Clogged diptubes
Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2016 10:06 am
When serving from the spunding keg, is anyone having issues with clogged dip tubes? Our second lodo attempt is on a ale, and we transferred to spund at day 3. There was about a quart or two worth of yeast cake/trub left in the fermenter (14 gallon conical) after transfer, but I would guess the majority came over to the 3 kegs with the beer, as the beer was pretty actively fermenting with a nice head of krausen (someone please correct me as I know thats not the right term for the protein/heady material on the top of a fermenting beer).
Some of our dip tubes are bent at the bottom so they draw directly from the bottom of the keg (I believe one of the three). I know the idea is that as the beer is served, there is basically a cavitation in the yeast cake at the bottom around the dip tube, so it pulls clean beer after a few pulls.
Just trying to figure out if there is a way to get ahead of this (short of trimming the dip tubes before the next keg fill).
Some of our dip tubes are bent at the bottom so they draw directly from the bottom of the keg (I believe one of the three). I know the idea is that as the beer is served, there is basically a cavitation in the yeast cake at the bottom around the dip tube, so it pulls clean beer after a few pulls.
Just trying to figure out if there is a way to get ahead of this (short of trimming the dip tubes before the next keg fill).