Nasty smell

[johnc86]

I left my plastic keg in the shed for a long time with a little bit of beer left inside it and all the dead yeast etc. I have not brewed in it since but I want to use it, perhaps for some experimental brewing or something.

I tried sterilising it with sterilizing solution and then dilute bleach but there is a lingering smell. Its pretty much gone from inside of the keg itself but the lid itself still has it. It smells a bit like puke :sick: .

I have even had the led submerged in a lot of bleach and I can still smell it. I have not tried taking it apart because I don't know how to remove the seals and pressure release thing.....

 

[Marsie]

I've had similar problems. Try sprinkling Bicarb onto the affected area. Don't leave it too long though (more than a couple of hours) if the relief system is aluminium.

 

[evanvine]

Marsie's right!
Bicarb solution works quickly and well.
Hope you get rid of your smell.

 

[johnc86]

It's just a normal wilkos pressure barrel with a primitive pressure relase valve on the top of the cap.

Should I try dismantling the seals and valve and stuff before attacking it with the bicarb or will it find its way to the problem?

If there is a smell there must be something nasty there, right? I thought bad smells where due to living organisms, but this has been submerged in a very bleachy solution so how could abything still be alive :hmm: ?

I am buying an s30 valve. I hope its just a case of removing the rubber valve and drilling the hole for the s30 valve.

 

[evanvine]

As in fridges, the smell impregnates the plastic even though all the nasties have gone!

 

[Marsie]

Before using a Bicarb solution, sprinkle powder all over. you can always soak it later if needs be. Looks like the seal should be easy to remove (or I being a bit thick here and thinking of the wrong seal??)