and I paid for it not brewed by me so that's 45 quid down the drain .. that's the painful part..
If you have purged every time it should be OK,I have had instances where I've had the lid off a fair few times and on one occasion had to leave it off for an hour while I went to the lhbs for spares and was fine,just purge purge and purgeYeah I'm trying... I might have to go and give it another blast just to be on safe side.. :) I guess any o2 will be sat at top of co2 and just blast out??
I just know I'm gonna spoil this beer somehow
) it actually looks fizzy on the photo but it's not may be a little bit initially but it soon goes flat..
Its not flat,its draught unlike what you get out of a bottle,if that's what you are seeking then CKs won't do the job of a bottle.Thanks for your help guys? I love this forum :)
Just another update/ few more questions...
I left it overnight at 40psi and it's still flat.. do I leave it another 12hours at 40? Should I give it a dam good shaking??
I've turned the pressure down to serving (5-8psi ish) and purged it and it's coming out really foamy.. any ideas how I sort that?
And finally when you say it need to be left to condition.. sorry for been dumb.. what does that mean.. how long do I leave, what psi? Should I not be drinking it now (as I am even though it's flat
Again cheers all..
) do I need to do anything for that or will it just get better over time ?
time and patience is a wonderful thing for good beer and I tend to disagree with you that that beer is flat in your picture as I can see carbonation bubbles quite clearly in the glass:thumb:Yeah I thought I wouldn't get like the bottled version of it I sampled before I bought it, but honestly that's a good picture .. it's really flat really quick.. I'm no expert but I'm guessing it is still a bit under carbonated. (I've not drunk any draught beers in a pub that taste this flat anyway
I assume green beer means new, not mature yet not literally green else my beer is definitely not right as it's brown
I think if I can just carbonate a bit more and stop that foam and it doesn't go off I'm a happy chappy...
Anyone know how to sort my foam issue out ?? :)
just having a quick peruse of your posts through this thread doesn't tell me if you have the keg sitting in a fridge or is just at room temperature.if its room temperature you are gonna get foaming as the CO2 comes gushing out of the beer soloution as it meets the room temerature around you,you can try longer lengths of beer line that may help but chilling the beer some how even putting the keg in an ice bath will definitely improve itThen I trust your judgement fine sir
Will the foam eventually sort itself out too then ??
as I say I'm sorry to disagree with you and I admit somehow it did look like there were lots of bubbles before .. but it's totally flat now.. 
No offence given no offence taken forget it mate,just hope you sort it,you'll get there eventually youre only at the bottom of the learning curve and we have all been therereading back through these comments on here, I just want to apologise to @godsdog, I probably sounded like an **** saying I disagreed with you..
I really didn't mean it to come out like that. I am very grateful of all the help all of you gives me, I am an absolute beginner and look up to you guys.
I just kinda meant, it looked and tasted flat to me, but reading the comment by @dads_ale it explains it and makes total sense, so you were right all along.. again I apologise for being a knob
I've order 2 metres of 3/16 hose so hopefully I might be able to pour a pint I can drink almost straight away and not have to wait 6 hours for the head to go down
