Bear has way too much head

[dadam]

As a hypothetical, a person made 55 gallons of beer. Say this person was to initially carbonate it with a stone and got overcarbonated, poured only foam.
I, I mean this person has over carbed before but the difference is that when it settles the beer is flat without any bubbles.
After it was heavily carbonated the stone was removed.
I plan on letting it go flat and start over. Does anyone have advice on carving a large amount?

 

[Norselord]

Is this what you are experiencing?

 

[Yooper]

As a hypothetical, a person made 55 gallons of beer. Say this person was to initially carbonate it with a stone and got overcarbonated, poured only foam.
I, I mean this person has over carbed before but the difference is that when it settles the beer is flat without any bubbles.
After it was heavily carbonated the stone was removed.
I plan on letting it go flat and start over. Does anyone have advice on carving a large amount?

Do you have it in one large keg?

 

[dadam]

Yes

 

[dadam]

Yes exactly!! Caught my spelling that's awesome ������

 

[day_trippr]

There's no need to totally flatten the beer, just de-gas it down to where it's tame, then make whatever fine-tuning adjustments deemed necessary.

I don't know what a 55 gallon keg looks like (unless it's a drum) but assuming it has a dip tube you could blow CO2 through that to accelerate the de-gassing process...

Cheers! (and good luck!)

 

[ericbw]

Is this what you are experiencing?

I was hoping someone would do this.

 

[seatazzz]

I was hoping someone would do this.

I clicked on this one specifically to see what someone would do as well. Was not disappointed.

 

[JohnSand]

I also appreciate the humor.
To the OP, if your beer comes out all foam but is flat after, it is probably a serving problem. Try adjusting your lines, or pressure.

 

[Bobb25]

You probably need longer liquid lines. Search for balancing draft beer lines. As I recall the ones that came with my pre packaged draft keg system were too short, and I replaced them with some that were 10 feet long or so, maybe 3/16 inch dia. ..problem solved. I think 10 to 12 PSI needs about a 10 foot serving line. Good Luck and Cheers!
Bob

 

[dadam]

I'll try the longer lines. Due to it being in a 55 gallon SS drum, it's not chilled also it's ambient temperature, don't know if that makes difference

 

[JohnSand]

It does. Cold beer holds more CO2.

 

[StewMakesBrew]

I came into this to learn just what exactly "too much head" is as those words don't occur in my world. Alas, it's just about beer.

 

[wilserbrewer]

I'll try the longer lines. Due to it being in a 55 gallon SS drum, it's not chilled also it's ambient temperature, don't know if that makes difference

Room temp beer needs to be at 20-25 psi co2. Will a 55 gallon drum take that Kim of pressure ?

 

[daveMN]

Room temp beer needs to be at 20-25 psi co2. Will a 55 gallon drum take that Kim of pressure ?

Steel 55 gal drums fail at about 15 psi. Learned that the hard way at work. Steel drums rated for transportation are tested to 100 kPa, which is about 14.5 psi. Open head stainless drums are rated to 150, which is about 21.7 psi. If you ask the drum manufacturers, they'll tell you that the drums aren't rated for pressure.

 

[william_shakes_beer]

I'm confused. Is the OP named bear or dadam?

 

[Cavpilot2000]

My God man, did you see the size of the HEAD on that bear?!?!?!

 

[Norselord]

Yes exactly!! Caught my spelling that's awesome ������

Sorry about the **** storm.
I didn't mean to belittle you or anything like that.
I know that people post here who aren't native English speakers.
I also know that since this is a brewing forum people are likely to be in various stages of inebriation.

However, since this is a brewing forum, there are only five short words that should be spelled correctly: water, grain, hops, yeast, and beer.

 

[william_shakes_beer]

Sorry about the **** storm.
I didn't mean to belittle you or anything like that.
I know that people post here who aren't native English speakers.
I also know that since this is a brewing forum people are likely to be in various stages of inebriation.

However, since this is a brewing forum, there are only five short words that should be spelled correctly: water, grain, hops, yeast, and beer.

Awww, c'mon dude. Everybody posts one of these threads sooner or later. Here's mine:

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=307381

Ya just gotta read the script.

 

[dadam]

It's all good! I appreciate the humor. I blame it on my cell phone autocorrect

 

[dadam]

Btw these barrels are thick walled stainless. Good for well over 40 psi but I'll never go that high