Darwin18
Well-Known Member
The thread title kind of sums it all up. I had three kegs on tap carbonating while I was away from home for the holidays at 12 psi at 38 degrees. I use ten feet of line so I don't have any problems with carbonation.
I turned the PSI way down yesterday afternoon to bottle from the kegs for an upcoming competition. I noticed that my amber (which is newest to the keg rotation) was a bit flat, so I turned the PSI up to 14 psi for all three kegs thinking that I could up the carbonation a bit and turn it down tomorrow if needed.
I wanted an IPA last night so I went to pull a draft of it from the kegerator and noticed that there was zero hop aroma. Three hours before it had been overwhelming citrusy. The hop taste and flavor was gone and the beer itself tasted sour. All three kegs have the same off-flavor.
The only thing I changed was the CO2 PSI a bit from 12 to 14 psi....I suspected that's the cause of the off-flavor so I lowered the PSI down to 11 and vented all three kegs several times last night. I have an upcoming New Years Eve party and my wife is nervous that the beer is ruined. I suspect that it should be fine in a day or so but honestly have not run into this before. Any suggestions on how to improve this?
I turned the PSI way down yesterday afternoon to bottle from the kegs for an upcoming competition. I noticed that my amber (which is newest to the keg rotation) was a bit flat, so I turned the PSI up to 14 psi for all three kegs thinking that I could up the carbonation a bit and turn it down tomorrow if needed.
I wanted an IPA last night so I went to pull a draft of it from the kegerator and noticed that there was zero hop aroma. Three hours before it had been overwhelming citrusy. The hop taste and flavor was gone and the beer itself tasted sour. All three kegs have the same off-flavor.
The only thing I changed was the CO2 PSI a bit from 12 to 14 psi....I suspected that's the cause of the off-flavor so I lowered the PSI down to 11 and vented all three kegs several times last night. I have an upcoming New Years Eve party and my wife is nervous that the beer is ruined. I suspect that it should be fine in a day or so but honestly have not run into this before. Any suggestions on how to improve this?