BeerBorg

My Saison has been carbing for about 5 days and I've noticed some liquid on the side of the tank but it was holding carb so I didn't worry about it. Today I came home early and saw some liquid next to the kegerator....not much but a tablespoon or two so I opened it up and saw a small bead of beer on the side of the keg. I tried some and it's carbed and the tank is still full-ish so I took off the tap house and turned up the gas and no leak at all. Put the hose back on and after a while, a small leak started.
So, I grabbed another poppet and replaced it and walla.......no leak.
Kegging rule #6-always have spare parts. Turns out the tiny washer on the poppet was worn and when the ball lock was connected, it allowed some leakage.
It's all good.

You're welcome!

So true, I have enough spare parts to rebuild everything I have. Because you never know.

Isn't that the second poppet for you , Paul? You are reinforcing my need to get spare parts! Fingers crossed all I have right now is an o-ring kit.

Yep, second one in less than 6 months. I can't find the tiny rings that fit the poppets but poppets are so cheap, might as well just trash them and get new ones.

http://www.mcmaster.com/#9452k14/=yazf6o

https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/ ... ic=22936.0

http://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=233086

Thanks but I have a handful of poppets and they were pretty cheap and usually should last many years.

Wise advice. I definitely need to check out spare keg parts and start collecting them. I'm slowly starting to replace some of my equipment. I picked up a new Italian spigot for my bottling bucket today. No real problem with the old one, but it's about five years old, and you just never know.

A very timely post for me too. I brought a 2.5 gallon corny keg to a party two nights ago along with a small cO2 dispenser for pouring the beer. All went well until I realized that I had forgotten to take the gas connector with me too. I've been swapping the gas connector out between force carbonating in my refrigerator and taking it on the road when needed.

Today I'm going to the LHBS with a list of things to pickup, another gas connector is the first item on the list. Fortunately I was able to remove the lid on the keg and pour beer into a large pitcher as needed. But dispensing it 'on tap' would have been so much classier.

Vince, I'm sure you still poured with class.