HausBrauerei_Harvey
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I'm a very experienced brewer and am looking for the best option to get my beer carbed before my big annual party on saturday.
I kegged two beers 1.5 weeks ago, a hoppy wheat and a 2-hearted clone. Both had big in-keg dry hops of 3oz. I purged like normal and set to my serving pressure of 12psi (38 degree keezer). The wheat is now great, but the 2-hearted still seems barely carbed. The wheat is a 4.2% beer, the 2-hearted is 6.1%
I leak tested the heck out of the 2-hearted keg, using snoop an industrial leak detecting soap. It seems like I have no leaks from the keg posts, the lid seal or the PRV. I can hear no CO2 flowing indicating a leak, and I haven't blown through any CO2 tanks. Last night I put the keg on 40psi head pressure and this morning the carb is a bit better, but barely noticable as it's still pretty flat.
The beer is currently unservable, and i've got 70+ thirsty people coming saturday. It seems like there is not an issue with a keg leak, but the beer carb is acting that way.
I figure I have two options:
1) relax, check the carb in another 24 hours with the 40 PSI head pressure, if it's much better relax it will be better for the party. If it's not go to option 2.
2) go nuclear right now: Abandon the in-keg dry hop charge (I hate to do this) pressure transfer to a CO2 filled keg I just pushed starsan from, shake the **** out of it to get it carbed up then put it back into the keezer to clarify for a few days before the party saturday.
I've never found myself in this situation before, thanks for the help guys!
I kegged two beers 1.5 weeks ago, a hoppy wheat and a 2-hearted clone. Both had big in-keg dry hops of 3oz. I purged like normal and set to my serving pressure of 12psi (38 degree keezer). The wheat is now great, but the 2-hearted still seems barely carbed. The wheat is a 4.2% beer, the 2-hearted is 6.1%
I leak tested the heck out of the 2-hearted keg, using snoop an industrial leak detecting soap. It seems like I have no leaks from the keg posts, the lid seal or the PRV. I can hear no CO2 flowing indicating a leak, and I haven't blown through any CO2 tanks. Last night I put the keg on 40psi head pressure and this morning the carb is a bit better, but barely noticable as it's still pretty flat.
The beer is currently unservable, and i've got 70+ thirsty people coming saturday. It seems like there is not an issue with a keg leak, but the beer carb is acting that way.
I figure I have two options:
1) relax, check the carb in another 24 hours with the 40 PSI head pressure, if it's much better relax it will be better for the party. If it's not go to option 2.
2) go nuclear right now: Abandon the in-keg dry hop charge (I hate to do this) pressure transfer to a CO2 filled keg I just pushed starsan from, shake the **** out of it to get it carbed up then put it back into the keezer to clarify for a few days before the party saturday.
I've never found myself in this situation before, thanks for the help guys!
