Somebody gave me a keg of Bass Ale for Christmas. It's a 1/2 barrell commercial keg that requires a Grundy style "G" Sankey coupler. It's a cool gift, and I plan to make use of the keg as a keggle when it's empty.
Rather than purchase a (probably) one-time-use Sankey "G" coupler, I rented one from a local liquor store. My plan was to use the coupler to transfer the Bass to my ball-lock cornies, for which I have a kegerator ready to go. This allows me the flexibility to have a second beer (homebrew) on tap on the two-tap kegerator, since the kegerator will hold only two cornies or a single 1/2 barrell keg at a time. Also, this approach allows me to not have to keep the rental coupler too long.
So I cleaned and sanitized the coupler and cobra tap that it came with and hooked it up to my CO2 bottle, which I have not accessed yet. So far I have just tapped it using the existing pressure in the keg.
What I am getting is all foam. The cobra tap on the coupler is only about 16 inches long but I have a full length racking cane stuck in it, which I place at the bottom of a cornie after flushing it with CO2. Due to the excessive foam, at this rate it's gonna take me 10 cornies.
It does not appear as if there is any way to blow off pressure from this keg, other than to just let it foam when tapping it.
Does anyone have any recommendations for how to avoid this foaming issue?
Thanks,
Chris
Rather than purchase a (probably) one-time-use Sankey "G" coupler, I rented one from a local liquor store. My plan was to use the coupler to transfer the Bass to my ball-lock cornies, for which I have a kegerator ready to go. This allows me the flexibility to have a second beer (homebrew) on tap on the two-tap kegerator, since the kegerator will hold only two cornies or a single 1/2 barrell keg at a time. Also, this approach allows me to not have to keep the rental coupler too long.
So I cleaned and sanitized the coupler and cobra tap that it came with and hooked it up to my CO2 bottle, which I have not accessed yet. So far I have just tapped it using the existing pressure in the keg.
What I am getting is all foam. The cobra tap on the coupler is only about 16 inches long but I have a full length racking cane stuck in it, which I place at the bottom of a cornie after flushing it with CO2. Due to the excessive foam, at this rate it's gonna take me 10 cornies.
It does not appear as if there is any way to blow off pressure from this keg, other than to just let it foam when tapping it.
Does anyone have any recommendations for how to avoid this foaming issue?
Thanks,
Chris