One question, and one thought (in the form of a question):
1) Every minute or so, one of my beer ace 2 pumps lets out a spurt (as if the tap was open for a brief second). I closed the valve on my serving tank, and it still ran, unable to pull beer from the vessel. I checked the lines going out (less the 150 foot trunk) and behind each tap. Nothing. The pump was recently replaced, so I can't imagine that's the problem. What do I rule out next? I would hate the thought of having to replace the whole line.
2) I have entered my busy season. During this season, my pale ale sells like hotcakes. I am filling my 7Bbl TDV every three to four weeks. I thought today (as I kegged off the last 1/2 Bbl and cleaned the tank), why not just fill the tank back up every other time without cleaning it? I didn't do this , of course, because it...well....it felt wrong for some reason. BUT the tanks is sealed, under a blanket of CO2, and if I waited between batches to clean the tank, still less than 2 months old. I save money on chemicals (I would still pastuize my hoses and purge with CO2) and save time.
Still, I wont do it. I just want somebody to give me a good reason not to do it, so I wont be tempted to do it in the future when I am feeling like doing it.
1) Every minute or so, one of my beer ace 2 pumps lets out a spurt (as if the tap was open for a brief second). I closed the valve on my serving tank, and it still ran, unable to pull beer from the vessel. I checked the lines going out (less the 150 foot trunk) and behind each tap. Nothing. The pump was recently replaced, so I can't imagine that's the problem. What do I rule out next? I would hate the thought of having to replace the whole line.
2) I have entered my busy season. During this season, my pale ale sells like hotcakes. I am filling my 7Bbl TDV every three to four weeks. I thought today (as I kegged off the last 1/2 Bbl and cleaned the tank), why not just fill the tank back up every other time without cleaning it? I didn't do this , of course, because it...well....it felt wrong for some reason. BUT the tanks is sealed, under a blanket of CO2, and if I waited between batches to clean the tank, still less than 2 months old. I save money on chemicals (I would still pastuize my hoses and purge with CO2) and save time.
Still, I wont do it. I just want somebody to give me a good reason not to do it, so I wont be tempted to do it in the future when I am feeling like doing it.
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