i brewed a couple of years using a full boil extract method. recently purchased an all grain and kegging equipment.

problem i am having is i can't carbonate my beer enough with the kegs. i may do a couple of batches using bottles again, but would rather use the kegs.

when i pressure up the kegs, there is no leak, so the CO2 is not escaping. if i remember correctly, i would go up to almost 25lbs of pressure. any ideas why it isn't carbonating correctly?

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Posted by Fratastic423

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Member since Feb 2007

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Posted on 10/13/11 at 11:25 am to beco

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when i pressure up the kegs, there is no leak, so the CO2 is not escaping. if i remember correctly, i would go up to almost 25lbs of pressure. any ideas why it isn't carbonating correctly?

How long are you letting the beer sit at that level of psi?

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Posted by BottomlandBrew

Member since Aug 2010

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Posted on 10/13/11 at 11:33 am to beco

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any ideas why it isn't carbonating correctly?

When you tug on the relief valve, you are getting a release of CO2, correct? At 25 psi it should blast out of the relief valve if tugged only slightly. I'm not sure why you aren't getting carbed at over double the pressure. Could be your regulator is defective and is giving a false reading of higher psi - or it could be a number of other things. What temperature are you carbing at?

Another option is to naturally carb in the keg. Add in sugar like you do for bottles. Just use 1/3 the amount of sugar.

And have you thoroughly checked everything for leaks? Take some soapy water and spray bottle and spray everything down to see if you get bubbles anywhere.

This post was edited on 10/13/11 at 11:35 am

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