griffr311
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Hey all- I’ve just recently gotten into beer brewing and decided to do a small extract lager for my first time. I did a five-gallon batch and since I had been gifted some kegging (corny) equipment from a friend, I decided to keg it instead of bottling and bottle conditioning.
Being a little impatient, I tried to force carb it from a method I saw by H4L where the keg is filled, pressurized to 25-30 PSI, and shaken (while the gas is still running) for three and a half minutes. I took it off the gas, did not purge it, and then put the keg in my fridge for an hour. I don’t have a fancy draft set up, just a faucet attached to my “out” post on the keg, and I chilled that in the fridge as well.
I put the keg on 10 PSI and released pressure until it got down, and it served nothing but foam. Let it sit for 24 hours with no gas, still foam. I tried to fix it by removing all the CO2 and keeping it overnight at 30 PSI, but now it is not only all foam but also has lost all of its flavor.
How screwed am I, and is there any way I can save this? If there’s bad news, I would prefer to hear it so I can learn from this for next time.
Being a little impatient, I tried to force carb it from a method I saw by H4L where the keg is filled, pressurized to 25-30 PSI, and shaken (while the gas is still running) for three and a half minutes. I took it off the gas, did not purge it, and then put the keg in my fridge for an hour. I don’t have a fancy draft set up, just a faucet attached to my “out” post on the keg, and I chilled that in the fridge as well.
I put the keg on 10 PSI and released pressure until it got down, and it served nothing but foam. Let it sit for 24 hours with no gas, still foam. I tried to fix it by removing all the CO2 and keeping it overnight at 30 PSI, but now it is not only all foam but also has lost all of its flavor.
How screwed am I, and is there any way I can save this? If there’s bad news, I would prefer to hear it so I can learn from this for next time.