Quick Question

[poida]

Hi Guys,

Just a quick one. I kegged a beer the other day but I haven't had room in the fridge for it yet, so I burped the keg with some co2 and put it aside at room temp. I just checked the relief valve today to make sure there was still a layer of gas in there and there doesn't seem to be very much pressure anymore after 2 days.

So my question is, does this indicate a leaky keg? Or has the beer just slowly absorbed the gas that I put in there?

Cheers

 

[Jye]

If co2 was still released when you opened the release valve then it has been absorbed.

 

[FazerPete]

If the keg has only been burped and hasn't been fully carbed then it will have absorbed the small amount of CO2 that has been put into the headspace.

If you have a fully carbed keg where this is happening then there's a leak somewhere.

 

[poida]

OK thanks guys. I was just worried about c02 escaping and some nasties finding a way in there.

 

[lokpikn]

I dont know how the rest do it but if i am going to leave a keg sitting in the shed for some time cause i got no keg space in the fridge i will load up the keg to 3 bar to sit the lid and seal properly and than burp out the extra back down to about 1 bar.

I had a keg that had a slow leak but after loading it with some higer pressure it sat great and stop leaking.

Spray some soapy water on the top of the keg like you would to a tyre tube and if it blows some bubbles you got some problems.

 

[Barramundi]

could be a leak mate i had minor pin holes in one of my posts recently causing the 'burped' keg to slowly depressurise