Is my BeEr RUiNed??? Please Help

[Walfy10]

This Friday 6/12 was my first time kegging homebrew. I completely sanitized and cleaned my corny keg and replaced all the rubber gaskets. I siphoned the beer in and set the pressure to 10 psi and put it it my mini fridge. I sponged on foamy sanitizer bubbles around all the connections to check for leaks and everything seemed good to go. I checked on Saturday to make sure pressure was holding and everything seemed fine and then today 6/14 at about 2200 I went to check on my keg and all my CO2 was gone and when i went to pull the pressure relief valve there was absolutely no pressure. I can't get my CO2 filled until tomorrow 6/15 afternoon and have no idea what happened. Do you guys think this batch is ruined if I let it sit for another day without CO2? Any ideas as to what could have happened ? Bad lid connection maybe?

 

[YeastMode]

Assuming you followed proper sanitization practices, which from your description it seems like you did, then you should be fine. I would keep it closed and ride it out.

As for the leak, there are so many possibilities that I would need more information to even begin to try to track it down. So, here are a few of the common issues found around here:

Lid leaking. Check the seal, hit it with 40 psi or so, then dial it back to where you want it and purge. Spray with starsan and check for leaks,

Poppits leaking. Check the poppits both at the base of the stem and at the top of the poppit as well.

Line connections and/or ball lock fittings.

 

[Hello]

Check all connections and your hose connections. My leak was not in a poppit or a lid, it turned out to be one hose connected to my manifold.

 

[Walfy10]

Thanks! Turning the PSI up to 40 made the leak a lot more visible. It ended up being where the gas line hooked up to a 5/16 barb.

 

[YeastMode]

Thanks! Turning the PSI up to 40 made the leak a lot more visible. It ended up being where the gas line hooked up to a 5/16 barb.

Hey look at that. Glad you found it, they can be a real PITA to track down sometimes. Problem solved = more time to drink (carbonated) beer.