I've done this a ton of times before...keg my cider, force carbonate for a week at 15-20psi to get the nice bubbly. I've checked the tank, plenty of gas, no leaks in the keg....why won't it carbonate? I've had it on a week for 20 and a week at 25psi. What am I missing? Shook the h3ll out of it numerous times.
Cider absotively/posilutely will not force carbonate???
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JNye
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leak or bad guage?
Edcculus
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Did they give you helium?
If you follow my thread, I was having a hell of a time getting it carbonated. No leaks, guages working, all valves open. Put it at 30 PSI for a week (which would normall over carb the hell out of it), shook the hell out of it, nothing. Turns out the place that filled it either gave me helium or beer gas.
If you follow my thread, I was having a hell of a time getting it carbonated. No leaks, guages working, all valves open. Put it at 30 PSI for a week (which would normall over carb the hell out of it), shook the hell out of it, nothing. Turns out the place that filled it either gave me helium or beer gas.
ArkhamAsylum
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Is the cider cold enough (sub-40*)? Is there air in your cylinder? Are the connections fully seated? Can you hear gas flowing?
demonrichie
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Did they give you helium?
If you follow my thread, I was having a hell of a time getting it carbonated. No leaks, guages working, all valves open. Put it at 30 PSI for a week (which would normall over carb the hell out of it), shook the hell out of it, nothing. Turns out the place that filled it either gave me helium or beer gas.
breathe in gas. if you sound like alvin simon or theodore you are to go to the place you got it from and hurt people
No leaks, C02 for sure (this is a cylinder I've used once before for carbonating and it worked fine). Charge is good as well. I hear gas going into the keg, sprayed seals with soapy water to ensure no leaks...it even pours out of the keg like Niagara when I tap it. The only thing I would have done different (maybe) is a little too much potassium bicarbonte...like a 1/16 of a teaspoon too much. Cider normally carbonates well at 42F..the temp I carbonate it at all the time.
cheezydemon3
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Lol, HOW TO IDENTIFY UNKNOWN GAS:..........
Breathe in, hurt people. Maybe it's that gas that turns you into the hulk.
