gwk453 wrote:Rock and roll your corny to get CO2 into solution quickly. You will hear the gas bubbling into the beer as you rock and roll. There is nothing wrong with what you are doing now except your about a week or more away from having carbonated beer. I rock and roll for 10 minutes @ 20 psi. Why wait! Enjoy your beer fresh and notice how it changes as it ages.
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Force carbonating at or near serving pressure can take 10+ days. I drew lines on some masking tape attached to my regulator. I haven't pulled it out of the kegerator for a while since I don't have anything fermenting at the moment, but IIRC the fast carb mark is in the neighborhood of 27-30 PSI. Crank up the pressure and hook it up to your keg. When you hear the gas stop flowing in, this is very important,
detach the gas before touching the keg. You can damage your regulator. Once you're clear, shake the hell out of it for up to 90 seconds or so if your arms can take it. Hook your gas back up & it'll start flowing again. Wait til it stops flowing and repeat. I do it a few times. It'll take a little practice, but you can hit target CO2 levels in a pretty short time. If you overshoot it, just burp the pressure relief valve every time you walk past it & you'll be back towards target fairly quickly (unless you completely overshoot or forget to turn down the PSI after you're done - been there).
Cheers
Edit: Also don't be afraid to chill it a little below (a degree or 3, too low & it'll want to come out of solution when it warms) serving temp - it'll take in the gas a little more readily.
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