I apologize if this has been covered already. I can't imagine that it hasn't, but I couldn't find anything for me when searching the forums.
This is not a case of impatience...
So, about three months ago, I decided to up my game (from strictly ales and bottle carbonating) and get outfitted for lagers and kegging. I brewed up a simple pilsner, fermented, rested and started lagering in a cornie at 35 degrees under 15# on February 3rd.
I drew a sample late February and it was barely carbonated and definitely not done conditioning. So, I upped the pressure to 20#. I draw off 6oz or so once/week just for my own edification. Carbonation isn't increasing any, but it's getting mighty delicious.
Now, after almost 2 months under pressure at 35 degrees, it's delicious, but flat still. When I get a sample, it foams a little coming out of the spout and gets a nice dense little head on it, but the beer is still flat. Even if I throttle the spout so much that the beer doesn't foam at all, it's still flat.
Am I missing something here? I've done everything to check that my CO2 tank/regulator are in proper operation. Cracked the keg vent and it's definitely under pressure. I really don't understand how a.) how it's not carbonating and b.) how it can appear carbonated with a nice fluffy head, but still be almost completely flat.
Any help will be greatly appreciated and help me determine if I'm going to keg or bottle my I2PA in the secondary fermentor.
This is not a case of impatience...
So, about three months ago, I decided to up my game (from strictly ales and bottle carbonating) and get outfitted for lagers and kegging. I brewed up a simple pilsner, fermented, rested and started lagering in a cornie at 35 degrees under 15# on February 3rd.
I drew a sample late February and it was barely carbonated and definitely not done conditioning. So, I upped the pressure to 20#. I draw off 6oz or so once/week just for my own edification. Carbonation isn't increasing any, but it's getting mighty delicious.
Now, after almost 2 months under pressure at 35 degrees, it's delicious, but flat still. When I get a sample, it foams a little coming out of the spout and gets a nice dense little head on it, but the beer is still flat. Even if I throttle the spout so much that the beer doesn't foam at all, it's still flat.
Am I missing something here? I've done everything to check that my CO2 tank/regulator are in proper operation. Cracked the keg vent and it's definitely under pressure. I really don't understand how a.) how it's not carbonating and b.) how it can appear carbonated with a nice fluffy head, but still be almost completely flat.
Any help will be greatly appreciated and help me determine if I'm going to keg or bottle my I2PA in the secondary fermentor.