KWright_VT
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OK, I am feeling pretty sick right now. I had 5 gallons of brown ale finally carbed up pretty nicely, but had been battling a leaky keg. So this afternoon with some spare time, decided to check the seals and see where the leak might be. I gassed up the keg, and sprayed some detergent/water solution around the seals. After a minute, it looked like the solution was running into the crack of the lid (ball lock corny keg). I dried i off quickly, washed it off, but I believe I got some solution into the beer. The inside of the keg smells like palmolive detergent.
I'm not sure there is any advice to give here, other than the obvious, never test a full keg. I don't think there is any reason to keep the beer at this point, but thought I'd post anyway. I wouldn't think that a little detergent would affect too much, but that smell seems pretty strong.
And on top of it all, dropped the new lid o-ring into the keg when I pulled the lid back off.
I'm not sure there is any advice to give here, other than the obvious, never test a full keg. I don't think there is any reason to keep the beer at this point, but thought I'd post anyway. I wouldn't think that a little detergent would affect too much, but that smell seems pretty strong.
And on top of it all, dropped the new lid o-ring into the keg when I pulled the lid back off.