Ruddy budget barrels...

[jonewer]

... and their blasted cousin loving leaking taps that lead to 10 pints of beer on the kitchen floor in the morning!

That is all.

 

[Mike1981]

Not nice...i think we've all been there at some point :cry:

 

[jonewer]

I had to lie it on its side with the tap pointing upwards. Will have to perform a tap transplant later!

 

[Mike1981]

Is it the tap or the seal behind the tap thats leaking? If its the seal, remove it and smear it with vasaline.

 

[cask is best]

One of the home brewer's worse nightmares

I have never had a leaking tap. Honest. Make sure you put a good dollop of Vaseline on the grooves. And Good luck.

 

[jonewer]

Well the surgery was successful and the patient is no longer haemorraging all over Her kitchen floor! Swapped it with a tap from an empty barrel along with a nice smear of Vaseline along the rim (more tea vicar).

Was my first brew with my own hops also... would have been gutted to lose it.

 

[shocker]

Lost a barrel load of the first grain stout I made , racked and fined and only just primed ,in the barrel to condition.....2 days later I was called to the garage to inspect a large black sticky puddle .

So yes ,god forsaken ,cousin-on-cousin ,in breeding tap bastards .And it wasnt one of the cheap ones either .

 

[anita]

I've learnt know, keep it on the kitchen side where I can keep an eye on it easily for a couple of days.

the leaky on that I had has had the tap adjusted and vaseline on the gasket, its currently sat there with 40pints of great eastern in it so I'm very carefully checking it regularly