First time kegging

[phillip_h]

I just kegged my first brew in a pin lock corny keg a few days ago. I force carbonated it and now I can't get it to dispense. I disconnected it from the gas and tried to relieve the pressure by pushing in the gas poppet and beer sprayed everywhere. I'm pretty sure that I overfilled the keg and got beer in the gas valve or something.

What do I do about this? Do I just push the poppet in and let the beer spray out until the keg is depressurized?

 

[Yooper]

I just kegged my first brew in a pin lock corny keg a few days ago. I force carbonated it and now I can't get it to dispense. I disconnected it from the gas and tried to relieve the pressure by pushing in the gas poppet and beer sprayed everywhere. I'm pretty sure that I overfilled the keg and got beer in the gas valve or something.

What do I do about this? Do I just push the poppet in and let the beer spray out until the keg is depressurized?

No, I wouldn't spray beer everywhere.

What seems to be the problem? The "out" post clogged or something?

If you push the "in" poppit, and beer sprays out then yes I'd say the keg was overfilled. Are you sure that the "in" and "out" are properly marked? What happens when you press the out? I mean quickly, as to not continue the "spray beer everywhere" method of course!

 

[OHIOSTEVE]

i kegged a batch the other night and COULD NOT get it to dispense.... turned the shut off valve on the gas to the ON position and it was fine lol

 

[phillip_h]

No, I wouldn't spray beer everywhere.

What seems to be the problem? The "out" post clogged or something?

If you push the "in" poppit, and beer sprays out then yes I'd say the keg was overfilled. Are you sure that the "in" and "out" are properly marked? What happens when you press the out? I mean quickly, as to not continue the "spray beer everywhere" method of course!

I was just kidding about the "spray beer everywhere" method, btw.

I don't know if the output is clogged or not. I don't think that there's enough sediment to clog the tube, but maybe there is. Nothing happens when I push the out.

 

[phillip_h]

i kegged a batch the other night and COULD NOT get it to dispense.... turned the shut off valve on the gas to the ON position and it was fine lol

I checked this (just to make sure it wasn't an "are you sure it's plugged in" problem). No dice.

 

[Yooper]

Hmmm- if you get a squirt of beer when pressing the "in" post, but nothing when pushing the "out", my gut says that you've got the diptubes reversed, or else the "out" diptube is totally occluded. Those are the only possibilities.

I'd take off the lid, and eyeball it and see if the "out" post is on the long diptube side, and if the "in" is on the short tube. If so, take off the "out" post and pull out the diptube and clean it and the poppit, because it would be clogged.

It sounds more like the diptubes are switched, though!

 

[BrewWNC]

Make sure you have gas. I had a leak I didn't notice and a same thing happened. Went to serve and nothing. pulled keg out and shot beer everywhere. I figured it was carbed so tried again. Nothing. I looked at the co2 gauge it read empty. Why I didn't look the first time I don't know. Maybe a long day, but it got me.

I think you would know if its clogged. Normally you get something before nothing. Did you dry hop and leave the hops in the keg or accidently transfer leaf hops that you used in primary?

 

[phillip_h]

I figured out that the beer tube was clogged. I thought that I did a pretty good job of siphoning without gathering too much of the yeast cake, but I was wrong. There's all kinds of hop particles and whatever in there. So now I get to figure out what to do with this. I guess I can siphon it into a different keg. I can't even pour a glass without clogging the tube.

 

[Yooper]

I figured out that the beer tube was clogged. I thought that I did a pretty good job of siphoning without gathering too much of the yeast cake, but I was wrong. There's all kinds of hop particles and whatever in there. So now I get to figure out what to do with this. I guess I can siphon it into a different keg. I can't even pour a glass without clogging the tube.

You could pull out the diptube, clean it well, and then let the keg sit for a few days without moving it. If it's already carbonated, it's almost impossible to siphon the beer, but if you can get the sediment to settle by not moving the keg, you should be able to pour it until the beer is gone. I've seen some people pull the diptube, put a stainless mesh "filter" on that, and put the diptube back into the beer with good results. I don't have one of those, but I've seen them for sale online.

 

[govner1]

I keg condition the majority of my beers so I routine have a fair amount of yeast sediment in the bottom of my kegs. So, with the exception of the three that have a Clear Beer Draught system installed, I shortened all the dip tubes by about 3/4" and added a SS mesh filter to the end. Works very well.


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