Ramsbottom_Brewer
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I have brewed my first beer and am about two thirds of the way through the keg. It's a cheap, bottom of the range keg, that I had to cool by wrapping ice packs round it.
But now it's flat. The CO2 that was naturally produced during conditioning is no longer presurising the keg enough to push out the beer. As such, I have had to open the top the allow gravity to push the beer out. This beer is now flat.
Am I correct in assuming that the space in the keg produced by me drinking the beer has simply allowed the CO2 the spread out and, therefore, reduced the pressure in the keg.
So my question is why would the beer go flat? I understand it not coming out but why go flat?
I can not force carbonate as the keg is too basic.
What's going on here and is there anything I can do now?
Thanks,
Mark
But now it's flat. The CO2 that was naturally produced during conditioning is no longer presurising the keg enough to push out the beer. As such, I have had to open the top the allow gravity to push the beer out. This beer is now flat.
Am I correct in assuming that the space in the keg produced by me drinking the beer has simply allowed the CO2 the spread out and, therefore, reduced the pressure in the keg.
So my question is why would the beer go flat? I understand it not coming out but why go flat?
I can not force carbonate as the keg is too basic.
What's going on here and is there anything I can do now?
Thanks,
Mark