Flat-ish beer

[Homebrew4Scott]

I recently brewed up a Zombie Dust Pale Ale Clone from Northern Brewer.

MASH INGREDIENTS
- 10.5 lbs Rahr 2-row
- 1.5 lbs Munich malt
- 0.5 lbs Carapils
- 0.5 lbs Medium Crystal
BOIL ADDITIONS & TIMES
- 0.5 oz Citra (First wort)
- 1 oz Citra (20 min)
- 1 oz Citra (10 min)
- 1 oz Citra (5 min)
- 1.5 oz Citra (Flameout)
- 3 oz Citra (Dry hops)
YEAST
Dry yeast Fermentis Safale S-04.
MASH SCHEDULE: SINGLE INFUSION
Sacch’ Rest: 152° F for 60 minutes
Mashout: 170° F for 10 minutes

2 weeks in the primary, then two weeks in the secondary then I kegged, cold crashed and forced carbonated the beer. The beer has excellent flavor, nice clarity and comes out of the keg with a nice head.

It has been in the keg now for about 2-3 weeks at about 10-11psi.

The mouthfeel of the beer is flat with in minutes in the glass.

Any thoughts on what I could have done wrong or do differently to improve the carbonation?

 

[Brownalemikie]

Not sure what caused your flatness, but if it were me I'd call NB and talk to one of their brewers. They've been helpful to me a couple times and have been known to send out a FREE recipe kit

 

[Smellyglove]

Maybe you have a leak? If you have a leak on the output of your keg you will get foaming but very little co2 in the beer.

 

[Gravity]

This sounds equipment related and not process.

Your process is solid, I'd take a look at your gear

 

[Homebrew4Scott]

Ill do a leak test tonight! Thanks!!

 

[Homebrew4Scott]

Just reporting back. . . it was so simple. I had ****ed up one of my CO2 connections whilst pushing the beer through the filter. Black to Black. . . daisy chain. . . lesson learned.

Cheers,

Scott