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Flat Mini-keg HELP!
Message: Okay...did my first mini-keg experiment...got my Philtap...First one dispenses like a champ...but damn! Flat as heck!
I didn't have keg lub when I bottled the mini-keg, and was worried about that...
But everything seemed to go well. Did the 1.5TSP in the keg...
But the carbonation is so low. It was at 70 degrees for two-three weeks, so I don't think it was stuck at all...I think it leaked around the relieph bung...
So, is there any way to force carbonate this mini-keg? I gave it a squeeze of the C02 cart, and shook the keg a bit...going to try it again after 12 or so hours and see...but I could feel the mini-keg expanding...the ice crackled around it, so I don't want to overpressurize the keg.
Anyone have any experience trying to force carbonate a mini-keg this way. Even if it takes 2 weeks, I don't care...I just hate to drink 5L of flat homebrew ... or worse...waste 5L of beer down the drain...(okay...who am I kidding...that's not going to happen )
Any ideas?
In the end,if I can't help it along, I'll mix 1/2 glass of flat mini-keg beer, with 1/2 bottle of the carbonated stuff...but still
D
Message: Okay...did my first mini-keg experiment...got my Philtap...First one dispenses like a champ...but damn! Flat as heck!
I didn't have keg lub when I bottled the mini-keg, and was worried about that...
But everything seemed to go well. Did the 1.5TSP in the keg...
But the carbonation is so low. It was at 70 degrees for two-three weeks, so I don't think it was stuck at all...I think it leaked around the relieph bung...
So, is there any way to force carbonate this mini-keg? I gave it a squeeze of the C02 cart, and shook the keg a bit...going to try it again after 12 or so hours and see...but I could feel the mini-keg expanding...the ice crackled around it, so I don't want to overpressurize the keg.
Anyone have any experience trying to force carbonate a mini-keg this way. Even if it takes 2 weeks, I don't care...I just hate to drink 5L of flat homebrew ... or worse...waste 5L of beer down the drain...(okay...who am I kidding...that's not going to happen )
Any ideas?
In the end,if I can't help it along, I'll mix 1/2 glass of flat mini-keg beer, with 1/2 bottle of the carbonated stuff...but still
D