TriColor 1824
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Twice now I have had a problem with beer traveling backward from the keg into the C02 line. Last night while cleaning my new keezer dispensing lines I attempted to pressurize a keg w/ some beer line cleaner in it. After attaching the CO2 line to the keg, I turned the lever on the manifold to begin pressurizing. As soon as the manifold was turned fully on, root beer flowed backward out of the CO2 in post from another keg and up into the manifold. I've had retrograde flow twice now! The first time, the beer didn't make it to the manifold, but this time it made it all the way into the manifold. So now, despite having a new keezer I just completed I'm going to have to detach the manifold from the back wall so I can thoroughly clean it. Definitely a pain in the sphincter! I'd like to avoid having to do this a third time? Any thoughts as to what I'm doing wrong or why this is happening? Also of note, the gas line in / beer line out posts are hard to attach to my new ball lock connects. I have no idea why but I wonder if this might be related. Any sage advice would be greatly appreciated.