I have an old store bought commercial kegerator that I converted into a 5 gallon corny keg system. I carbonated my beer and for the first week, it had an extremely weak stream coming out of the faucet but tasted properly carbonated. I was pouring at 12 psi.
After the first week, the beer became extremely foamy and flat, and beer was starting to pool at the bottom of the fridge. After a lot of frustration and investigation, i found a tiny leak in the tubing from removing it and reconnecting it when i moved. I replaced it with another 5 feet of plastic tubing, the same diameter as the original tubing that came with my conversion system. I purged all of the CO2 out of the keg to make sure i got any air that might have leaked in, and cranked it up to 15 psi and reconnected the system and left it alone for 5 days to recarbonate. After trying it again last night, it was still extremely foamy and mostly flat (though slightly more carbonated than before. I looked around again and noticed when i pushed on where the line meets the faucet (just to confirm it was on tight) that a tiny spray of beer was leaking out the end of the tubing, so I'm assuming air is still getting into my system. I disconnected the beer out connection from the keg too, to stop the leaking, and the keg is slightly leaking beer out of the beer out connection, even when unconnected and closed too.
I am far from handy, and have pressed the tubing into the male faucet threading as far as it will go, but i think the leak is still there. I know the tubing itself doesnt have a leak, since it is brand new, and it is the right size, since smaller tubing doesnt fit and bigger tubing is too big.
Please help, I dont know what to do. I've lost almost half my batch to spillage and flat beer now and it's fairly infurating. Is my system just screwed? I've read about the other causes of foamy flat beer and I dont think its an issue of greasy glasses or bad air or improper tube length.
Thanks in advance
After the first week, the beer became extremely foamy and flat, and beer was starting to pool at the bottom of the fridge. After a lot of frustration and investigation, i found a tiny leak in the tubing from removing it and reconnecting it when i moved. I replaced it with another 5 feet of plastic tubing, the same diameter as the original tubing that came with my conversion system. I purged all of the CO2 out of the keg to make sure i got any air that might have leaked in, and cranked it up to 15 psi and reconnected the system and left it alone for 5 days to recarbonate. After trying it again last night, it was still extremely foamy and mostly flat (though slightly more carbonated than before. I looked around again and noticed when i pushed on where the line meets the faucet (just to confirm it was on tight) that a tiny spray of beer was leaking out the end of the tubing, so I'm assuming air is still getting into my system. I disconnected the beer out connection from the keg too, to stop the leaking, and the keg is slightly leaking beer out of the beer out connection, even when unconnected and closed too.
I am far from handy, and have pressed the tubing into the male faucet threading as far as it will go, but i think the leak is still there. I know the tubing itself doesnt have a leak, since it is brand new, and it is the right size, since smaller tubing doesnt fit and bigger tubing is too big.
Please help, I dont know what to do. I've lost almost half my batch to spillage and flat beer now and it's fairly infurating. Is my system just screwed? I've read about the other causes of foamy flat beer and I dont think its an issue of greasy glasses or bad air or improper tube length.
Thanks in advance