Few quick questions for new kegger

[dontman]

1. To restore a used keg what do I need to do? I have a couple sets of "o-rings" coming. Do I need to replace the poppets also? These I have not ordered.

2. Does a soak in oxyclean work for orings that smell like beer? does it destroy them?

3. Basically I am asking what steps I need to take to make sure that I get no off flavors from the keg.

4. I have a tank of helium. Can I make light beer by carbing with it?

 

[malnutriton]

1. I always get a new set of gaskets when i get a used keg. I never get new poppets though. I boil the poppets to make sure they are clean.

2. Oxyclean works for a good quick wash of newer rings but older ones that smell of soda will continue to smell like soda.

3. Buy new rubber. Clean the keg.

4. Helium is a gas that is not very stable in the atomsphere so it would come out of solution quickly...so slam the beer and sound like MICKEY MOUSE!

 

[dontman]

Thanks. For the poppet idea. Sounds perfect.

The rings on the kegs look new but one smells like soda and one smells like beer.

Update. The one that smelled like beer I left sitting on the counter overnight. Today it smells like nothing at all. hmmm?

Will my voice go up or the pitch of my farts and burps?

 

[david_42]

No gas has a lower solubility than helium, so you would have very flat beer.

 

[malnutriton]

Just the pitch of your Farts!