jhlfrty
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6 days ago I attempted to keg for the first time. Recently bought a second-hand kegerator setup with 2 corny kegs. Double checked all of the parts, cleaned, sanitized, leak tested, everything is great.
Unfortunately 6 days later, I still haven't had a glass of anything but foam! My steps are below. Any comments, concerns, criticisms are welcome!
Day 1) Kegged room temperature beer. Hooked up to CO2 @30psi, rolled it around for 15 minutes or so and set it in the fridge. Left it on 30psi for the night
Day 2) about 24 hours later I vented the keg and set to serving pressure. Nothing but foam and flat beer serving at about 40 degrees F. Placed back to 30psi and left another 24 hours
Day 3) As per internet recommendations, I replaced the lines to a length of about 6 feet (previous setup was only about 3). Placed a glass of water with thermometer and got a reading of 38 F. Lowered the temp a bit and set to a slightly lower 20psi.
Day 4) Nothing but foam and some flat beer at the bottom of the glass. I attempted the "hook the co2 up to the beer line method", it resulted in a huge mess and near destruction of my regulator. After the clean up, I lowered my temp again, vented the keg entirely, reset to 30psi, rolled it around a bit, and placed back in the fridge.
Day 5) I didn't touch the damned thing.
Day 6) The keg appears to have frozen a bit, but there was definitely still liquid rolling around in there. I vented the keg, set to serving @ 10psi, nothing but foam.
I know that I should have just been more impatient in the beginning, I was simply too excited to have draft beer in my home! Now i am frantically trying to correct this.
Not too upset about the loss of beer (didn't particularly like the outcome of the Pale Ale that is in there), but I have a double IPA that I was hoping to keg in the next 2-3 weeks.
Thoughts?
Unfortunately 6 days later, I still haven't had a glass of anything but foam! My steps are below. Any comments, concerns, criticisms are welcome!
Day 1) Kegged room temperature beer. Hooked up to CO2 @30psi, rolled it around for 15 minutes or so and set it in the fridge. Left it on 30psi for the night
Day 2) about 24 hours later I vented the keg and set to serving pressure. Nothing but foam and flat beer serving at about 40 degrees F. Placed back to 30psi and left another 24 hours
Day 3) As per internet recommendations, I replaced the lines to a length of about 6 feet (previous setup was only about 3). Placed a glass of water with thermometer and got a reading of 38 F. Lowered the temp a bit and set to a slightly lower 20psi.
Day 4) Nothing but foam and some flat beer at the bottom of the glass. I attempted the "hook the co2 up to the beer line method", it resulted in a huge mess and near destruction of my regulator. After the clean up, I lowered my temp again, vented the keg entirely, reset to 30psi, rolled it around a bit, and placed back in the fridge.
Day 5) I didn't touch the damned thing.
Day 6) The keg appears to have frozen a bit, but there was definitely still liquid rolling around in there. I vented the keg, set to serving @ 10psi, nothing but foam.
I know that I should have just been more impatient in the beginning, I was simply too excited to have draft beer in my home! Now i am frantically trying to correct this.
Not too upset about the loss of beer (didn't particularly like the outcome of the Pale Ale that is in there), but I have a double IPA that I was hoping to keg in the next 2-3 weeks.
Thoughts?