Laying a full keg on its side for storage in fridge

[Dudest]

Is it ok to store it in the fridge laying down, I have the Italian made 2.5 gal. I only do extract brewing.

 

[Dudest]

Is this OK ? Anyone

 

[TallDan]

Make sure it's pressurized. The lid will not seal well if it isn't. Otherwise, as long as all of your seals are good, I don't see why not...

 

[billl]

It's certainly not ideal, but you can. You can't serve it that way though. The dip tube would be drawing nothing but CO2 halfway through.

You also are going to get a lot of gunk in the air lines, so make sure you clean those well.

 

[kh54s10]

I find that my kegs sometimes very slowly lose pressure. I would be worried that the beer would all leak out if that happened.

 

[TallDan]

I find that my kegs sometimes very slowly lose pressure. I would be worried that the beer would all leak out if that happened.

Do you use keg lube on the seal?

 

[Dudest]

I haven't used them yet but I bought lube with the order.I will be able to keep the one I'm serving upright and plan to just store the other full.

 

[raouliii]

IMO. If you're carbonating while storing or it's already fully carbonated, no problem. If you just pressure it up for a seal and then disconnect, the CO2 will dissolve into the beer and the pressure may decrease to the point that it might lose its seal and leak.