After months of bottling, I have decided to start kegging my beer. It will be a couple of weeks before I have something to keg -- but I have a question.

I am curious as to how full to fill a keg. Heard rumor that one should fill the keg no more than to just below the gas in line/tube (specifically I was told to keep the beer an inch or so below the end of the tube).

Is this correct?

Should I take any precautions to make sure beer does not somehow get sucked up my gas line? Not even sure this is possible....

Thanks for your help.

Randy

I'd say that was some pretty good advice. If you fill your keg too full, then lower the pressure on the keg, you could get some beer sucked up into the line, which would make a possible breeding ground for nasties. You don't want your gas line harboring a bunch of bacteria and mold. So yeah, until you've got the knack for kegging, I'd say stick with that advice.

Thanks for confirming the info I got.

This is a great forum.

Randy

Good way to go to be safe. I have filled mine to the top before. Its best to keep it clear though. I was force carbing a keg a few months ago and had a second keg on the same splitter. I had the pressure up. Then my brain went dumb for a minute and i tried to bleed it from the wrong keg. It sucked beer back into everything. What a mess.
Good luck on the kegging.