BadgerBrigade
Well-Known Member
Sunday I got a fresh 5 pound CO2 tank, I had 3 gallons of cider which I put into a 5 gallon keg, Turn the pressure up to 30 PSI to force carbonate.... It's only been a day and half and my CO2 regulator already has dropped 200psi and is in the red "order gas" area. There was only 3 gallons of liquid in the 5 gallon keg... Does this mean all that CO2 is in the negative space of the keg or do I have a leak somewhere? The homebrew guy told me When I bought my CO2 tank that I should be able to force carbonate four or five kegs? So I'm wondering if I have a leak or if that is just the correct amount of CO2 that would get wasted in trying to force carbonate a half full keg?