LuizArgh
Active Member
People,
I started with cornelius kegs just a while ago. I remember listening a lot of people talking about huge foam problems, but I never gave that much attention until I got my own cornys and started suffering from this issue.
Now, I looked in a lot of topics about this subject, but in a lot of times people just seemed to be speaking in greek to me. Seriously, a lot of thing in this artificial carbonation thing are still a big mistery for me.
I carbonated a rauchbier (with about 4 gallons in the cornelius) using 2 kgf/cm³ (around 29 psi) for a week. I use a 3 ft hose with an ordinary metal tap (the same one from my mash tun). When I open it, I get a glorious glass of... milk beer! A whole pint full of foam
I always had the impression it was the cheesy tap's fault (i'm planning to switch it for a good, classic stainless-steel one with italian handle) but I'm afraid that's not the real problem and the excessive foam'll just persist. I also tried taking all the gas from the head space before serving, but it was useless.
so, what am I missing?
I started with cornelius kegs just a while ago. I remember listening a lot of people talking about huge foam problems, but I never gave that much attention until I got my own cornys and started suffering from this issue.
Now, I looked in a lot of topics about this subject, but in a lot of times people just seemed to be speaking in greek to me. Seriously, a lot of thing in this artificial carbonation thing are still a big mistery for me.
I carbonated a rauchbier (with about 4 gallons in the cornelius) using 2 kgf/cm³ (around 29 psi) for a week. I use a 3 ft hose with an ordinary metal tap (the same one from my mash tun). When I open it, I get a glorious glass of... milk beer! A whole pint full of foam
I always had the impression it was the cheesy tap's fault (i'm planning to switch it for a good, classic stainless-steel one with italian handle) but I'm afraid that's not the real problem and the excessive foam'll just persist. I also tried taking all the gas from the head space before serving, but it was useless.
so, what am I missing?