened to anyone else? What can I do to avoid this?