Thought I'd post about my keg failure and maybe someone might have an answer to my mystery. Here goes....
Brewed a 10 gallon batch of Christmas Ale
Put 5 gallons in a keg to carb up and after a week tasted it to find it was cloudy and very solvent-like in flavor. When I pulled the keg out of the fridge and unhooked the gas it was hissing like crazy out of the lid. Apparently my refurb keg lid is very temperamental and it wasn't sealed correctly. Fail #1
Being I had only that same keg open and thinking that I just needed to make sure my lid seals, I put the 2nd 5 gallons in the same keg after cleaning and sanitizing it again. I even used star san bubbles around the lid to make sure it sealed correctly (after 4 tries).
A week later it was exactly the same? When the beer went into the keg both times it was crystal clear and tasted great, so is my gas post failing too?
I'm confused how I get the same result for both batches after making sure the keg is sealed perfectly. Anyone have any words of wisdom for me?
Brewed a 10 gallon batch of Christmas Ale
Put 5 gallons in a keg to carb up and after a week tasted it to find it was cloudy and very solvent-like in flavor. When I pulled the keg out of the fridge and unhooked the gas it was hissing like crazy out of the lid. Apparently my refurb keg lid is very temperamental and it wasn't sealed correctly. Fail #1
Being I had only that same keg open and thinking that I just needed to make sure my lid seals, I put the 2nd 5 gallons in the same keg after cleaning and sanitizing it again. I even used star san bubbles around the lid to make sure it sealed correctly (after 4 tries).
A week later it was exactly the same? When the beer went into the keg both times it was crystal clear and tasted great, so is my gas post failing too?
I'm confused how I get the same result for both batches after making sure the keg is sealed perfectly. Anyone have any words of wisdom for me?