Stonecold_OM
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I've just started kegging and have kegged my second batch. First batch went perfect, great carbonation, great brew, no issues. The current batch I kegged about a week ago. It's been sitting on CO2 to force carbonate it so I figured I would tap it today to see how it tastes and check the carb levels. Connected it, tap open, 4 drops and nothing. I can see some beer in the tubing but no beer coming out.
I ended up releasing pressure in the keg and removing the dip tube. I found that the dip tube was completely blocked with sediment. I will assume that as soon as I tried to draft, the pressure moved sediment right into the tube. I cleaned it all out, santitized, then tried to draft again. Same thing. Removed again and found sediment in the ball lock connector of the keg. Cleaned out one more time, hooked up, and got draft. Beer is a little flat, but that's fine as it may have been a little early, but tastes good. I've also noticed there is sediment floating in the beer.
One more thing to add, this is the first batch I've brewed using only a primary without moving to a secondary. I KNOW I took the keg apart after the last batch, cleaned everything out, and sanitized.
I'm starting to think that when I transferred from the primary to the keg I accidently transferred quite a bit of sediment from the primary into the keg. And any sediment in the beer now is because I have been moving the keg to try and fix the problem. I do use a 6 gallon bucket for a fermenter, and a gravity siphon for transfer.
Any thoughts?
I ended up releasing pressure in the keg and removing the dip tube. I found that the dip tube was completely blocked with sediment. I will assume that as soon as I tried to draft, the pressure moved sediment right into the tube. I cleaned it all out, santitized, then tried to draft again. Same thing. Removed again and found sediment in the ball lock connector of the keg. Cleaned out one more time, hooked up, and got draft. Beer is a little flat, but that's fine as it may have been a little early, but tastes good. I've also noticed there is sediment floating in the beer.
One more thing to add, this is the first batch I've brewed using only a primary without moving to a secondary. I KNOW I took the keg apart after the last batch, cleaned everything out, and sanitized.
I'm starting to think that when I transferred from the primary to the keg I accidently transferred quite a bit of sediment from the primary into the keg. And any sediment in the beer now is because I have been moving the keg to try and fix the problem. I do use a 6 gallon bucket for a fermenter, and a gravity siphon for transfer.
Any thoughts?