reverendnathan
Well-Known Member
Well this is frustrating. Clearly I suck at leaving behind hop dust when transferring. It was a small problem with my first kegged beer, but now my second kegged creation is at a stand-still. CO2 is fine, nothing is freezing... the diagnosis is the dip tube is clogged.
Enter the frustration. According to the Internet, I'm gonna need a special socket to remove the post to get to the tube. That was all fine and good five years ago when these articles were written and the thing cost five bucks, but I'm seeing it go for 17-20$, on top of websites 7.99 shipping... yeah, it'd be cheaper to just throw the keg away and buy a new one than deal with that hassle.
My LHBS, for better or for worse, doesn't carry pin lock stuff. Only conversion kits. So no luck just asking the local shop for a free hand. I was also really looking forward to having some of this beer on the weekend... and paying 30-something for this tiny socket and waiting a week and a half just to get it... this whole thing is leaving me bitter.
So I tried a monkey wrench. It didn't work. I tried shaking out the jam. Nope. Well, what the hell can I do at this stage?! The only option I can think of is calling up Coca-Cola (across town) and asking if they have any advice or tools to do the job, but that seems just not possible. I'm between a rock and a hard place. Help?
Enter the frustration. According to the Internet, I'm gonna need a special socket to remove the post to get to the tube. That was all fine and good five years ago when these articles were written and the thing cost five bucks, but I'm seeing it go for 17-20$, on top of websites 7.99 shipping... yeah, it'd be cheaper to just throw the keg away and buy a new one than deal with that hassle.
My LHBS, for better or for worse, doesn't carry pin lock stuff. Only conversion kits. So no luck just asking the local shop for a free hand. I was also really looking forward to having some of this beer on the weekend... and paying 30-something for this tiny socket and waiting a week and a half just to get it... this whole thing is leaving me bitter.
So I tried a monkey wrench. It didn't work. I tried shaking out the jam. Nope. Well, what the hell can I do at this stage?! The only option I can think of is calling up Coca-Cola (across town) and asking if they have any advice or tools to do the job, but that seems just not possible. I'm between a rock and a hard place. Help?