ThePope
Member
i tried my new overpriced blichman beergun the other day on a hefeweizen carbed to about 4volumes, and had a real foamy mess... i bottled 18, and lost about 1L to foam. Dont worry though, i collected the foam as i was going, transfered it to a PET bottle, force carb'd it and drank it the next day, so minimal beer was lost...
how can i avoid this in the future/i need some expertise
my setup was a cold keg 3c, cold beer gun, cold bottles. 6 feet hose. depressurized keg to 1-2psi. i found that i was able to see carb bubbles in the line before it even met the beer gun.
1)my initial thought is i need a longer line to my beer gun to increase backpressure or whatever that does.
2)my bottles were full of starsan bubbles, maybe that had an effect?
3)maybe im out of luck with such high carb beers and i should just work on my filling/foam collecting technique to prevent waste, and recarb and drink the slurp like i did and not complain
the bottles turned out perfect though
how can i avoid this in the future/i need some expertise
my setup was a cold keg 3c, cold beer gun, cold bottles. 6 feet hose. depressurized keg to 1-2psi. i found that i was able to see carb bubbles in the line before it even met the beer gun.
1)my initial thought is i need a longer line to my beer gun to increase backpressure or whatever that does.
2)my bottles were full of starsan bubbles, maybe that had an effect?
3)maybe im out of luck with such high carb beers and i should just work on my filling/foam collecting technique to prevent waste, and recarb and drink the slurp like i did and not complain
the bottles turned out perfect though