Finally got first beer kegged

Woo hoo finally got my first homebrew kegged and tapped and had a brew night with a few friends. Went well beer tasted good after only 24 hour force carb with 30 psi. Now i realized my corny doesnt have a release valve so when i tried to drain the air with the gas line it just shot beer out everywhere. However i just poured the beer slow and eventually it came to a trickle after we had probably about 10 beers out which tasted good and had a decent carbonation.

I then tried to set the beer at the desired pouring PSI of 9 for my brown ale and it still shot the beer out all foamy. I have a very short pour hose probably about 8 inches long with a party spout...the beer has good carbonation but pours out extremly foamy. Anybody know why? Maybe the pouring portion of the hose is too small?

The hose is too short.

how long of a hose should i get then and will getting tubing from the hardware store (no hbs) work?

Well since I am fairly fresh to the kegging scene myself I hope somebody seconds this.

I would say 5 feet would do it that is what mine is and no problem. I would suggest getting tubing that is intended for beverage distribution. If no hbs is around then maybe online would be an option.

Search for "Cure for your short hose".

Ishraider said:

how long of a hose should i get then and will getting tubing from the hardware store (no hbs) work?

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Get 3/16 ID beverage tubing. Start with 10 feet. Personally I find 10 ft of 3/16 perfect, and I carb to around 10 psi normally. Eight inches is sufficient for some things (most would say even generous) but not keg tubing.

haha well your right 8 inches im sure is sufficient for most things....ill go with the 10 feet then. Its only 2 1/2 and 3 gallons carboys does that make a difference in length of tubing?

snazzy said:

The hose is too short.

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That's what she said.

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