Keg's pouring at a trickle.

[i4ourgot]

I put a saison in a keg, it has sat for several months and it will hardly pour. What is pouring is full of sediment. any suggestions on clearing out my line or should i just continue on with the slow pouring till the sediment clears out?

 

[johngaltsmotor]

At this point the only normal option is to let it flow until it clears out the yeast sediment.
If it's truly a problem you could hook the gas line up to the beer in fitting and give it a pulse. That would clear out the dip tube, but put all that sediment back into suspension. But if it lets you clear a channel to the dip tube inside it might be worth it.

 

[duboman]

Pull the dip tube and clean it, sanitize it and replace. While the dip tube is out hook up the beer line to the co2 and blow it clear and then push some sanitizer through it.

 

[day_trippr]

Jeeze, why blow up a keg of something that's likely truly brilliant after all that time?

Leave it alone and just keep drawing off the thick beer until it runs clear.
No sense messing about with it more than that.

Next time around, crash-cool the fermenter before kegging and you'll never have that problem again...

Cheers!

 

[passedpawn]

Most likely something stuck in the beer out post. Pull the disconnect, relieve the pressure, remove and clean the post. If that doesn't do it, pull the dip tube. None of this will affect your beer.

It helps a lot to have a picnic tap, 10ft of beer line, and a QD all ready to go to test these kind of things. Also handy if you want to toss a keg in the car and travel with it.

 

[i4ourgot]

after pouring two pints the second with less sediment than the first and my keg still pouring at a trickle I decided to switch gears and try something different. I hooked my gas line up to my beer out line and was able to push everything through and now its pouring great. It was taking 20 min to fill my pint glass half way. Thanks for the ideas.