ne0t0ky0
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Decided to give my big RIS a chance to naturally carb since it needed another month of aging so I pitched 4.5 oz of bottling sugar in a 5 gallon corny... Every few days id do a quick pull on the relief valve hoping to see if any pressure was building up but I didn't get any for about a week. I picked up a pressure gauge and relief valve setup. When I added it, it showed no pressure.
I figured maybe I had a leak so I hit the keg with 5 psi from my co2 tank seeing if that would seal it. Well, that revealed that I had a leak on the gas in tube as I could hear the leak. Replaced the oring a lubed it up. Re pressurized to 10 psi and over the next few days the pressure dropped.
What I'm wondering is whether all the natural co2 is already gone, or should I repitch? I was thinking that the drop in pressure is the beer absorbing the co2 but since I had a leak... When should I expect a rise? Oh I've got the keg inside the house at about 76F.
Thoughts?
I figured maybe I had a leak so I hit the keg with 5 psi from my co2 tank seeing if that would seal it. Well, that revealed that I had a leak on the gas in tube as I could hear the leak. Replaced the oring a lubed it up. Re pressurized to 10 psi and over the next few days the pressure dropped.
What I'm wondering is whether all the natural co2 is already gone, or should I repitch? I was thinking that the drop in pressure is the beer absorbing the co2 but since I had a leak... When should I expect a rise? Oh I've got the keg inside the house at about 76F.
Thoughts?