Help with force carbonating - Is my beer ruined?

[bmjcllc]

Hey guys, I have been homebrewing for a while and just got my corney keg and CO2 setup. I tried to force carbonate my beer today, so I applied pressure, shook up the beer in the corney keg, and let it sit. I then noticed that I had a leak on the beer side so I let all of the pressure out, replaced the O-ring, and then reapplied the pressure. It does not seem to be carbonating as well as before I let out the pressure. I have shook it up a lot and applied about 12 lbs of pressure. Do I just need to be paitient and let it sit for about a day or is something wrong? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks,

Brian

 

[Parker36]

1) Beer is fine
2) Is the corny holding pressure? Which rings did you replace?
3) How many volumes of CO2 are you shooting for?

 

[bmjcllc]

I believe that it is holding pressure. I can turn it up to about 30 psi to seat the cap? I am really not sure on the volumes, it's an ESB.

 

[keithsipa]

Hey guys, I have been homebrewing for a while and just got my corney keg and CO2 setup. I tried to force carbonate my beer today, so I applied pressure, shook up the beer in the corney keg, and let it sit. I then noticed that I had a leak on the beer side so I let all of the pressure out, replaced the O-ring, and then reapplied the pressure. It does not seem to be carbonating as well as before I let out the pressure. I have shook it up a lot and applied about 12 lbs of pressure. Do I just need to be paitient and let it sit for about a day or is something wrong? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks,

Brian

It will take a couple of weeks sitting at 12 psi to get a proper carbonation level. If you are looking to drink in a couple of days, then take a look at some of the threads on force carbonation.

 

[elmetal]

as for it being an ESB I wouldn't put it at more than 5 psi at 40 degrees.

 

[elmetal]

shake with about 20 psi for a good 3 minutes, leave it overnight at 20psi

wake up, purge, set to 5 (this all while the keg is in the keezer of course) and drink