Wind River
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I'm a new convert to kegging and this is the first time I've ever worked with CO2...so bear with me...I've searched for threads on this and haven't really seen this issue.
I racked the beer I cold crashed into my keg and started force carbing like the owner of my local HB shop suggested. I turned the gas on to 30psi and shook the hell out of the keg, put the keg into the fridge for 24 hrs. Next day, I purged the gas out of the keg and started the process over again. Next day I purged the gas out and tried to set the regulator to 12psi. Easy enough to do...but I hear no gas coming out. I turn the regulator to 20psi and it's flowing again...set to 12psi...no gas (at least as far as I can hear).
After pouring glass after glass of nothing but foam down the drain, I believe I'm through with force carbing...I have attached the gas line to the keg and am leaving the gas on (temp around 40 degrees). Still...I see the gauge at 12psi but I'm not hearing any gas coming out and don't know what's happening.
Since I'm getting gas coming out at 20psi, could there be something wrong with the regulator? As I said, I am completely new to this CO2 thing and any advice would be greatly appreciated!
I really want to believe that kegging is easier than bottling..but, so far, nothing but frustration.
I racked the beer I cold crashed into my keg and started force carbing like the owner of my local HB shop suggested. I turned the gas on to 30psi and shook the hell out of the keg, put the keg into the fridge for 24 hrs. Next day, I purged the gas out of the keg and started the process over again. Next day I purged the gas out and tried to set the regulator to 12psi. Easy enough to do...but I hear no gas coming out. I turn the regulator to 20psi and it's flowing again...set to 12psi...no gas (at least as far as I can hear).
After pouring glass after glass of nothing but foam down the drain, I believe I'm through with force carbing...I have attached the gas line to the keg and am leaving the gas on (temp around 40 degrees). Still...I see the gauge at 12psi but I'm not hearing any gas coming out and don't know what's happening.
Since I'm getting gas coming out at 20psi, could there be something wrong with the regulator? As I said, I am completely new to this CO2 thing and any advice would be greatly appreciated!
I really want to believe that kegging is easier than bottling..but, so far, nothing but frustration.