marqoid
Well-Known Member
I am working on carbonating my first kegged batch. I am serving from 8 foot cooled lines.
Initially I had my fridge at 50 degrees and 20psi I left it for 2 weeks and it poured a good beer, but no bubbles in the beer, just in the head.
I wanted this to be a highly carbonated beer so I turned the regulator to 50psi and rolled the keg for ~5minutes. I let it settle for 12 hours. This time the beer poured mostly foam but still no bubbles in the beer itself.
Now I have turned the fridge down to 40 degrees and to 25 psi for 1 week. Still, the beer pours all foam and when it settles there are no bubbles in the beer itself.
Just to experiment I relieved the pressure from the keg and set the regulator to 2psi to serve a test; still all foam and no bubbles when it settles.
While there is foam if I swirl the glass I can see tiny bubbles, but they quickly settle to the surface.
What am I doing wrong?
My lines should be long enough. I don't think I've overcarbonated because nothing seems to be in solution. I've read the https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f35/keg-force-carbing-methods-illustrated-73328/ I cant find if I've done anything wrong. I want this beer to be fairly highly carbonated and have a steady stream of bubbles flowing from the bottom of my glass.
Thanks for any input.
Initially I had my fridge at 50 degrees and 20psi I left it for 2 weeks and it poured a good beer, but no bubbles in the beer, just in the head.
I wanted this to be a highly carbonated beer so I turned the regulator to 50psi and rolled the keg for ~5minutes. I let it settle for 12 hours. This time the beer poured mostly foam but still no bubbles in the beer itself.
Now I have turned the fridge down to 40 degrees and to 25 psi for 1 week. Still, the beer pours all foam and when it settles there are no bubbles in the beer itself.
Just to experiment I relieved the pressure from the keg and set the regulator to 2psi to serve a test; still all foam and no bubbles when it settles.
While there is foam if I swirl the glass I can see tiny bubbles, but they quickly settle to the surface.
What am I doing wrong?
My lines should be long enough. I don't think I've overcarbonated because nothing seems to be in solution. I've read the https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f35/keg-force-carbing-methods-illustrated-73328/ I cant find if I've done anything wrong. I want this beer to be fairly highly carbonated and have a steady stream of bubbles flowing from the bottom of my glass.
Thanks for any input.