sjlammer
Well-Known Member
So I thought that I had my kegging set-up dialed in just right. I had my first keg online and pouring great. 40 degrees, 10psi, 5 feet of 3/8 line.
A week ago I put my second keg (two keg system) online, and force carbonated using the set it and forget it method. I poured both beers for about a week once the second was carbonated.
Then all of a sudden I noticed that my first beer got really foamy. I checked the regulator and found out that I was out of CO2. The source of the problem was a leaky blow-off valve on my second keg. I got air the very next day and swapped the lid on my leaky corney.
To repressurize the second keg, I bumped to the keg to 30 psi (also to check for leaks) and then disconnected the air. I turned the regulator back down to ten psi, and purged the lines to make sure my pressure reading was accurate. Then I hooked the first keg back up (the second is still disconnected). That was Wednesday.
Thursday I go to have a delicious beer from my first keg (the one that was always fine), and boom I get a foamy mess in my cup. The keg never saw more than 10 psi. The beer was in primary for 3 weeks and secondary for 2 weeks and has been in the keg for 3 weeks with no problems.
What the hell happened?
A week ago I put my second keg (two keg system) online, and force carbonated using the set it and forget it method. I poured both beers for about a week once the second was carbonated.
Then all of a sudden I noticed that my first beer got really foamy. I checked the regulator and found out that I was out of CO2. The source of the problem was a leaky blow-off valve on my second keg. I got air the very next day and swapped the lid on my leaky corney.
To repressurize the second keg, I bumped to the keg to 30 psi (also to check for leaks) and then disconnected the air. I turned the regulator back down to ten psi, and purged the lines to make sure my pressure reading was accurate. Then I hooked the first keg back up (the second is still disconnected). That was Wednesday.
Thursday I go to have a delicious beer from my first keg (the one that was always fine), and boom I get a foamy mess in my cup. The keg never saw more than 10 psi. The beer was in primary for 3 weeks and secondary for 2 weeks and has been in the keg for 3 weeks with no problems.
What the hell happened?