A while back my kegerator broke. No bigs, I bought a fridge from a neighbor and viola a new kegerator. Well, the kegerator I had before was specifically for kegs. This is a fridge that was retrofitted. Anyways, I went out of town for a weekend and when I came back there was beer on the bottom of my fridge. I had plenty of beer left in the kegs so I didn't care too much considering I was very busy. However, when the kegs ran dry I replaced the plywood shelf (which had frozen rings of beer on it) and cleaned it all out. I figured one of the clamps wasn't too tight so I torqued everything down.
Well, I got new kegs Wednesday and I now have beer on the new piece of plywood as well as small amounts on the floor of the fridge. In addition to that I have residue on the side of the kegs where it appears that some beer leaked out where the taps are. Anyways, my wife's keg of blue moon (not a new keg since Wednesday) went empty last night. I figured that today would be a good time to investigate everything. Well, turns out the blue moon has a bunch of ice inside the keg. I realize the beer is wasted at this point but what the heck?! I don't have a water thermometer but I have the fridge set to 5 out of 6 (6 being coldest) and I'm concerned that my Bell's Two Hearted and Odell's IPA will freeze/leak causing me to feel pain directly in my wallet. I'm sure it's not the taps as I've never had this issue before but I am wondering if anyone has had this problem where the beer becomes frozen, expands, and then comes out of the keg somehow. The lines aren't frozen which has me even more puzzled since I would guess that the rubber lines would freeze first.
Where would you start? What would you do? Please help.
Thanks
Paul
Well, I got new kegs Wednesday and I now have beer on the new piece of plywood as well as small amounts on the floor of the fridge. In addition to that I have residue on the side of the kegs where it appears that some beer leaked out where the taps are. Anyways, my wife's keg of blue moon (not a new keg since Wednesday) went empty last night. I figured that today would be a good time to investigate everything. Well, turns out the blue moon has a bunch of ice inside the keg. I realize the beer is wasted at this point but what the heck?! I don't have a water thermometer but I have the fridge set to 5 out of 6 (6 being coldest) and I'm concerned that my Bell's Two Hearted and Odell's IPA will freeze/leak causing me to feel pain directly in my wallet. I'm sure it's not the taps as I've never had this issue before but I am wondering if anyone has had this problem where the beer becomes frozen, expands, and then comes out of the keg somehow. The lines aren't frozen which has me even more puzzled since I would guess that the rubber lines would freeze first.
Where would you start? What would you do? Please help.
Thanks
Paul
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