No Secondary fermentation
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macleanb
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Stop Taking That Beer! Forgive me ~ knee jerk, but ~ if it sucks air in, as the flow dries up? Ye beer'll be f*cked.I'm into my second pint of Wherry now. Please treat What Ever I say after the first pint with deep suspicion. But I honestly believe I'm right there.
I'll leave clearer heads to unravel the gas thingy
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alefric
Seconded.......I'm 20 miles from you and it aint that cold....might not be valve seals could be the one in the lid,also you can't tell by looking. I had a similar problem with my first KK and my answer being cautious.......Change all the seals!.......the pressure you have should be much higher than you have after 3 weeks.macleanb wrote:Possibly, or it could just be disolved CO2 coming out of solution... I know leeds it a bit further up't north, but your not in the artic circle. I also suspect you have a leak...
hope it comes right
Andrew
You need to give it a chance! 
Seriously, a week for secondary fermentation and conditioning is not long enough. Leave it another couple of weeks at least (now that you know ithe keg's holding the gas).
One thing; how much air space is there in the barrel? If there's very little, any pressure produced in it will dissipate to nothing as soon as you draw off a small amount of beer. You need that CO2 injector.
EDIT: Just re-read the thread and realised you haven't reprimed the barrel or fixed the leak yet. Do that first.
Seriously, a week for secondary fermentation and conditioning is not long enough. Leave it another couple of weeks at least (now that you know ithe keg's holding the gas).
One thing; how much air space is there in the barrel? If there's very little, any pressure produced in it will dissipate to nothing as soon as you draw off a small amount of beer. You need that CO2 injector.
EDIT: Just re-read the thread and realised you haven't reprimed the barrel or fixed the leak yet. Do that first.
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Tidyguy
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alefric
You dont need a whole new valve. Your LHBS will probably stock seal sets and do remember to revaseline them all.....shouldn't be any problems but do the job PDQ.....If your struggling to obtain just seals try Things To Brew at Brighouse, they sell them all lose.Tidyguy wrote:will order some new valves then. will i be able to change the valves without having to ditch the beer?any problems i should look out for?
Andrew
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stevezx7r
First, does the beer taste "sweet"? If so, the sugar you've added hasn't gone through secondary fermentation. If it doesn't it points to a leaking lid/seal.
Use some vaseline on the the lid threads and "o" ring but keep it away from the beer as it will kill any head. Failing that, get some new "o" rings and use vaseline anyway.
Second, the cold temp will slow secondary/carbonation to a crawl. It may also seem like it has no gas but in fact the gas has been "squashed" into the beer due to the cold temp (think "lager"). Once warm, any c02 will come out of suspension and hey presto, pressurised barrel.
You could bring it in to warm up to around 15C max to speed carbonation up but as Jims says, it's only been a week or so - give it a few more to get it right.
Use some vaseline on the the lid threads and "o" ring but keep it away from the beer as it will kill any head. Failing that, get some new "o" rings and use vaseline anyway.
Second, the cold temp will slow secondary/carbonation to a crawl. It may also seem like it has no gas but in fact the gas has been "squashed" into the beer due to the cold temp (think "lager"). Once warm, any c02 will come out of suspension and hey presto, pressurised barrel.
You could bring it in to warm up to around 15C max to speed carbonation up but as Jims says, it's only been a week or so - give it a few more to get it right.
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Tidyguy
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alefric
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Tidyguy
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Tidyguy
ok - just back from buying new seals. turns out it was the o ring that was leaking, replaced it, re-vaselined everything in sight and gave it a half second burst of co2. beers coming out at the speed of light now 
:D only problem is its still not fizzy. am i right in assuming im going to have to wait for the co2 to dissolve into the beer? how long would this take?
:D only problem is its still not fizzy. am i right in assuming im going to have to wait for the co2 to dissolve into the beer? how long would this take?-
maxashton
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Tidyguy