So after a solid 4-5 months since brewing, last night I finally took my first sample of my Dark Belgian. I thought it was pretty damm good for my first attempt at a dark belgian not to mention I pretty much started with an estimated base recipe and made several mod's and additions to.

This morning my patio had dark belgian beer on it. I must have leaked out a good gallon or so. The kegerator has beer all over the bottom and started dripping out the door. It appears to be leaking at the liquid out post. I had a cobra tap attached and it ran down the side of the keg.

Having used this keg only once prior I'm wondering if the o-ring is in question. As it does hold preasure.

I guess I'll change the o-ring but am wondering about the pin-lock adapter, could that be the source of the problem?

Does anyone lube the liquid/gas o-rings?

Thanks,

"Does anyone lube the liquid/gas o-rings?"

Yup.

I Lube all o-rings.

What kind of adapter are you using?

I had this happen to me recently, except that the kegerator was in my house and the leak was very slow. After the keg had been on tap for like a week, I noticed something funny near the edge of the fridge. After investigating more carefully, I found a thick line of nasty mold growing between the fridge and another piece and the desk next to it. There was no puddle of beer anywhere, but I could see where the beer was slowly leaking out and feeding the colony. It was really gross and left a couple of black marks on the hardwood that I have not been able to remove (but fortunately they are not too big or noticable).

Before using this keg, I took the valves apart, cleaned them and lubed the o-rings. I am not sure why I got the leak, but I think mine was from the liquid post as well, and not from the disconnect or line. When I moved the keg out of the kegerator, I could hear a little gas sputtering through the base of the post.

My only advice in the future is to fill the keg, pressurize it, completely dry off any liquid near the connections, and let it sit for a while to see if anything leaks out. Maybe even shake it and/or turn it upside down for a bit just to make sure it is 100% sealed. That's what I will probably do. At least for awhile until I forget about the recent beer-tastrophy.

I had a slow leak from the hose clamp on my liquid disconnect. IT took me a week to figure it out because it was on the back side of the keg. It really sucks, but I only lost maybe a pint and it was contained in the fridge.

There are two types of quick disconnect. The MFL version enables one to screw the barb on and off for cleaning. Unfortunately, if one pulls on the hose the wrong way one too many times it may begin to loosen the barb and a slow flow of beer may begin to start, eventually causing a mess. Now I check the keg frequently, plus- I arrange my hoses better.

Other than that, keeping the posts and QD's clean and not all sticky goes along way IMO.

When I set my kegs up to carb the beer, 30 psi, I spray the post, lid and pressure relief valve with star san. I like using that since it bubbles up showing leaks. Kinda like a soapy solution on tire leaks.

And I lube the poppets and O rings.