First time kegging, liquid coming out of picnic tap

[Alf34]

Hi everyone

I just kegged my first beer after watching videos on YouTube about kegging and closed transfers, everything went smooth.

I am using a small one gallon keg, a soda stream bottle and a check valve disconnect I bought from ikegger to prevent liquid from damaging the regulator, since I dont have enough space in my fridge and the keg has to be sideways.

After transfering the warm beer into the keg (no coldcrash) and putting it in the fridge, I set it to 20 psi to seal the lid, waited a few hours for the beer to cool down, and then I set the pressure to 30 psi to burst carbonate for 36 hours.

As I increased the pressure to 30 psi beer started to come thought the picnic tap, quite a bit. In the end the only thing I could think about was simply disconnect the picnic tap from the liquid post so the beer flow would stop.

What I am doing wrong? Should I not connect the picnic tap to the gast post next time while im burst carbonating the beer the first few days? And only connect it once the beer is ready to drink and it's back to serving pressure?

Thanks for your help!

 

[mac_1103]

I'm not exactly sure why the picnic tap is leaking. I suppose it could be that it can't handle 30 PSI. But in any case, there really isn't any need to connect it until the beer is carbonated.

 

[Deadalus]

Try disassembling the picnic tap, maybe something is stuck on the seal. Or perhaps it is just not screwed together tightly.

 

[fluketamer]

very good answers above. 30 might be a little too much for said tap and or something in there clogging it up from sealing perfectly.

 

[Bobby_M]

30psi is just over the limit for the picnic faucet. Since you'll never pour at that pressure, just leave it disconnected for a few days.

 

[Clint Yeastwood]

I really like Torpedo stainless picnic taps. No idea whether they'll take 30 psi, but they work really well.

I think Mac_1103 gave you the straight poop, though.

 

[day_trippr]

Burst carbonation with a connected picnic tap is definitely risky business.
There are instances recorded on HBT where the tap peed itself for an entire keg
Don't do that!

 

[Alf34]

Got it! Thanks for your help guys, I will connect it only for dispensing then