How To Loose 45 Litres Of Beer In 12 Hours!

[Fingerlickin_B]

Got home from work to find the back deck soaked in beer thanks to this:

Mother$#U^% &^%*^% ^$%$%* :angry:

Anyone else have a similar horror story to tell?

PZ.

*LOSE, not loose...lol*

 

[Stuster]

Lost a few litres before by leaving the tap open when racking but never that sort of amount. My deepest condolences for the passing.

 

[Fingerlickin_B]

At least it smells good in my very literal beer garden now...not sure how the surrounding plant life will react though h34r:

PZ.

 

[Ross]

Is that a keg seal? Did you lose a bottle of gas as well?

Bad luck...

 

[Fingerlickin_B]

Nah Ross, no gas loss...t'was a tap seal on my fermenter...

All new stainless fittings and silicon o-rings have been ordered...damn the expense :beerbang:

PZ.

 

[Thunderlips]

Nah Ross, no gas loss...t'was a tap seal on my fermenter...

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That looks just like an o-ring for a keg post and nothing like the one on the $1 to $2 taps my fermenter uses.
Do you have some kind of non standard fermenter? Something big maybe?

 

[Thunderlips]

Do you have some kind of non standard fermenter? Something big maybe?

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Just read your thread title
You obviously have a 45+ litre fermenter that must take a non standard tap.

 

[peas_and_corn]

Of course, I can think of a much better way to go through 45 litres of beer in 12 hours...

sorry to hear about the loss... wearing a black armband as I write...

 

[Scotty]

Ahh it happened to me too, but only 18 litres..... When cleaning my plutio gun i forgot to put a vital seal back.... Im still paying for it 9 months on. damn roaches.

Scotty

 

[Screwtop]

Makes my piddling 4 litres in the bottom of the ferm fridge seem insignificant. It still hurt.

 

[delboy]

condolences my friend .

i will lower the flag to half mast today and have a minute silence at 11 minutes past beer o'clock :blink:

you might end up with a few roaches now but no snails in SWAMBO's plants


RIP

DELBOY .



PZ

 

[Fingerlickin_B]

Poor DrewCarey82 has lost a heap too, although by different means.

There must be a curse going around h34r:

PZ.

 

[muga]

Lucky it wasn't inside I guess... still that's a big waste of beer

There is a good side plants love beer, always put the watered down dregs from the fermenters on the garden..

 

[Guest Lurker]

There is a good side plants love beer, always put the watered down dregs from the fermenters on the garden..

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Can I just be Darren for a minute and suggest that if you have a pile of hops in the fermenter and a dog that you dont do that as dogs go for the sweet beer and the hops are toxic to them.

 

[muga]

Hops are toxic to dogs?
I never knew that!

 

[devo]

jeeez, I was crying over loosing 8 ltr of wort because my boiler was not quite big enuff :

real sorry about the loss

 

[Fingerlickin_B]

My solution parts arrived today...shouldn't happen again

Oh, and the inside washer has tabs on it...it looks deformed in the pic, but it's just the shape of the washer

PZ.

 

[Sparky]

Hey F'b

A terrible loss there...

I note that the vessel pictured is your fermenter.

What temp does the area around the tap get to??

My experience with hydraulic oil systems that I have worked with has taught me that if the o rings get heated above 70 deg, they go hard & deteriorate fairly rapidly.

 

[Fingerlickin_B]

Yeah, it is a fermenter (now h34r: ), so the temps don't even get near 30C, hence no such probs with heat.

Just needed a better fitting setup...I must say I'm very happy with what I have now and can't wait 'till next week so I can throw a brew into her :super:

PZ.

 

[Sparky]

B) Roll on next week & good luck for the next brew :beer: