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[Nick Bates]

Hi guys, I just kegged my second batch everything went well from secondary to keg, my first keg I had some force carbing problems I did the old set psi up to 30 shake it up and let it sit(it just seemed like it was over carbed for the first week). For this batch I kegged it put it in the fridge hooked the CO2 at about 7psi, how long should I leave it before it will be good and carbed? Or should I increase the CO2 for a few days and let it sit? Any and all help will be great.Thanks againNick

[Big Nake]

At 7 psi, I'm thinking it will be a week or so. Is the beer cold? The colder beer will carb faster than warmer beer and there are variables. The processes I hear over and over go like this... 10-12 psi for a week or so, 25-30 psi for about 48 hours (this is the one I use) and higher pressures with some keg-shaking going on. I tried the keg shaking thing once, but the beer didn't taste very good for a few days afterwards. If you have to wait a few days for that flavor to go away, it doesn't seem worth it to shake the keg. Good luck.

[ChefLamont]

Yea what Ken said.I usually put mine at 30 for a day and a half and then set it to serving pressure. That way it gets most of the way there fast and in a couple more days gets to right without risking over carbing.If your beer is not cold 7psi will never get you there. My experience is that just setting serving prtessure on a beer and letting it ride takes about a week to 10 days to get to equilibrium.

[Nick Bates]

ok ill push it up to 30psi, its been at 7psi for 24 hours,(beer is ice cold) should I release the pressure before or after I take it down to serving pressure tommarow night? Thanks

[Big Nake]

ok ill push it up to 30psi, its been at 7psi for 24 hours,(beer is ice cold) should I release the pressure before or after I take it down to serving pressure tommarow night? Thanks

After the carbing period, release the pressure and then hook it up to your Co2 at serving pressure (8 to 12 psi or whatever) and let it pour. Cheers.

[Nick Bates]

O boy, well I went to turn up the psi to 30, I must have had a leak in one of my CO2 hoses. THis Sucks... Is there any negative effects this might have on my beer? I purged the keg last night hooked the CO2 up to 7psi while the beer was still warm, CO2 drained beer is ice cold now. This is a picture of my set-up on my CO2,im using a T-connector to run CO2 to both kegs, is it time to upgrade to a 2-way mainfold?

[djinkc]

It won't hurt the beer. If that's a current pic you still have some pressure. Just take the QD off the keg until you get refilled and chase down the leak.It'll get easier, chasing the first leaks are a pain. Then it's great.......

[ChefLamont]

THAT's the truth. I went weeks thinking I had found all the leaks only to have one more that unknowingly emptied the tank. I went through about 80 lbs of CO2 on my current system (1 CO2 tank with 2 regulators going to home built manifolds with a total of 7 connections, one beergas tank with one regulator going to another home built manifold with two connections.). There were a LOT of connections to check and recheck. However now that it is air tight, it is all good.

[Thirsty]

1. How cold is the area of your tank? It looks like it may be indoors, so this could just be a shot in the dark- but if you put a warm tank in a cold area, or in the kegerator itself, the "fill level" pressure needle will always drop in the red, and pretty close to 0. However in your case it does look empty- just stretching here! 2. You are one lucky SOB to get one of those nice regulators with an adjustment knob! Did you get it from micromatic? They will not just sell the knob seperately last I checked, you need to buy a whole regulator. Anyone find a knob they can buy seperately?

[Nick Bates]

The tank is in my sanyo 4912, im thinking about keeping it out of the fridge though. I did take the regulator off and opened up the CO2 tank and just alitte CO2 came out. It sure is empty. I got the regulator at my brew shop adventures in homebrewing near my house here is the link if you are intrested. $45 bucks gets you the regulator not a bad deal. https://www.homebrew...ator_p_631.html