cnmaestro
Member
So I've spent two days searching the forums for an answer to this, and I haven't figured it out yet. I brewed a Watermelon Wheat, transferred to corny keg, and carbonated at 14 PSI for 2 weeks at 40 degrees. Its sitting in my kegerator hooked up to a faucet through an insulated collar. I originally used the default lines the keg kit came with, which looked like 5 feet of 3/16 line. I hooked the beer line to it, and tapped, and nothing but foam came out. Now, the weird part is it's acting like it's empty because it gurgles and when I stop pouring the lines have barely any beer in it, but mostly empty pockets with some beer in. After doing some reading, I changed out the line for a longer 3/16 line, which I decided to go for broke and hooked up 15 feet of line coiled. After letting it sit overnight to chill the line, I tried again with absolutely no change in situation. I've tried reducing the serving pressure and raising the serving pressure, I haven't had enough time to actually change the carbonation of the beer itself. I thought I might have a clogged line somewhere, so I purged the tank and sanitised the whole area and my hands and took apart the QD, the beer out port, and removed the dip tube and looked at everything. Everything is spotless with no particles whatsoever, although there was traces of foam.
I know my beer line is too long at 15 feet, but I'm trying to figure out why I'm not getting at least some beer out. Right now a 60/40 or a 80/20 foam/beer ratio would at least make me start experimenting with balancing the system, I'm just feeling like there is something else preventing me from betting anything other than foam. The other weird part is that when I watch the lines, I see a stuttering effect like foam is coming in, stopping, and starting again at a high rate of speed. Anyways, I'm at my wits end. I've changed out the faucet, QD, line, poppet, and port, and I'm at a loss what else might be going on. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Chris
I know my beer line is too long at 15 feet, but I'm trying to figure out why I'm not getting at least some beer out. Right now a 60/40 or a 80/20 foam/beer ratio would at least make me start experimenting with balancing the system, I'm just feeling like there is something else preventing me from betting anything other than foam. The other weird part is that when I watch the lines, I see a stuttering effect like foam is coming in, stopping, and starting again at a high rate of speed. Anyways, I'm at my wits end. I've changed out the faucet, QD, line, poppet, and port, and I'm at a loss what else might be going on. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Chris