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Carbonation
Been Having problems with carbonating my rootbeer. I finally have my brew carbonation figured out but when it comes to rootbeer....... I use 40 psi for two days, then 20 for 2 days, then finish with 10, still flat. just put it back up to 40 and has been there for 3 days now. yes I do shake the keg, when I remember, once a day.
Can someone give me advise on what they do. Thanks
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Permalink Reply by Torrey Johnson on -
Gary, what temp do you have it stored at?
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Permalink Reply by Josh Conley on -
Usually ill hit the tank with 30 psi, bleed some out and hit it again then shake it for two min and repeat. There are some other tips, like having the solution cold helps dissolve the co2 , but not having the co2 get into solution the way you are doing it makes me wonder if u have a small leak in your tank or your regulator us faulty. When I ty off work ill send more tips if no one has answered yet.
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Permalink Reply by Josh Conley on
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Once i got half way home i remembered my fiance made some rootbeer a ways back, now we didnt keg it, we bottled it and carbonated it with honey, and it took almost a month for the bottles to carbonate, now i figure it was the honey making it take longer to carbonate, but maybe u just need more time for home made root beer.
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Permalink Reply by Gary Lehmer on -
Feb 26th and now just showing signs of getting carb'ed. Head on top but missing from the liquid. maybe by july 4th it will be ready.
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