spaceyaquarius
Well-Known Member
I put this post in the beginners section....I guess it should probably go here?
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/1st-time-kegging-co2-question-394808/#post4967574
Ok, here's the story:
LTB in Moore, OK sold me a "reconditioned" keg with old o-rings, so my CO2 tank was hooked up to the 5 gallon Cornelius keg for 3 days and the full CO2 tank went empty (they denied it). The beer never carbonated. I took off the "in" ball lock really fast with the beer still in the keg, and replaced the upper o-ring and also added keg lube. it doesn't leak anymore.
Then I hooked it up to 30 PSI (Shock Top clone, so I want high cabonation) to the "out" ball lock after reading a post about it carbonating the beer better since it goes down the dip tube. No leaks still, but tonight (after 2 days) I realized that I forgot to purge the head space of Oxygen the second time. I think oxygen is supposed to flatten the beer and ruin the taste, right?
So I tried to release some gas from the top release tab, and the whole keg vibrated, shaking the kitchen floor, and the I heard a "glug, glug, glug" sound that was pretty loud. Is this normal?
As of now, I'm just going to leave it alone until the 5 days is up. I wanted the beer to be ready in less than a week, so that's why I picked 30 PSI, and 30 is what was on the CO2 chart I found for Belgian Wheats. Temp of keg and tank is 62 degrees F (mini fridge is still in the mail).
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/1st-time-kegging-co2-question-394808/#post4967574
Ok, here's the story:
LTB in Moore, OK sold me a "reconditioned" keg with old o-rings, so my CO2 tank was hooked up to the 5 gallon Cornelius keg for 3 days and the full CO2 tank went empty (they denied it). The beer never carbonated. I took off the "in" ball lock really fast with the beer still in the keg, and replaced the upper o-ring and also added keg lube. it doesn't leak anymore.
Then I hooked it up to 30 PSI (Shock Top clone, so I want high cabonation) to the "out" ball lock after reading a post about it carbonating the beer better since it goes down the dip tube. No leaks still, but tonight (after 2 days) I realized that I forgot to purge the head space of Oxygen the second time. I think oxygen is supposed to flatten the beer and ruin the taste, right?
So I tried to release some gas from the top release tab, and the whole keg vibrated, shaking the kitchen floor, and the I heard a "glug, glug, glug" sound that was pretty loud. Is this normal?
As of now, I'm just going to leave it alone until the 5 days is up. I wanted the beer to be ready in less than a week, so that's why I picked 30 PSI, and 30 is what was on the CO2 chart I found for Belgian Wheats. Temp of keg and tank is 62 degrees F (mini fridge is still in the mail).