FiddlersGreen87
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I'm having some problems with an Amber I've kegged. Here's the down and dirty, any solutions would be appreciated.
I carb'd at 14psi for about a week, turned it down, and bled the keg a few times over the course of another week. What confuses me about this problem, is the symptoms don't seem like they should occur simultaneously.
These are the symptoms:
1) Pours in drips. Literally individual droplets.
- I tried upping the PSI (had it set on 8) to like 14-16
- I tried pulling off the beer line to see if it'd flow and it came out fine once I depressed the plunger in the beer disconnect and held it in the air. Poured out fine, so I don't think it's a problem between the disconnect and shank.
2) Beer line was all foam.
- I've included a picture, but you can see it's very foamy. I thought maybe over-carbbed, and I tried bleeding off the Co2. This doesn't make sense to me because I would expect it to come out very fast and foamy, not in individual drops.
3) Beer tastes completely flat.
- It has a head on it, I've included a picture of that as well, but it tastes as if it's totally flat.
I can't make heads or tails of it because all three of these problems seem like they shouldn't happen if the other symptom is happening.
I also tried a range of PSI from 4 to 20. I've reset it back to 8 after bleeding it off some from the 20 psi.
I don't see or hear any leaks, and I would think the total lack of flow wouldn't occur unless the leak was significant which I believe I'd be able to hear if it was that big.
Thoughts?
I carb'd at 14psi for about a week, turned it down, and bled the keg a few times over the course of another week. What confuses me about this problem, is the symptoms don't seem like they should occur simultaneously.
These are the symptoms:
1) Pours in drips. Literally individual droplets.
- I tried upping the PSI (had it set on 8) to like 14-16
- I tried pulling off the beer line to see if it'd flow and it came out fine once I depressed the plunger in the beer disconnect and held it in the air. Poured out fine, so I don't think it's a problem between the disconnect and shank.
2) Beer line was all foam.
- I've included a picture, but you can see it's very foamy. I thought maybe over-carbbed, and I tried bleeding off the Co2. This doesn't make sense to me because I would expect it to come out very fast and foamy, not in individual drops.
3) Beer tastes completely flat.
- It has a head on it, I've included a picture of that as well, but it tastes as if it's totally flat.
I can't make heads or tails of it because all three of these problems seem like they shouldn't happen if the other symptom is happening.
I also tried a range of PSI from 4 to 20. I've reset it back to 8 after bleeding it off some from the 20 psi.
I don't see or hear any leaks, and I would think the total lack of flow wouldn't occur unless the leak was significant which I believe I'd be able to hear if it was that big.
Thoughts?