duskb
Well-Known Member
So I've managed to successfully keg three brews now, after a very long and arduous battle. One has been sugar primed the other two force carbed. The two that were force carbed I noticed something that does not jive with the typical proceedure I see for this task. Maybe my regulator is whacked?
I do force carbing per convention (about 30 psi for 4 minutes) but when I come back to let out some pressure a few hours later all I hear is "pss" and it's empty, not the typical "psssssst" you'd expect to hear from a well carbed keg. Obviously the beer is absorbing all the CO2 fast but I have to re-charge the keg a few times during the following days to keep the pressure up, otherwise I can't even draw on it. I do not believe I have any leaks in the kegs because once the beer reaches proper carb levels and I can remove it from the CO2 it draws fine, without needing any more charging. No foaming issues, no problems.
I'm starting to think that maybe I'm actually hitting the beer with 15 PSI or whatever even though the regulator says 30...what are the odds of this? Do regulators lie? Any ideas?
BTW the regulator is a micromatic if this helps....I did disassemble it last month to clean it after the regulator screw rusted shut but I made sure to sanitize everything before reassembling it.
Dusk
I do force carbing per convention (about 30 psi for 4 minutes) but when I come back to let out some pressure a few hours later all I hear is "pss" and it's empty, not the typical "psssssst" you'd expect to hear from a well carbed keg. Obviously the beer is absorbing all the CO2 fast but I have to re-charge the keg a few times during the following days to keep the pressure up, otherwise I can't even draw on it. I do not believe I have any leaks in the kegs because once the beer reaches proper carb levels and I can remove it from the CO2 it draws fine, without needing any more charging. No foaming issues, no problems.
I'm starting to think that maybe I'm actually hitting the beer with 15 PSI or whatever even though the regulator says 30...what are the odds of this? Do regulators lie? Any ideas?
BTW the regulator is a micromatic if this helps....I did disassemble it last month to clean it after the regulator screw rusted shut but I made sure to sanitize everything before reassembling it.
Dusk