Lost 5 gallons of beer help ?

[RNBEERGUY]

Hey guys so yesterday I kegged a beautiful 5 gallons of red x smash in a corny keg before kegging I ran pbw and star San in it and my beer lines to test for leaks there was non so I put it in keg with beer in my keezer set the co2 to 40 and today there is a 5 gallon puddle in my keezer. Any suggestions I tried spraying dish soap and water on top of the keg to test for leaks and don’t see any overt bubbling however the keg is empty now ? Please send me advice thanks

 

[cmac62]

Well it is obviously pushing beer so your leak is somewhere between the diptube post and the tap connection. I have always used star san for testing for leaks. It bubbles plenty and you don't have to worry about anything. Good luck.

 

[day_trippr]

My next pour will be in tribute to your loss

Put a gallon of water in the keg, connect it up the same as before, put pressure on it and see what happens.
The most likely possibility is the beer QD wasn't fully seated, so true duplication of the failed conditions might not happen...

Cheers!

 

[DVCNick]

If your leak is that big and fast, you may not have any C02 left to be leaking at this point?

It has to be either your liquid side poppet, poppet/ball lock interface, or bev line hookup to the back of the faucet... not too many possibilities usually on the liquid side.

This won't solve your immediate problem, but personally I don't hook up the bev line until the keg is carbed (or at least until I think it is mostly carbed and I want a sample). Also I've never hooked up the bev line while it is under burst-carb pressures of 30psi or more. While it probably "shouldn't" be a problem, there is never going to be any upside to adding more possible failure points for unnecessary periods of time, especially while it is at relatively high pressure.