When I got home Friday and went to pour a beer not a drop came out of the faucet. My tank was empty again. I couldn’t believe it. Now I knew I must have a leak. My lovely wife, wanting to make me happy, offered to take a drive with me to the brew store which was open 6-8pm on Friday. So, for the second week in a row I exchanged a tank.
Before I hooked it up I notice that one keg had absolutely no pressure whatsoever, while the other still held some. So I deduced that it must be a leak from the line going to the keg, or most likely, the keg itself. I mixed up a spray bottle with soapy water and sprayed everything down on both kegs after hooking up the new gas. I did not see any leaks but in the process I think I heard some gas escaping from the gas post of the no pressure keg. So I replaced the gasket on the post (it’s the one keg I haven’t refurbished, coincidentally) and put the gas back on. I didn’t hear any gas escaping. Problem solved? I’m still not convinced it could be that easy, but so far so good. I check it every day, watching the gauge and listening for any gas escaping. I’m really hoping that was all it was. This is pretty much the first problem I’ve had with my system since I built it 4 years ago, so I can’t complain.
I also racked the Belgian IPA to secondary and dry hopped it. It fermented out nice and dry, around 1.007. I tasted a small sample and it was pretty good. I’m used to my IPA’s being very clean and dry so the hops shine, but here the hops and yeast produced flavors were competing for attention. They seem to go well together. It reminded me of times in the past where you get a Blonde or Golden and it’s fresh and hoppy. It should be better with the dry hops and carbonation so I’m looking forward to getting this on tap in a couple weeks.
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