I am having issues with my kegarator.

I have a new ball lock system that I have hooked up correctly to a corney keg, at 10psi, and when I try to pour a beer I get a big spurt of air and splash of beer and it pours all foam. Why the big spurt of air and foam?

 

How did you carb the beer in the keg?

 

Please describe your carbing procedure and timeline along with current serving pressure.

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Also, how long are your serving lines?

 

Are you using a tower? If so, your lines may be warm in the tower. Did you force carb?

 

Sounds overcarbed. Spurt of air is co2 out of solution.

 

My lines are rather short, 5'. I force carbonated by hitting it with 20psi for 48 hours. I can see the foam as a result of over carbonating, but I never expected this much air in my line out of the keg.

 

I am not using a tower, my tap is through the front of my fridge door. This is only my 2nd brew, but my first brew was fine on draft.

 

You're overcarbed. Set pressure to 8 psi and start pulling the pressure release valve on the keg every few hours. After a few days of that, the pressure will normalize.

 

Personally I take the pressure off and pull the release every few hours. If you need to serve, bleed all pressure out and then put about 2lbs. on the keg to serve. You might have to pour off some foam first. After serving take pressure off and bleed again. Eventually you can leave it on a few lbs. of Co2 and it will serve fine.

Just went through this with TWO kegs.

 

You might have a leak on your beer line somewhere. Check your connections.

 

Thank you for all the input! So, it is normal to have air in the beer line (line out from keg to tap)? How long should my lines be? I see all different answers to this question.I will pick up new lines and release pressure to see if that helps.

 

Did you purge the keg after force carbing before setting the serving pressure?

I force carb at about 25psi for 48 hours then turn the line off and purge the keg, turn the CO2 all the way down and turn the line back on. I bump the CO2 up to about 8psi and then we're ready to rock and roll.

 

10' lines are a good length. Having them higher than the keg can help, too. You have air in the lines because the overcarbonated beer is purging Co2 from solution and your line is the only place it can go.

 

No! It doesn't matter how over-carbed you are, you shouldn't be getting straight gas from your beer line from a full keg. I'm wondering if you have something hooked up wrong? Check your in and out side connections.

 

I have checked my connections several times, thinking that might be the issue. Everything appears to be properly connected.

 

What's the beer temp in the kegerator?

 

Hi I'm new to kegging aswell. I to have had this problem, what's an ideal length for my beer lines. I'm running about 5ft