JesseRC
Well-Known Member
Ok very noob here so be patient. Good news is I have read lots (lots) of post. I have a chest freezer kegerator that i collared with a 2x8's. It's about a 13cubic foot. I currently have 2 filled cornies in there a B3 Stout extract and a AHS clone of a witbier. The beer came out great. One of the kegs was artificially carbed at 12 psi for 2 weeks. The Witbier was forced carbed a week ago, and both have been at 12 psi since then.
Here's my dilemna, for the most part during the week , it's just me drinking a few pints before dinner. Well the first pour is usually more than 1/3 foam, when it settles the beer seems a bit flat. If I empty the foam then pour a pint a get a good head and the beer seems quite nicely carbed. This happens to both kegs. My gut feeling tells me to just keep pouring a tall beer and deal with the bit of foam at the beginning, but somehow it just seems like the excessive foam at the beginning just causes more to fill the pint ... which lead to more flat beer. Is it possible that the little bit of foam promotes more foam and flat beer. I've read other post about lowering pressure, i've tried that .... the first pour is always the culprit, even at higher pressures, after the first pour I can get a good pour.
Some of my thoughts:
-Can the temperature stratification in the kegerator be causing the beer lines to warm. Will putting in a fan help?
-what about faucets, i have some cheap ones..will upgrading help. Any particuliar favorites?
-Is this normal , should I just put up with it. I mean come on, you can't tell me that everyone's first pour is the same as there second....???
-Is this all in my head...
Thanks everyone... I love this forum... especially the DIY section.
Jesse
Here's my dilemna, for the most part during the week , it's just me drinking a few pints before dinner. Well the first pour is usually more than 1/3 foam, when it settles the beer seems a bit flat. If I empty the foam then pour a pint a get a good head and the beer seems quite nicely carbed. This happens to both kegs. My gut feeling tells me to just keep pouring a tall beer and deal with the bit of foam at the beginning, but somehow it just seems like the excessive foam at the beginning just causes more to fill the pint ... which lead to more flat beer. Is it possible that the little bit of foam promotes more foam and flat beer. I've read other post about lowering pressure, i've tried that .... the first pour is always the culprit, even at higher pressures, after the first pour I can get a good pour.
Some of my thoughts:
-Can the temperature stratification in the kegerator be causing the beer lines to warm. Will putting in a fan help?
-what about faucets, i have some cheap ones..will upgrading help. Any particuliar favorites?
-Is this normal , should I just put up with it. I mean come on, you can't tell me that everyone's first pour is the same as there second....???
-Is this all in my head...
Thanks everyone... I love this forum... especially the DIY section.
Jesse