First Kegged Beer, Need Help With Carbonation

[LiquidFlame]

I just tried my first kegged beer and it seems like it's flat. I brewed a Raspberry Wheat and this is what I did.

1. I Put the kegged beer in the fridge at 40F and set it at 13psi and did the set it and forget it method for 2 weeks.
2. After 2 weeks, I poured the beer and it had a lot of head, but no carbonation. The beer lines I'm using are 5' of 3/16" and 1/4" barbed swivel nut, black threaded ball lock disconnect.
3. I check the connections by pulling up on the release valve and did hear co2 coming out and I heard co2 rush back into the tank once I closed the release valve .
4. I tried lowering to 5psi and this time when I poured, no foam, but just a hint of carbonation. Closest thing I could describe it taste like is club soda.

Not sure what to do, don't know if it just still needs to carbonate more or if I'm doing something wrong or if I have it set at the wrong PSI setting. I'm trying to get this beer ready for our house warming party on Saturday. Any help would be great and I would appreciate it. Thanks

 

[Stevo2569]

Most people use 10' beer line,as do I. You've got head? Isn't club soda carbonated? Sounds like the beer is the problem.

 

[Bobby_M]

Actually club soda is typically really highly carbonated. It's probably getting pretty close. The pressure gauge might be off by a bit. Go ahead and bump it up to 15 psi and see what happens in the next few days.

 

[Changeduser123]

If you have more carbonation when you turn down the pressure, it means your lines are too short to balance the serving pressure. As a consequence, you have more foam, and less CO2 that remains in solution. You should not need to lower the pressure. I started with 5 ft of line as well, which is the default for kit from kegconnection. After a couple of weeks, I realized I needed to change them to have 10ft long lines. Now, I have perfect pour with the right carbonation, at 12 psi.

 

[LiquidFlame]

Thanks for the info. Describing it as club soda is probably the wrong description, I guess it taste more like water with a little bit of carbonation. I'll try pumping it up to 15psi and buy some longer lines today. Would the best way to sanitize my new lines be just pumping sanitize solution through them with my auto siphon? Also I forgot to menton two things, when I do pour it at 13psi, it shoots out pretty quickly and I do notice that the psi gauge does drop a little bit. Are either of these an issue and when the psi drops, should I re-raise it back to 13 psi?