BeerBalls
Well-Known Member
I have my keggerator in my garage, and like anyone else in South Jersey this summer, my garage is averaging about 90 degrees during the day, cooling to a nice balmy 80 degrees by night. The fridge runs constantly trying to keep up, but it's old and doesn't quite do the job, so my kegged beer never gets cold enough. So, my beer is practically flat, and I'm wondering if it's because of the relatively high temp. I have my regulator cranked up to 15 psi, and it still doesn't seem to carbonate the beer after a week or so at that pressure. I only started kegging in the late spring, so I have no experience with the cold season. Does anyone else have this problem? Is temperature that much of a factor in the dissolution of gas into solution that 10 or 15 degrees (I'm guessing here) will make the difference between carbonated and flat beer?