Nothing coming out of my keg? Ginger Beer

[lorne17]

Hello all,

I made a batch of ginger beer this weekend. I have it in my keg now (no yeast) and I put it through a sifter (not super fine) to strain all my fresh ginger, and raisins. However it's not coming out of my keg now? The CO2 is up to 25PSI and I've had it at that level for 40 hours now. No dice. My line isn't clogged because I just cleaned and sanitized it before tapping the keg. Do you think it's clogged inside? Maybe a single raisin made it into the keg? Thoughts? I didn't think it could clog because the tube is so close to the bottom. I don't want to open it if I don't have to, but at the same time since it's a soda it shouldn't be as critical as a full brew. There are only 2 gallons in the 5 gallon keg too.

Thanks all,
Lorne

 

[lorne17]

Hello all,

I made a batch of ginger beer this weekend. I have it in my keg now (no yeast) and I put it through a sifter (not super fine) to strain all my fresh ginger, and raisins. However it's not coming out of my keg now? The CO2 is up to 25PSI and I've had it at that level for 40 hours now. No dice. My line isn't clogged because I just cleaned and sanitized it before tapping the keg. Do you think it's clogged inside? Maybe a single raisin made it into the keg? Thoughts? I didn't think it could clog because the tube is so close to the bottom. I don't want to open it if I don't have to, but at the same time since it's a soda it shouldn't be as critical as a full brew. There are only 2 gallons in the 5 gallon keg too.

Thanks all,
Lorne

 

[lorne17]

I realize this is on the wrong forum. Can a moderator move it to Bottling/Kegging please?

 

[day_trippr]

The most likely plug is inside the Out post, it really doesn't take much to jamb that up.
Disconnect the gas line, lock the PRV open, spray everything with Star San or your favorite sanitizer, remove the post and clean it out. If you don't find enough debris to plug it, it may be the dip tube that's plugged. Pull that out and ream it.

Sanitize everything before assembly and you shouldn't have any issues - aside from another plug...

Cheers!

 

[Ike]

Ginger is stringy, a total PITA when it gets where you don't want it. Instead of blaming a raisin, my guess would be enough ginger fibers got through the mesh and are clogging either the inlet on the "out" tube or it's mucked up the connection hardware between the keg and line.

 

[GPP33]

I brewed at a buddies house a few weeks ago. I put my wort into some kegs and brought it home with the plan to use CO2 to push it into the carboy. No dice, hop particles clogged up the spring/plunger at the outlet. It doesn't take much.