I am planning on taking some homebrew back home for Thanksgiving and tried to fill them, following the https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f35/we-no-need-no-stinking-beer-gun-24678/ instructions.
However, when i filled the bottles, I got a ton of foam and had a hard time even getting the beer to fill into the neck.
I chilled the bottles and lines down in the freezer to get them nice and cold, turned the regulator to 5 PSI, and vented the keg. However, still lots and lots of foam. I can only think of a few things it may be:
A. Do i need to turn the regulator down to 2 or 3 PSI to reduce the flow even more?
B. I dont think I completely vented the keg. I pulled the pressure release valve for a few seconds and got most, but not all, of the co2 out.
C. There was some starsan foam in the bottles from when I sanitized them. Could the beer have reacted with the foam and caused the co2 to come out of solution?
I am going to try again tonight and see if I have better luck, but any input/advice would be appreciated!
However, when i filled the bottles, I got a ton of foam and had a hard time even getting the beer to fill into the neck.
I chilled the bottles and lines down in the freezer to get them nice and cold, turned the regulator to 5 PSI, and vented the keg. However, still lots and lots of foam. I can only think of a few things it may be:
A. Do i need to turn the regulator down to 2 or 3 PSI to reduce the flow even more?
B. I dont think I completely vented the keg. I pulled the pressure release valve for a few seconds and got most, but not all, of the co2 out.
C. There was some starsan foam in the bottles from when I sanitized them. Could the beer have reacted with the foam and caused the co2 to come out of solution?
I am going to try again tonight and see if I have better luck, but any input/advice would be appreciated!