Primed keg had small leak. Additional CO2?

chriscam said:

So i primed my last keg w/ sugar, hit it with gas to seal, and pulled the gas disconnect off. Checked the pressure about 5 days later and nothing. Figured out my gas poppet was sticking and leaked out the initial CO2. My question is, will i need to add some additional CO2 to fully carbonate the keg since there was a stretch when it was naturally carbing but was also leaking?

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Yooper said:

Yes, I assume that much of the co2 leaked out. You'll either need to reprime, or force carb.

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Flywheel said:

fix your leak

force carb it

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chriscam said:

leak fixed. gonna force carb. any chance of overcarbing w/ priming sugar already in the keg or did most of it leak out during the initial stage?

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Flywheel said:

I'd force carb because you don't know exactly how much leaked out so it would be tough to calculate how much priming sugar to add without over carbing. With the set-it-and-forget-it method of force carbing, it will work itself out without overcarbing.

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