sicktght311
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I've got a little problem that i need to fix fast before a beerfest i have coming up in a week.
I have a carbonated NEIPA already in my keezer in a keg, that keeps clogging the diptube/poppet. No matter how many times i clean it out, it reclogs, and that tells me that i sucked up a ton of trub when i racked from fermenter to keg. My own fault. I didnt cold crash this and i accidentally had my racking arm pointed down when i first started transferring so there was a lot of material still in suspension. I have a feeling the bottom of my keg is filled with hop particles.
So instead of taking the risk of trying to transfer keg to keg and continuously having the sending keg clog up, or the receiving keg's liquid port clog up in the transfer, i thought about using a 2ft autosiphon from the clogged keg, to the new keg's ball lock liquid port. So long as both kegs are pre-chilled, purged and filled with co2, i shoudl be able to safely autosiphon out of the open top of the clogged keg, and into the clean keg's liquid port, without picking up any of the nastyness because it should all be settled at the bottom of the other keg, without really any major fears of oxidation,. Especially since the keg is going to a beer fest in just over a week, and will be drank all in one day. Not enough time for a tiny bit of oxygen to make a major difference
I have a carbonated NEIPA already in my keezer in a keg, that keeps clogging the diptube/poppet. No matter how many times i clean it out, it reclogs, and that tells me that i sucked up a ton of trub when i racked from fermenter to keg. My own fault. I didnt cold crash this and i accidentally had my racking arm pointed down when i first started transferring so there was a lot of material still in suspension. I have a feeling the bottom of my keg is filled with hop particles.
So instead of taking the risk of trying to transfer keg to keg and continuously having the sending keg clog up, or the receiving keg's liquid port clog up in the transfer, i thought about using a 2ft autosiphon from the clogged keg, to the new keg's ball lock liquid port. So long as both kegs are pre-chilled, purged and filled with co2, i shoudl be able to safely autosiphon out of the open top of the clogged keg, and into the clean keg's liquid port, without picking up any of the nastyness because it should all be settled at the bottom of the other keg, without really any major fears of oxidation,. Especially since the keg is going to a beer fest in just over a week, and will be drank all in one day. Not enough time for a tiny bit of oxygen to make a major difference