senorswiss
Well-Known Member
I have searched through the foaming threads for a couple of days now to no avail. On one of my taps (perlick 525, fully open) I am getting pure foam after the initial beer in the line makes it out. I'm linking to a video I posted where you can see air is somehow getting into the line. Let me summarize what I've done to try to fix it:
I switched the line (including coupler) from one keg to another thinking that perhaps I had a bad o-ring on one keg. The foam followed the beer line, so the kegs should be fine (later tried a picnic tap which works fine on both albeit a little fast as that line is much shorter).
So then I thought perhaps the line out coupler (ball lock threaded with flare screwed on) was somehow bad. I switched it with a spare I had, same problem.
I then took one of them apart and used Teflon tape everywhere that pieces fit together - no help.
Each time I switched the coupler I cut off the end of the hose, so the hose itself shouldn't be a problem. Also in the video it looks like the bubbles are making it in before the beer makes it out of the stainless barb.
(Disclaimer: shot one-handed with cell phone while holding keezer lid up and trying to get all the beer into a glass)
[ame]http://tinypic.com/player.php?v=qzq4gn&s=6[/ame]
Each of my kegs has been slowly force carbed (one at about 13 psi, the other at about 7, 41 deg F) for > 2 weeks, and again each one pours fine from the picnic tap.
I would be very appreciative of any insight you can offer.
Thanks!
I switched the line (including coupler) from one keg to another thinking that perhaps I had a bad o-ring on one keg. The foam followed the beer line, so the kegs should be fine (later tried a picnic tap which works fine on both albeit a little fast as that line is much shorter).
So then I thought perhaps the line out coupler (ball lock threaded with flare screwed on) was somehow bad. I switched it with a spare I had, same problem.
I then took one of them apart and used Teflon tape everywhere that pieces fit together - no help.
Each time I switched the coupler I cut off the end of the hose, so the hose itself shouldn't be a problem. Also in the video it looks like the bubbles are making it in before the beer makes it out of the stainless barb.
(Disclaimer: shot one-handed with cell phone while holding keezer lid up and trying to get all the beer into a glass)
[ame]http://tinypic.com/player.php?v=qzq4gn&s=6[/ame]
Each of my kegs has been slowly force carbed (one at about 13 psi, the other at about 7, 41 deg F) for > 2 weeks, and again each one pours fine from the picnic tap.
I would be very appreciative of any insight you can offer.
Thanks!