henchman24
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I have been having this issue for a couple months and I'm now at a complete loss.
Lately with my kegerator, every time I pour a glass the CO2 comes out of suspension and forms bubbles in the lines (little bubbles form immediately and eventually gather into bigger bubbles). I'm at high altitude (over 6,000') so I have to have the pressures ~3 psi over what you'd normally see at sea level. I normally have the kegerator set for 34 degrees (though I have toyed with that temperature trying to find a solution, but it is back at that temp and has been for weeks). I have ~3-4 taps (depending on what I've brewed lately) shooting for 3.4 volumes (~21 psi at my altitude) and another ~3-4 taps shooting for 2.5 volumes (~13psi at my altitude). I always use the set it and forget it method of carbonating my beer. There was a point where some might have gotten over carbonated (don't know what happened, but both sides went 3-4 psi high for a couple weeks), but a newly force carbonated beer is having the same issue and there was no pressure rise (held steady at 21 psi).
The issues has been happening on both pressures.
Solutions that I have tried:
1. new 3/16 lines at various lengths (8-14' on the low pressure 14-19 at the high pressure)
2. installed a fan and new insulation to make sure the taps were roughly the same temperature (poured beer temperature is almost always <35)
3. re routed all lines to have a gradual upslope to push the bubbles towards the shank (only moderately successful)
4. new o-rings in all the kegs and all are using keg lube (I can't find any leaks)
5. re-carbonating (3x)... released all pressure for 4 days and re-carbed (newest beer hasn't had this happen)
6. lowered temperature to 33 and 32 degrees (this was early and the kegs have been re-carbed since)
I can also pour as much beer as I want out in one continuous pour and the bubbles never go away.
Ideas? I might try re-carbing again, but I don't really know what good that will do.
Lately with my kegerator, every time I pour a glass the CO2 comes out of suspension and forms bubbles in the lines (little bubbles form immediately and eventually gather into bigger bubbles). I'm at high altitude (over 6,000') so I have to have the pressures ~3 psi over what you'd normally see at sea level. I normally have the kegerator set for 34 degrees (though I have toyed with that temperature trying to find a solution, but it is back at that temp and has been for weeks). I have ~3-4 taps (depending on what I've brewed lately) shooting for 3.4 volumes (~21 psi at my altitude) and another ~3-4 taps shooting for 2.5 volumes (~13psi at my altitude). I always use the set it and forget it method of carbonating my beer. There was a point where some might have gotten over carbonated (don't know what happened, but both sides went 3-4 psi high for a couple weeks), but a newly force carbonated beer is having the same issue and there was no pressure rise (held steady at 21 psi).
The issues has been happening on both pressures.
Solutions that I have tried:
1. new 3/16 lines at various lengths (8-14' on the low pressure 14-19 at the high pressure)
2. installed a fan and new insulation to make sure the taps were roughly the same temperature (poured beer temperature is almost always <35)
3. re routed all lines to have a gradual upslope to push the bubbles towards the shank (only moderately successful)
4. new o-rings in all the kegs and all are using keg lube (I can't find any leaks)
5. re-carbonating (3x)... released all pressure for 4 days and re-carbed (newest beer hasn't had this happen)
6. lowered temperature to 33 and 32 degrees (this was early and the kegs have been re-carbed since)
I can also pour as much beer as I want out in one continuous pour and the bubbles never go away.
Ideas? I might try re-carbing again, but I don't really know what good that will do.