Jsbeckton
Well-Known Member
I made an Oktoberfest in August and put it in my keezer on CO2 about 3 weeks ago. After about two weeks it was tasting grreat and fully carbed. Open up my keezer last night and notice that the CO2 is out, figure no big deal because i have a spare bottle so just swap out. Was wondering if the beer was still carbed so lifted the relief a bit and it was still pressurized so i figured it was fine. Hooked up the new bottle and drew a beer. I immediatly thought that it looked darker than it should then i tasted it and it had a terrible bite to it.
I am guessing that this is oxygenated but for the life of me I can't understand how it happened. I figure that at the very worst if the CO2 leaks then the CO2 comes out of solution and leaves me with a flat beer with a blanked of CO2 on top to keep it isolated. This has happened once before when i removed a keg from the CO2 to make room for something else then when i go to hook it back up it is this same darker/fizzy/biting mess. Anybody else have issues when CO2 runs out or if a keg is removed?
It was sitting at 14psi and about 45F. Happened to all kegs (3) on the same CO2 manifold. Beer tasted just fine last week when the CO2 was good.
Need to find a solution because i lost two kegs of Oktoberfest and a half keg of bitter this time!
I am guessing that this is oxygenated but for the life of me I can't understand how it happened. I figure that at the very worst if the CO2 leaks then the CO2 comes out of solution and leaves me with a flat beer with a blanked of CO2 on top to keep it isolated. This has happened once before when i removed a keg from the CO2 to make room for something else then when i go to hook it back up it is this same darker/fizzy/biting mess. Anybody else have issues when CO2 runs out or if a keg is removed?
It was sitting at 14psi and about 45F. Happened to all kegs (3) on the same CO2 manifold. Beer tasted just fine last week when the CO2 was good.
Need to find a solution because i lost two kegs of Oktoberfest and a half keg of bitter this time!