Tried to burst carb last night. Wasn't carbed this morning.

I shook it at 58 degrees for 5 min at 25 psi. This morning when I get pours from it. The beer does not look clear and has sediment in every pour. Tastes flat..

I have 8 hours until the party tonight.. Can I still burst carb it.

when I force carb I hook up at 24-30psi at 35° for 24 hours, vent pressureand set to 10psi to serve and try, if its not carbed to my liking I leave it hooked to the gas, bump it to 24psi again and give it a few shakes, drop to serving pressure and try it again, if its good leave it til serving to settle out


you will have a carbonic twang to the beer, but it will be carbed, I try to force carb only in a crunch... but I still try to have a few days to mellow out the carbonic bite before a party.

Sorry to say, but I think you will have to choose between carbed and clear at this point. You can carb by upping the pressure and shaking. Just be very careful not to overcarb. Of course, if you shake it alot, the sediment will not settle and it will not be clear. I suppose carbed is more important than clear.

ajwillys said:

Sorry to say, but I think you will have to choose between carbed and clear at this point. You can carb by upping the pressure and shaking. Just be very careful not to overcarb. Of course, if you shake it alot, the sediment will not settle and it will not be clear. I suppose carbed is more important than clear.

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I didn't know it would not clear up if you shake it. If I put the psi to 12 and leave it for a week at 38 degrees it wont clear back up?

It will eventually clear , but not by tonight. Was it clear before you shook it?

If you had a beer that had settled and you were about to force carb, would it help to first pour out a beer or so from the bottom to get the sediment out from bottome before you shake it? Or does the sediment sit too low in the bottom and won't get poured out?

Tiako said:

I didn't know it would not clear up if you shake it. If I put the psi to 12 and leave it for a week at 38 degrees it wont clear back up?

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It'll clear up some in a week. I did the shake carb method my first keg and noticed it took a good 3 weeks for it to clear up really well.

bhughes said:

If you had a beer that had settled and you were about to force carb, would it help to first pour out a beer or so from the bottom to get the sediment out from bottome before you shake it? Or does the sediment sit too low in the bottom and won't get poured out?

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yes, first pint or few will probably have sediment pulled from the bottom. and should disappear eventually.

Sounds said:

It'll clear up some in a week. I did the shake carb method my first keg and noticed it took a good 3 weeks for it to clear up really well.

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3 weeks111

I am never going to try to burst carb again.

by clear up really well, i mean as clear as any commercially bought filtered beer(miller lite, etc), no chill haze, etc. Not to mention time will probably be impacted on how clean and clear your beer was to begin with, what temperature it's at, and what kind of psi you have going on. Your experience could be very different from mine.

And you can still burst carb, many recommend not shaking the keg however and letting it sit ~24 hours at ~30psi, then purge off excess pressure and hook back up to your normal serving psi.

I have tried the 30 psi for 24 hours and the beer does not carb. Usually takes me a few days.

you are leaving the gas on the whole time carbing correct? are there any possible leaks, maybe your gauge is off, I had one that read 5psi low

Regarding clearing...

In my experience, the beer will clear up over time as the sediment settles to the bottom. Then, when you pull a pint, it sucks up the sediment off the bottom until it is clear. However, it doesn't suck up all the sediment, just what the dip tube can reach. If you move it around alot again, it will re-disturb the sediment which will get sucked up again unless you wait for it to settle again.

Again, this is just my experience. YMMV.