thedigitale
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So I racked a pale ale into a keg last night and decided to clean out my lines while I was working on beer stuff. I cleaned and sanitized my lines, and put everything back together.
Once I was done putting everything together, I adjusted the CO2 levels for the Pale Ale and the cider and smiled knowing that I would soon have another beer on draft.
About 20 minutes later, the wife yells to me from the next room and I run in to find that the hose connection on the ball lock had stretched out a little too much, and decided to pop off.
I like a fairly carbonated cider, and so this stuff was spraying out pretty rapidly...
Well, we cleaned what we could, left the rest to dry out a bit and my kitchen now smells like fermented apples. While it's not the worst smell, I'd rather have had that gallon or two in a glass than sprayed on my walls, table, floor, chairs and probably the dog, who was wondering what the sweet smell was.
Anyway... the moral of the story is... check your connections, and cut or replace the hoses when they need it!
Once I was done putting everything together, I adjusted the CO2 levels for the Pale Ale and the cider and smiled knowing that I would soon have another beer on draft.
About 20 minutes later, the wife yells to me from the next room and I run in to find that the hose connection on the ball lock had stretched out a little too much, and decided to pop off.
I like a fairly carbonated cider, and so this stuff was spraying out pretty rapidly...
Well, we cleaned what we could, left the rest to dry out a bit and my kitchen now smells like fermented apples. While it's not the worst smell, I'd rather have had that gallon or two in a glass than sprayed on my walls, table, floor, chairs and probably the dog, who was wondering what the sweet smell was.
Anyway... the moral of the story is... check your connections, and cut or replace the hoses when they need it!
