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This has been an ongoing issue for 6+ months. Maybe someone can give input.
Whenever i dry hop in the keg (usually 4 oz in a mesh tube) it takes forever to carb up. I'm talking 25+ psi for a week and still flat or barley carbed (gone as high as 40 psi). I have 4 different regulators and have switch all kinds of lines. I have 4 co2 tanks. There's no leaks. Ive gone through about 15 different batches. Head space is fine. When it's at 30 psi, releasing the pressure valve on the lid, you can tell its actually 30 psi (by the sound it makes). Used multiple regulators including a brand new one last month.
One time went 20 days under pressure and still completely flat.
I'm thinking it's something with the hop oils or something?
Multiple recipes. Usually pretty hoppy hazy recipes or IPA.
Last week i kegged a Munich Helles and it was carbed like normal after a week.
Drives me crazy.
Oddly when a friend would drive a keg to his house 30 mins away, the keg will carb up. So i started giving the kegs a few big shakes at day 7 and that serms to "wake them up". But i would think i shouldn't need to do that.
Does anyone else have this issue dryhopping inside the keg?
Edit:
So day 7 on a new IPA.
Day 1 and 2 - 30psi
Day 3, 4 and 5 - 15 psi
Check carbonation on day 6 - flat.
Day 7 and 8 - 35 psi
Just checked pressure and it's maybe 30% carbed to normal IPA standardish.
I am going crazy.
Whenever i dry hop in the keg (usually 4 oz in a mesh tube) it takes forever to carb up. I'm talking 25+ psi for a week and still flat or barley carbed (gone as high as 40 psi). I have 4 different regulators and have switch all kinds of lines. I have 4 co2 tanks. There's no leaks. Ive gone through about 15 different batches. Head space is fine. When it's at 30 psi, releasing the pressure valve on the lid, you can tell its actually 30 psi (by the sound it makes). Used multiple regulators including a brand new one last month.
One time went 20 days under pressure and still completely flat.
I'm thinking it's something with the hop oils or something?
Multiple recipes. Usually pretty hoppy hazy recipes or IPA.
Last week i kegged a Munich Helles and it was carbed like normal after a week.
Drives me crazy.
Oddly when a friend would drive a keg to his house 30 mins away, the keg will carb up. So i started giving the kegs a few big shakes at day 7 and that serms to "wake them up". But i would think i shouldn't need to do that.
Does anyone else have this issue dryhopping inside the keg?
Edit:
So day 7 on a new IPA.
Day 1 and 2 - 30psi
Day 3, 4 and 5 - 15 psi
Check carbonation on day 6 - flat.
Day 7 and 8 - 35 psi
Just checked pressure and it's maybe 30% carbed to normal IPA standardish.
I am going crazy.
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