OK HBT, I need some help, and pretty badly.
I just kegged beers for the first time on Sunday. I had a full, brand new CO2 tank connected to a Governor regulator, which was going to a 4 way distributor. Two ball lock kegs which were connected to that via quick connects.
Here's the setup:
Now, when I took that picture, note that the shut off on the governor was all the way left. I later turned it straight down. I also had the 4-day all the way to the right, which I thought might be all the way open, and I later switched those to straight down.
Fast forward about 24 hours from when I took that picture. I came home from work yesterday and found that the beer was not carbed at all (I had it set to 10 PSI). I tried closing and reopening the shut offs and things seemed to be alright. I came down to check things a few hours later, and something funny has happened. The CO2 tank has gone from totally full to feeling like it's totally empty, and no beer is flowing, carbed or otherwise, through the lines. I did notice a slight hiss from the blow off valve on the regulator, which I released briefly, and it seemed to stop.
I checked for leaks with Star San and found none. I'm sure that I'm doing something wrong with my setup here. Now I have a problem as I have friends coming to town this weekend that I planned on serving this glorious first beer from the keg to, and it's not carbed. I'm going to get my tank re-filled today, but I need help to figure out what I'm going wrong and how I can get this carbed up properly without damaging things between now and Friday.
Thanks.
I just kegged beers for the first time on Sunday. I had a full, brand new CO2 tank connected to a Governor regulator, which was going to a 4 way distributor. Two ball lock kegs which were connected to that via quick connects.
Here's the setup:
Now, when I took that picture, note that the shut off on the governor was all the way left. I later turned it straight down. I also had the 4-day all the way to the right, which I thought might be all the way open, and I later switched those to straight down.
Fast forward about 24 hours from when I took that picture. I came home from work yesterday and found that the beer was not carbed at all (I had it set to 10 PSI). I tried closing and reopening the shut offs and things seemed to be alright. I came down to check things a few hours later, and something funny has happened. The CO2 tank has gone from totally full to feeling like it's totally empty, and no beer is flowing, carbed or otherwise, through the lines. I did notice a slight hiss from the blow off valve on the regulator, which I released briefly, and it seemed to stop.
I checked for leaks with Star San and found none. I'm sure that I'm doing something wrong with my setup here. Now I have a problem as I have friends coming to town this weekend that I planned on serving this glorious first beer from the keg to, and it's not carbed. I'm going to get my tank re-filled today, but I need help to figure out what I'm going wrong and how I can get this carbed up properly without damaging things between now and Friday.
Thanks.