Since I myself have been very frustrated by this, and I didn't find this information on the forum, I thought I would post my findings.
http://www.kegerators.com/carbonation-table.php
A carbonation chart as linked above gives you pressures to carbonate correctly at around sea level. My findings, and some other sources around the net show that an extra 1 psi per 2000ft elevation climb is around appropriate.
For instance, at 38F beer temp for the normal 2.4 units of carbonation, I set my regulator at around 13 psi. I live at around 4000ft above sea level.
I have not encountered problems in bottles, however, though I haven't used them in awhile, and nearly never at this altitude.
Just thought I would throw this out there in case anyone else has flat, head-less beer and lives in the mountains like I do.
http://www.kegerators.com/carbonation-table.php
A carbonation chart as linked above gives you pressures to carbonate correctly at around sea level. My findings, and some other sources around the net show that an extra 1 psi per 2000ft elevation climb is around appropriate.
For instance, at 38F beer temp for the normal 2.4 units of carbonation, I set my regulator at around 13 psi. I live at around 4000ft above sea level.
I have not encountered problems in bottles, however, though I haven't used them in awhile, and nearly never at this altitude.
Just thought I would throw this out there in case anyone else has flat, head-less beer and lives in the mountains like I do.
