Redhouse Brewing
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Can anyone assist with a weird carbonation issue that I’m having. I quick carb all my beers (homebrew) by kegging cold beer (36 degrees) and setting regulator to 35 psi for 48 hours, reduce to 20 psi for 4 hours (usually) depends on the beer. Then reset to 10 psi and the beer pours perfect but only for a few hours, then its about 1/2 foam. I don’t understand why it pours perfect for about half a day and then gets foamy especially since it stays at 10 psi after the quick carb. I can see a little (very little) co2 coming out of solution just at the shank. Once I open the tap then it’s foam. I have 10 foot 3/16 beer line in home built keezer with a fan. The line is coiled on top of the keg and there is no stratification (have already had that but resolved with the fan) and the beer temperature is a perfect 38 degrees. I don’t have any leaks (checked already) and therefore am stumped. My guess is that it’s slightly out of balance but if I reduce pressure anymore then my beer will lose carbonation. Same thing happened on my other keg and to fix I turned off the gas and degassed the beer a few times over a few hours. I get great pours on that keg but the beer is slightly under carbed for my taste (only get about 1/4” head). I don’t want to degas this keg but I’m getting about 1/2 glass of foam on every pour so I have to do something...