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After another 30 minutes of settling it's pouring a bit more slowly, but I got a good pour at 14 PSI! When I say good pour, I mean about 1 and a half inches of foam, which is way better than it was.

Update: Installed 15 feet of 3/16th beer line. Got my mini fridge all hooked up and sitting at 39 degrees F. I have the PSI at 14 and I'm getting all foam still. I can tell it's foamy coming out of the beer line. It's not clear like it should be. I see a nice clear stream, then for a second or...

Thanks for the posts everyone! Looks like I need a longer length. Those are excellent resources, brewinginCO. I'm in Colorado Springs and the altitude seems to definitely be a factor. The intructions I got from the LHBS down here suggest dispensing at 8 PSI with their setup, but I suppose...

I guess it couldn't hurt to go and grab 15 ft of line or so. I might do that after the keg is empty and I keg the next brew. I'm really just hoping having it at a stable temperature helps, or a mix of everything solves it.

My mini fridge I ordered should be in tomorrow, so hopefully having a regular temperature will help a bit. I think I can get it to the right pressure if I had a more (surely) stable temperature. It just bugs me that I have to tone it down from 12 PSI to around 8 PSI in addition to emptying the...

Beer line is cold. Honestly I find the carbonation level is perfect (to taste) if I lower the PSI (5-8) to dispense or just pour while releasing gas from the headspace. It was carbonated pretty high at first, but I've had it set to about 12 pretty consistently. I also want to note that the...

One thing I notice is that the beer line constantly develops tons of bubbles in it. I believe they are CO2 bubbles. I force carbonated at 30 PSI for two days, then set it back down to about 12 for going on a week now. It dispenses fine sometimes, but other times it does not. All of the O-Rings...

Hi everyone, I recently got a kegging system and have a beer that's been carbonated to about 2.5 volumes of CO2 at about 38 degrees. I don't have a kegerator setup, just a picnic tap on a 5 ft (3/16) beer line. I have it set to 10 PSI (@6000ft Altitude) for dispensing, but everytime I dispense...

I'm using US-05 for this one. I'm not an expert at all, but it doesn't seem to be infected. It looks, tastes, and smells (after a few minutes in a glass) just fine. It's just a weird smell on the initial pour that has a distinct smell of fish bowl. It's definitely a young beer by standards. All...

Hi all, I've been lurking for quite some time, and find the resources here invaluable. However, I finally found a question that isn't really mentioned. I just brewed my first beer about 3 weeks ago. It's Dead Ringer IPA (Extract) from Northern Brewer. It went well, only needed about 6 days in...