spaceyaquarius
Well-Known Member
I have a dumb question. I am new to force carbonating 2 kegs at once. I used the slow-force carbonation method (set it and forget it - - - no corn sugar).
Placed two (5-gallon Cornelius kegs) at 10 PSI for 4 weeks (Belgian Wheat Ales) at 39 F in a kegerator. Taprite double regulator is shown below, and yes I realize that the regulator is not hooked up yet and that the right one has the gas line turned to off (that was prior to installation of course).
So after 4 weeks, the 2 kegs were ready to drink, they both seemed properly carbonated and aged. Then after 2 days, the right keg lost pouring pressure after about 5 pints, so I looked inside the kegerator and the right keg was at 0 PSI, though the left keg was still at 10 PSI and we have been drinking both kegs.
Hmmm. What went wrong???
1 - There is a gas leak somewhere on the right keg, (but not on the left one) - which means that the CO2 tank will eventually empty (but I cannot find the leak with spraying SanStar on the connections, have checked all of the gas lines, and why would it take 4 weeks to leak on either side for the 1st time?).
2 - Is there something that I do not understand with a double regulator where one keg may need to absorb more CO2 (bringing the right regulator PSI down to zero while the left keg PSI stays at 10 PSI) and then I should just turn the knob further towards the right on only one keg but not the other?
3 - I a complete moron.
4 - I am an alien that is only posting on this board to collect information about the beer brewing process so that we may learn how to brew beer without extracting erronueous information from abudctees.
Placed two (5-gallon Cornelius kegs) at 10 PSI for 4 weeks (Belgian Wheat Ales) at 39 F in a kegerator. Taprite double regulator is shown below, and yes I realize that the regulator is not hooked up yet and that the right one has the gas line turned to off (that was prior to installation of course).
So after 4 weeks, the 2 kegs were ready to drink, they both seemed properly carbonated and aged. Then after 2 days, the right keg lost pouring pressure after about 5 pints, so I looked inside the kegerator and the right keg was at 0 PSI, though the left keg was still at 10 PSI and we have been drinking both kegs.
Hmmm. What went wrong???
1 - There is a gas leak somewhere on the right keg, (but not on the left one) - which means that the CO2 tank will eventually empty (but I cannot find the leak with spraying SanStar on the connections, have checked all of the gas lines, and why would it take 4 weeks to leak on either side for the 1st time?).
2 - Is there something that I do not understand with a double regulator where one keg may need to absorb more CO2 (bringing the right regulator PSI down to zero while the left keg PSI stays at 10 PSI) and then I should just turn the knob further towards the right on only one keg but not the other?
3 - I a complete moron.
4 - I am an alien that is only posting on this board to collect information about the beer brewing process so that we may learn how to brew beer without extracting erronueous information from abudctees.