mkozlowski
Member
I'm kind of new at kegging and learning more as i go but recently i may have run into a little problem. It may be too early to say but my beer is way too foamy at 10-12psi.
I'll walk you through what i did:
I have a kegco kegerator with the dial set to the coldest setting (i believe they go to 38 degrees but i cant confirm mine is that cold).
Monday I syphoned a blueberry ale into the keg
attached the gas and set the pressure to 25psi
Let the keg sit over night to get it cold
Next day in an attempt to force carb i shook it for 15 mins (i thought that was the standard but now im thinking that was too long).
last night I dialed the psi down to 0
i pulled the pressure release to equalize the keg
attached my beer line
Opened the faucet
increased the psi up to 10-12psi to adjust for the pour
At this point the beer was mostly foam so i dialed it down to 8 psi and it was a little better but now the pour is super slow (and still a little foamy).
Is it because i shook it too long?
Is it over carbonated? based on the bubbles it almost doesnt seem carbonated enough.
Could my faucet be too warm?
Should i have waited longer to test?
If anyone has any videos they recommend or books on kegging? I didnt check to see if John Palmer has a section yet though im sure he does. Going to do that next.
But any help is appreciated.
Thanks.
I'll walk you through what i did:
I have a kegco kegerator with the dial set to the coldest setting (i believe they go to 38 degrees but i cant confirm mine is that cold).
Monday I syphoned a blueberry ale into the keg
attached the gas and set the pressure to 25psi
Let the keg sit over night to get it cold
Next day in an attempt to force carb i shook it for 15 mins (i thought that was the standard but now im thinking that was too long).
last night I dialed the psi down to 0
i pulled the pressure release to equalize the keg
attached my beer line
Opened the faucet
increased the psi up to 10-12psi to adjust for the pour
At this point the beer was mostly foam so i dialed it down to 8 psi and it was a little better but now the pour is super slow (and still a little foamy).
Is it because i shook it too long?
Is it over carbonated? based on the bubbles it almost doesnt seem carbonated enough.
Could my faucet be too warm?
Should i have waited longer to test?
If anyone has any videos they recommend or books on kegging? I didnt check to see if John Palmer has a section yet though im sure he does. Going to do that next.
But any help is appreciated.
Thanks.