telebrewer
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WTH? Chilled bottles. Super foamy fills. Maybe an air leak?
Does it mean the stuff in the bottles will be flat?
Thanks for any info....
Does it mean the stuff in the bottles will be flat?
Thanks for any info....
Turned down to about 4-5 psi.
It's bottled up now. Have to wait and see if it's carbed.
Is your beer out post on the keg clean? I have had foam issues when filling from hop sediment that got sucked up and partially clogged the post. The added turbulence can cause the CO2 to want to come out. If this is the case, you should be able to see lots of bubbles in the line to the beer gun, as you dispense.
Thanks for that. I'm using the liquid line that came with the kit, about 3 ft. long. All my stuff is bottled and the keg is empty. For a homebrew contest. So I might have flat beer. I'm going to pop one and find out. I had about two pints of flow over, had to drink it up. If it's that bad, I might just re-keg it and force carb and re-bottle with 20 ft. of line....I had a lot of foam with the Beer Gun bottling from my kegerator when I first got it and it was driving me crazy. I lengthened the liquid line to 20ft and keep the PSI same pressure as serving pressure (12-14) to keep the CO2 from coming out of solution. I get extremely minimal foaming when bottling a full keg (about 6oz waste). I chill my bottles as well. Also, with pressure low, the liquid line was filling up with CO2 bubbles, with the pressure high, very minimal bubbles. High pressure works, trust me, just keep it below 15.
Since getting it I have bottled nearly 500 beers for an event and without a doubt it has performed best with longer liquid line and not touching the CO2 PSI. I have tried all combos out there; low pressure, medium pressure you name it.
Turned out flat. Re-kegged and forced carbing. Will try the 25ft. hose beer gun.
Thanks.
Longer line (10 ft isn't enough). Also, try a hose clamp where the line attaches to the beergun.I'm in foam town...... its so frustrating.
I have the new v2 beer gun. I've tried pressure at 3-4 and pressure at 12. Purged keg or pressurized. Quick on the trigger... The beer line given with the kit is about 10 feet, about the same are my keggerator lines that pour just fine. It looks like the foam is happening in the beer line between the gun and the keg... its all foam in there as I pour, so its all foam in the bottle too. If I wait a minute that beer line looks half empty because its so dang full of gas. I'm ready to give up on bottling from the keg.
Pics of my set up... I think everything is kosher just a town of foam in the line.View attachment 598952View attachment 598953
What ID beer lines are you running for 16-18ft? I spent about 30 minutes running the gravity, pressure, and length calculations and my final calculations were 5ft at 3/16" ID with a tap ~2' above keg (using a kegerator).When you fill bottles, don't purge the keg (like everyone says to do). Also, don't turn the pressure down low (also like everyone says to do). The long line prevents you from having to do all those little work-arounds. The long line will really slow down the flow, causing a longer fill time, but trust it. If you can fill a pint glass from the beergun and get the same results as you do from your taps (about an inch of foam), you're doing it right.
If you are not running long beer lines to your taps, this might seem ridiculous to you, but it works. My beer lines are all about 16-18 ft long, and I serve my beers between 12 to 18 psi. I get great carbonation and a nice pour with about an inch of foam. My beer gun line is 20 ft and I get great results with it (Best of Show win).
Don't pay much attention to those running 5 ft lines, they are most likely settling for under carbonated beer, unless they have flow control faucets.
You will still get a little foam but it's ok. Fill the bottle until the foam is gone and clear beer is overflowing, then slowly remove beergun and give a little shot of co2. Cap each bottle immediately after filling, before too much foam starts coming up.
I run ice cold star san from another keg through the tubing and the gun prior to filling (literally add a bag of ice to starsan in a second keg). I also soak the beer gun in the icey starsan.
turn the pressure down to 5-6 PSI. Discard (or drink) the fist half bottle you fill, then keep the flow going. If you wait too long between fills the lines can get warm and CO2 will come out of solution a bit.
bottles are kept in the freezer prior to filling.
I also carb the beer about 2 PSI more than I would vs. normal serving from the keg to account for carb loss from filling. So if you are planning to bottle a beer that you typically serve at 10 psi, bump it up to 12 PSI a week before you plan to bottle.
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