I'm missing something here

[mresa641]

I dont have an extra fridge to carb so Im carbing at 72 degrees at 31 psi. I let my beer carb for 2 weeks and I want to draw into a growler to refrigerate and drink after a few hours.

I relieved the pressure and set to 2-3 psi, my liquid line fills with foam, then looks like its drawing solid but I get a lot of foam. I had this problem before bet never solved it. I looked at threads and saw that I could drop the pressure low and let it sit for a couple of days...but wouldn't that just let me lose all of the carbonation I was working to put in? I have a 5 ft 1/2 inch hose which I will replace with a 3/16 10 ft tomorrow. But am I missing anything else that I didnt see in another thread?

 

[brettg20]

This chart will help. At 72 you should be ok with 31 psi, the 10ft line will definitely help with the foam.

http://www.kegerators.com/carbonation-table.php

 

[zachattack]

It's OK to carbonate beer warm, but it's really really difficult to serve it without foaming. At 31 psi you might need a 25 foot hose to keep the foam down. And even then I'd expect some foaming.

 

[LLBeanJ]

It's OK to carbonate beer warm, but it's really really difficult to serve it without foaming. At 31 psi you might need a 25 foot hose to keep the foam down. And even then I'd expect some foaming.

^ This. As you have already discovered, you will not have much luck trying to serve at room temp. As far as I know, there are no magic bullet solutions other than getting the temp down.

 

[mresa641]

Thanks guys, Ill find a way to drop the temps along with extending the hose. I guess my wife finally gets the new fridge shes been wanting...

 

[zachattack]

Build a kegerator or keezer!