Tap was working yesterday; not it's not

[heywolfie1015]

I carbed up a keg of APA and tapped it a few days ago. Pulled my first pint yesterday and it poured great. Come back today, pull the tap handle, and...nothing. Beer drips out in a trickle and otherwise nada. I hooked the keg up to another tap on the same tower and it works fine (although I'll confirm tomorrow it is still working). Any ideas what gives?

 

[kenche]

I experience somthing like this from time to time. I have recently discovered that it is because beer in the beverage line on the outside of the keg has frozen. It typically happens when I only have one keg in the fridge, or have recently put a second keg in that is still room temperature.

The fridge is running hard to keep things cool and the beer outside of the keg freezes up. I can get things going again by rubbing my hands along the tubing where I can see that it has become frozen.

 

[heywolfie1015]

I think this is what was happening. I checked the temp in the fridge and it was 35F ambient. The beverage line on the keg was lodged between the keg and the chill plate at the back of the fridge, and I'm pretty sure I saw ice crystals. I cranked up the temp a little bit, so I guess we'll see tonight.

 

[DustinHickey]

sounds like that might be it. The only other thing I can think of is if something got lodged in the dip tube somewhere. No other explenation really unless theres something amis in your QD or Keg Post.

 

[buzzkill]

This has happend to me also, mine was some hop junk in the out post.

 

[steinsato]

I've also had slurry clog up my diptube but it doesn't sound like you used priming sugar to prime this keg. Just a thought.