Need Help Please.

[kenny_2010]

Hello, this is my first lager kit, i got a youngs lager kit, i have done everything that the instructions have told me to do, after the fremention i transfered the lager into a pressure barrel and have left it for 14 days as the instructions told me to so it should be done (well according to them) . now i have checked the lager and there was no fizz it was flat, so i left the lager for another week and still no fizz. is there anything i can do to get my lager to have a fizz? now i have read somewhere that someone had used c02 bulbs. will that work? or is my lager ruined?

thank you

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[markp]

When you transferred it to the barrel, did you add any priming sugar??

 

[kenny_2010]

hello thank you for the reply, yes i added priming sugar, it said 3oz per 5 gallon pressure barrel.

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[evanvine]

Which type of pressure barrel do you have?
Sounds like you may have a leaking seal.

 

[kenny_2010]

its a white plastic barrel, i made sure that i had lubricated the seal round the tap and tightend it as tight as i could and i also lubricated the seal at the top and tightend that aswell. so i have no idea where the leak is coming from.

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[evanvine]

Try looking at the gas injection/pressure relief valve/s.
The barrel's colour doesn't give me much to go on!

 

[kenny_2010]

i have check the valve and everything seems to be fine, sorry i dont know the make of the barrel, i got it from wilkinsons if thats any help. im new to all this

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[kenny_2010]

should i add more sugar to the lager and see if that works?

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[unclepumble]

i have check the valve and everything seems to be fine, sorry i dont know the make of the barrel, i got it from wilkinsons if thats any help. im new to all this

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Did you leave the std wilkos cap on with the white rubber band around it or buy a new cap with a brass threaded valve in it.

Cos if its the std cap with the barrel it will never pressurise.

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[kenny_2010]

no i bought a new cap with the brass threaded valve on it. so i just cant understand it.

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[unclepumble]

you need to pump a bit of gas in the keg and have a listen or spray some fairy liquid water solution around the cap , that will show up any leaks.

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[kenny_2010]

thank you, i found the source it was the seal at the top inside the cap it had gone a funny shape :hmm:

anyway i think i have sorted it, i put the seal back in the best i could then i wrapped thread with plumbers tape,

and screwed the cap on as tight as i could, pumped it full of gas and hey presto. there is no leak :party:

WELL FOR NOW.

how long do i have to wait for the lager to be fizzy?

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR ADVICE

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[evanvine]

The colder your lager is the more it will absorb CO2, so don't panic if you lose pressure!
I don't know the time scale for fizziness, but would imagine 3 or 4 days.
Well done on finding your leak. :thumb: