Corny keg almost empty but won't pour

[wrestleb]

This is my first kegged homebrew, is it normal for the corny keg to not empty all the way?

Full disclosure... I had some temp control issues and the beer lines froze. Once I thawed them, my commercial keg poured fine (full), but my corny will not pour at all. It is almost empty but definitely still liquid in it.

 

[beerlover77]

Has the dip tube been shortened or does it reach right to the bottom?

 

[wrestleb]

It reaches the bottom. I am using a picnic tap, not sure if the matters?

 

[PADave]

If you dip tube reaches the bottom, then you should be able to get all but the last few drops out. Poppet or picnic tap could be clogged?

 

[wrestleb]

Any issues with pulling it off and resealing the keg?

 

[jbb3]

If when you try to pour you get nothing but gas/CO2 coming out, you have a dip tube problem. It's either too short or it's bent and not centered in the convex bottom of the keg.
If you get no gas or nothing at all, you have a clog somewhere, assuming the CO2 is freely flowing into the keg and it's under serving pressure.

 

[PADave]

Any issues with pulling it off and resealing the keg?

If you have a clog, not really any other option. I'd start with taking off the bev line and cleaning out the picnic tap. If that doesn't work, take off the bev out post.

 

[day_trippr]

Might still be an iceberg inside?

 

[thedon986]

Might still be an iceberg inside?

Second this. I froze a keg once and set the temp back properly and when the keg kicked I was surprised to find a chunk of ice still in there.

 

[FunkedOut]

try putting a liquid fitting on a gas line and blasting 20psi down the diptube for a split second.

 

[jbb3]

So OP, did you ever figure out what the issue was?

 

[wrestleb]

No. I removed and cleaned the dip tube and still nothing. This beer was dry hopped, so I think the hop flakes may have clogged the inner tube.

Thanks for all the suggestions.