Forgot to put the spring & black poppet

[Dale Deamer]

Hi, what happens when you forget to put the spring & poppet into the black valve when you keg your beer.Is there any way i can save the beer ?

[Captain 3 Droids]

Hi Dale, how long has it been this way? Has the keg carbonated?

(Rod will probably respond soon, bit of a keg guru)

Edited February 6, 2020 by Barrelboy

[Dale Deamer]

It has been 2 weeks, i found spring & poppet yesterday

 

[Rob Courtney]

3 hours ago, Dale Deamer said:

Hi, what happens when you forget to put the spring & poppet into the black valve when you keg your beer.Is there any way i can save the beer ?

Short answer no.

 

Are you definite that it isn't in there and it is another spring that you found, there is little point opening up the black valve as that will release all the carbonation. In saying that, I think with out the spring and poppet in it, it will not pressurise correctly either when you connect it to the Brewflo. If it makes you feel any better, I did do something similar and I lost a lot of beer from the keg when I opened and put spring in, redid it up and stuck it in the Brewflo ( lost maybe 2 litres). If you open the valve, do it over a sink, it will get messy.

If you can, put the keg into the fridge, cool it down first that way, then release the valve. You will lose a proportion of your beer, no 2 ways around it, then you can stick it into the flo connect it and drink immediately The good news is you never do this twice, you will be double/triple checking from now on

Edited February 6, 2020 by Rob Courtney

[Dale Deamer]

Thanks so much i will check it tomorrow and hopefully it will be all good!

[Captain 3 Droids]

8 minutes ago, Dale Deamer said:

Thanks so much i will check it tomorrow and hopefully it will be all good!

Rob’s suggestion to put it in the fridge is very sound as co2 will be absorbed as the temperature goes down so at 3-4C you’ll have less of a loss. Let us know how it turns out.

[Rob Courtney]

52 minutes ago, Dale Deamer said:

Thanks so much i will check it tomorrow and hopefully it will be all good!

What was the brew?

[Captain 3 Droids]

23 hours ago, Dale Deamer said:

Thanks so much i will check it tomorrow and hopefully it will be all good!

How did it go?

[Captain 3 Droids]

On 06/02/2020 at 8:46 PM, Dale Deamer said:

Thanks so much i will check it tomorrow and hopefully it will be all good!

Did you give it a go?

 

[J P]

This happened to me two brews back.  For anyone curious about what happens, it starts spurting beer out the poppet hole.  Good thing I checked.   there was some leakage into the top of the keg and i thought it was a goner.  I was able to slowly and gently disassemble the keg top and replace poppet.   i thought it was a write off but kept everything sterile, and let it condition for two weeks.  It actually worked out fine.

Lesson: a checklist isn't a bad idea; don't multi-task or let yourself get distracted.   lots of bits and bobs to remember.  🙂