I visited a little local West Australian cidery recently. Nick's cider pours into the glass with a beautifully fine froth on top, crystal clear, and streams of bubbles rising up inside.
He says that to get good carbonation I need to run 30psi from gas bottle to keg to tap.
Yet when I follow the carbonation charts the indicators are about 12psi for 2.5 volumes. I tried this but no matter what I do, the cider gushes into the glass with large bubbles that burst quickly, then the cider is almost flat.
Bleeding the gas from the head space helps but Nick does not do this.
I use 3 metres of 4mm internal diameter pvc tube to the tap.
Nick did have, though, a device in his line between keg and tap that may have been reducing his delivery pressure at the tap without bleeding the keg.
I have scoured the net and plumbing suppliers for such a device but unsuccessfully.
Does anyone know what this device may be?
Many thanks from Cliff in Western Australia. [email protected]
He says that to get good carbonation I need to run 30psi from gas bottle to keg to tap.
Yet when I follow the carbonation charts the indicators are about 12psi for 2.5 volumes. I tried this but no matter what I do, the cider gushes into the glass with large bubbles that burst quickly, then the cider is almost flat.
Bleeding the gas from the head space helps but Nick does not do this.
I use 3 metres of 4mm internal diameter pvc tube to the tap.
Nick did have, though, a device in his line between keg and tap that may have been reducing his delivery pressure at the tap without bleeding the keg.
I have scoured the net and plumbing suppliers for such a device but unsuccessfully.
Does anyone know what this device may be?
Many thanks from Cliff in Western Australia. [email protected]