Beer won't carbonate

Kegged a home brew the other night. Using corney keg. Put carb to it last night at around 10 psi. Beer is still not carbonated. When I pull pressure relief valve there is CO2 in keg. Why is it not carbonating? Thanks.

 

Is it in the fridge? Even cold it will take awhile to carb at 10psi. Warm 10 psi isnt enough

 

^^This. I generally have my pressure at 13psi and at 38F I wait close to 2 weeks before I give a beer a try. Cold, pressure, and time are your friends.

 

+1 on the above.

If you want it a little faster, try this. Chill first, at least overnight. Then crank it up to 30psi for 36 hours. After that, purge and reset the regulator to your serving pressure which you mention to be 10 psi. Let sit a few days or start drinking immediately. It will improve over time.

 

I do exactly what Cider123 does! It's the easiest way!

 

In my opinion easiest is to set it up in your kegerator at serving pressure and temperature and forget about it for a week and a half to two weeks. Otherwise the burst carbonating can speed the process up some. It takes a little time for the CO2 to dissolve anyway. The other day makes me think it is been on pressure for only a day or three. You probably need more pressure and time. I like my beers at around 12-14 psi at 40 degrees F.

 

If you are in a rush to drink it, lay the keg on its side and roll it with the pressure up a ways. I chill my keg to drinking temp, connect the CO2, turn up to something like 30 or 40 PSI and roll it on its side for a couple minutes. If you leave the gas in toward the bottom, you will hear the bubbles. Rolling it increases exposed surface area of the beer and mixes beer containing less CO2 to the surface. Then I slowly start turning it down. You don't want to over carbonate. You want to target zero bubbles at your particular temp and PSI for the target dissolved volume of CO2. Then, if you think it is close, put it back into the keggerator and set at the PSI it should be based off of temp and desired CO2. You can drink it immediately, but it does get better with time. Rapidly forcing it supposedly does not dissolve quite as well.

Also, if you over carbonate, you can disconnect the CO2 and periodically purge pressure with the release valve. The CO2 will slowly come out of solution and build up pressure until equilibrium is reached. However, it is better to just reach your target the first time.

Here is a chart that may be of use: http://www.kegerators.com/carbonation-table.php

 

If doing the shake method you can cheat and after getting it cold just set the regulator to serving pressure before doing the shake/rock. It will take longer but is impossible to overcarb.