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:drool::drool::drool::drool::drool::drool:
If I wasn\'t going to be away, I\'d def. go!!!
My biggest complaint is when I put in a new keg, it takes forever for it to reach temp.
The good news is that it\'s probably not a problem with your kegerator (unless the inside is leaking air). The bad news is that it is probably a problem with some fundamental beer physics. A keg placed in a 38 degree refrigerator will only cool down by about one degree per hour until it reaches 38. So if you put a room temperature (72 degree) keg into any refrigerator, you\'re looking at about 34 hours (a day and a half) for it to cool down to drinking temperature.
The problem is the kegerator rarely reaches 38 degrees, with a cold keg or empty. From what I\'ve read, it is a common problem with the model we have. The kegs I have bought came from Walsh\'s store 20 or so minutes from my house, so it shouldn\'t have warmed up that much in transit.
Ice tricks can help a little, though they\'re usually better for changing perceived temperature than actually changing the temperature. The best thing to do is to place ice along the bottom of the keg since the beer at the bottom is the first beer to come out. Icing the top of a keg doesn\'t actually do anything, but everyone does it all the time at parties and it does make the beer look colder which is often all you need.
And just how would I get ice near the keg at the bottom? My philosophy was that cold air drops, hence ice on top would cool the beer below. :shrug: Six, half dozen or another, I make it work and the beer is :drool:
And yes, cleaning the lines is VERY important! I\'ve never untapped a keg before though. When we have a keg going, the longest it sits without action is probably only a few days. I just draw a beer and throw it down the drain and then drink on. Works for me.
And...I\'ve never heard of "beer gas". We get CO2 from a place in North Haven. If "beer gas" is better and you can point us in a direction where we can get it in the future, I\'d appreciate it.
