A buddy and I kegged 10 gallons of red ale that we brewed almost 4 weeks ago (this Saturday would be the 4 week mark in Primary). We had 2 separate carboys fermenting, the only difference was the yeast culture. One used a 3rd generation WLP001 White Labs CA Ale yeast that I've brewed some IPAs and Pale Ales with. Started it 4 days prior, it had a tall krausen and active fermentation ended pretty quickly. The second carboy of red ale used a 2nd generation Irish Ale yeast, also White Labs strain. The krausen was very short, fermentation was hard and quick. Both ended up with the same Final Gravity of 1.018 which puts both beers at 5.7% ABV. We set them both to carbonate at 12 PSI in the fridge at 36°F which should give them a CO2 by volume of about 2.7. The carbonation style would match that of the suggestion for American Amber Ales.
One of my three corny kegs is about 5 inches shorter than the other two. Also, the Body Connects for the short keg are smaller than the other two (not the actual connection for the quick-disconnect, but the part you must wrench off). I tend to use the short keg over the third keg because the third keg does not have a pressure release valve at the top, it has some sort of plastic lock tool. But for some reason last night, the short keg would not hold pressure! It would slowly leak air out of the pressure release valve. I tried resetting it multiple times to no avail so we ended up cleaning and sanitizing that third keg real quick. I plan to bring the keg back to Beer, Beer More Beer and explain to them what's happening. With any luck, they will find a problem with the little valve piece and I won't have to buy a whole new keg lid. Cheers!
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