dip tube length - soda to beer

Mon Oct 19, 2009 11:47 am

I got some corny kegs that were used for soda. Should I trim off a bit of dip tube length to leave some extra space at the bottom of the kegs? How much room should I leave or is it just not worth worrying about?
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Re: dip tube length - soda to beer

Mon Oct 19, 2009 3:11 pm

I've been kegging for the past 6 years or so and have never found a need to cut the dip tubes. I get cloudy beer for the first 4 ounces or so out of a keg and then the rest is clear. The long dip tube just sucks up the crud from a small cone around the end. If you cut the tube, you lose much more beer.

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Re: dip tube length - soda to beer

Tue Oct 20, 2009 9:25 pm

Bugeater wrote:I've been kegging for the past 6 years or so and have never found a need to cut the dip tubes. I get cloudy beer for the first 4 ounces or so out of a keg and then the rest is clear. The long dip tube just sucks up the crud from a small cone around the end. If you cut the tube, you lose much more beer.

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what he said. let it sit longer in secondary if you use one. after 3+ mos i never have sediment get in the keg. let the keg settle at least 3 days once you put it in the fridge. which you do anyway to chill and carbonate right? then jack the pressure up to 25psi and remove gas connector. pour a pint and all the sediment is out. bleed. reconnect gas at desired psi.
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