Picnic tap issue question

[Sandy Feet]

When it is a hobby, the best thing to do is laugh at yourself, and chalk it up to a learning experience. I got the problem fixed a couple of times, but it kept recurring. I got pissed this afternoon and took off the liquid post and the tube. There was a very small amount of hop material inside the post. I tried to keep everything sanitized, and I purged the keg. It did pour, but we shall see.
I'm glad I went to the brewery for a couple prior to this, ate something, and relaxed for a little bit. I spent about 5 hours in the yard this morning playing with chainsaws to trim trees and trying to finish the yard before it started raining.
As I am trying to fix the problem, I'm almost laughing at myself as I am damned if I am going to let beer go to waste that I worked this hard for. I'm probably going to get drunk drinking 6.6% beer that I won't let go to waste, but I'm not going anywhere.
One other good thing: I found an 80's ELO album that belonged to my wife, and I had never listened to it. It is going to album night next Friday

 

[Sandy Feet]

I got one pour off the damn thing before it go clogged again. I was on YouTube and found a British guy going through the same thing. I may go up and buy some clean, spare parts to see if that helps and go back and wash the old stuff very well.

 

[Craigerrr]

I got one pour off the damn thing before it go clogged again. I was on YouTube and found a British guy going through the same thing. I may go up and buy some clean, spare parts to see if that helps and go back and wash the old stuff very well.

Could be some debris in the tube as well.
Maybe give it time to settle (like a day) after you clear it the next time. If there is a lot of debris though it me keep recurring.
If you are buying a new dip tube, shorten it by a 1/2" or so and give that a try.
Very frustrating experience, been there, done that!

 

[Sandy Feet]

I did buy a new connector and a line just to rule it out, I wanted a back-up, and it was cheap. That was not the issue.
I took the post off again, and I had hop debris everywhere this time. I reassembled it, carbed it, and the same problem happened again. I think I will try again over the weekend.
This is a valuable lesson and one of the few big mistakes I have made.
To everyone that hasn't gone through this: If you dry hop, or have a shit load of late hop additions, make sure you syphon from the elevated portion of the fermenter, or use a bag to dry hop. Take your time. don't get lazy. Bad shit happens when you don't do those two things.

 

[Craigerrr]

I did buy a new connector and a line just to rule it out, I wanted a back-up, and it was cheap. That was not the issue.
I took the post off again, and I had hop debris everywhere this time. I reassembled it, carbed it, and the same problem happened again. I think I will try again over the weekend.
This is a valuable lesson and one of the few big mistakes I have made.
To everyone that hasn't gone through this: If you dry hop, or have a shit load of late hop additions, make sure you syphon from the elevated portion of the fermenter, or use a bag to dry hop. Take your time. don't get lazy. Bad shit happens when you don't do those two things.

Allrounder with a floating dip tube for the win!

 

[Sandy Feet]

Allrounder with a floating dip tube for the win!

I saw some stuff on Amazon that looks cool. Does anyone have a preference on a brand or model using a floating tube for a 5-gallon Corny keg?

 

[BarbarianBrewer]

I have a FLOTit 2.0 from HomebrewLabs.com for each of my kegs. They work great. Never had a problem with any of them. The only negative, and that is a small one, is that the diameter of the tubing is smaller so it pours a little slower. The narrower tubing allows for an easier install.

 

[Craigerrr]

The thing I like about the allrounder fermenter and a floating dip tube is that none of the hop debris or trub get into the keg in the first place. Before moving to the allrounder I did try a floating dip tube in the keg (after my clogged post and dip tube issue). I found it to be a pain. It sometimes got hung up on the side of the keg, not to mention that your arm is inside the keg when you install it.

 

[Sandy Feet]

That might be kind of fun on a Corny LOL. If the thing threaded through, you could hook it to the tube, and then place it back in like a regular tube, that would work. There isn't a whole lot of room to put my hand in that keg without cutting the shit out of myself.

 

[Sandy Feet]

I have a FLOTit 2.0 from HomebrewLabs.com for each of my kegs. They work great. Never had a problem with any of them. The only negative, and that is a small one, is that the diameter of the tubing is smaller so it pours a little slower. The narrower tubing allows for an easier install.
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I'll check it out when I have some time. Thanks.