I have been kegging for a while now, and although I've had a rough time getting the pressure and line line, etc. tweaked perfectly, it's often worked pretty good nonetheless.
Anyway, this last batch I've noticed a strange problem. My liquid line degasses and creates voids in the line. Hence my first part of the pour comes out intermittently and kind of foamy. I haven't seen that before.
I've got about 10' of hose and I've tried with more pressure, and less pressure. After that first bit, it comes out fine, but immediately starts bubbling up in the line and a short while later, the first pour is again foamy and intermittent, until the hose is filled with fresh beer.
My temps are around 40, according to the thermometer, and my pressure is around 11 lbs for this beer. I should note that I started carbing it at around 30 lbs, and backed it down after it got carbed.
I didn't have the problem when I first tapped the keg, just after a while when the higher pressure caused a bit of excess foaming. Shouldn't the beer in the line and the beer in the keg both be at the same pressure? So you would think the beer in the line would not degass like that?
Anyway, this last batch I've noticed a strange problem. My liquid line degasses and creates voids in the line. Hence my first part of the pour comes out intermittently and kind of foamy. I haven't seen that before.
I've got about 10' of hose and I've tried with more pressure, and less pressure. After that first bit, it comes out fine, but immediately starts bubbling up in the line and a short while later, the first pour is again foamy and intermittent, until the hose is filled with fresh beer.
My temps are around 40, according to the thermometer, and my pressure is around 11 lbs for this beer. I should note that I started carbing it at around 30 lbs, and backed it down after it got carbed.
I didn't have the problem when I first tapped the keg, just after a while when the higher pressure caused a bit of excess foaming. Shouldn't the beer in the line and the beer in the keg both be at the same pressure? So you would think the beer in the line would not degass like that?