Cider Force Carbonation Nightmare

[Ray1314]

I made a batch of 'on the rocks' cider which turned out ok, my problem now is with force carbonating it.

I tried the fast method, 40psi and shaking the corny keg for an hour, then overnight at 20psi. After that failed I left it at 40psi for two days, but that still turned out nearly flat.

The last two days its been on at 50psi. I just tried to bottle it with my blichmann gun (at 5psi) and all I get is a shed load of foam and some flat cider.

I'm clearly doing something very wrong, I just don't know what yet. Any advice or humorous insults would be much appreciated :)

Ray

 

[Ray1314]

Turns out there's nothing wrong with the level of carbonation in my cider, opened the corny and tried some direct from there.

Problem must be with the way I was trying to bottle it. Will look through the forums, probably find an answer there.

Ray

 

[Ray1314]

Turns out I was just over carbonating. Filled a couple of cornies with lager and cider, then allowed them to sit at 12 psi for a week, turned out perfectly. I had been trying to do it quicker. Need to learn a bit of patience I suppose :)