Corny Carbonation Advice

[seanhibs]

Hye, Just got some corny kegs set up, and seem to be having difficulties carbonating them.

I have two corneys conencted to two secondary regs connected to one primary reg with a pub size co2 bottle.

I have filled the corney with beer, filled with co2 and purged the air out 3 times, and then set to 30psi. At this I let it rest for 5 mins and disconnected it and gave it a good shake. I repeated this about 4 times. After, I have left the beer connected at 30psi for 4 days.

Then I have my party tap connected to around 3m of 3/8 beer line and set my reg to 8psi. However, I am just receiving flat beer out of the end. The beer is coming out a mix of beer and then some bursts of foam. There is a few small bubbled in the beer, but it is basically flat. It is a hefe that I am try to pour so would like it nice and fizzy(2.5-3 volumes). The keg is around 9 degrees so dont think temp is a problem?

I have done a leak test with some soap, and everything looks good and properly sealed.

Has anyone got any advice on what I may have done wrong, cant seem to see what I have missed?

Cheers

[edonald774]

I can only guess as I'm just getting the hang of cornies myself but I would think if you left it at 30psi for a few days it might be over carbed in which case all the gas is going as soon as the beer hits the glass.
You might need to gradually vent out some gas each day until the beer is at the right carbonation level.

I'm just getting the hang of this now as I've over carbed quite a few beers as I learned.

[och29]

First suggestion is that if you have a cornie at 9C then 8psi is too low. You would need around 19psi to get 2.7 volumes of CO2. At 8psi your beer is slowly losing it's fizz.

Secondly when you force condition you don't need to disconnect the gas when you shake the keg. You can if you want but there's no need. My process is connect a cold keg at 30 psi, lay it on its side and slowly rock it back and forth for a few minutes. You should hear bubbles of gas going into the beer as CO2 dissolves. After that keep it cold and hooked upper at the desired pressure i.e. 19psi.

[seanhibs]

[quote="edonald774"]I can only guess as I'm just getting the hang of cornies myself but I would think if you left it at 30psi for a few days it might be over carbed in which case all the gas is going as soon as the beer hits the glass.
You might need to gradually vent out some gas each day until the beer is at the right carbonation level.

I'm just getting the hang of this now as I've over carbed quite a few beers as I learned.[/quote]


Thanks for your advice, I think you may have been right. Disconnected it for a few days and vented it and it is now pouring alot better!! Cheers!