OK, I have seen a number of these threads on foamy pours, and I suspect I know the answer but would like to hear other's thoughts on the issue I am experiencing.
In my last 3 kegged beers I have experienced massive foaming issues. I use 8' 3/16 inch beverage lines to picnic taps. I cannot find a leak (and the latest beer is in a brand new ball lock keg) in any of my kegs. For the last 3 batches where I have encountered the worst of the problem I keg immediately following a cold crash at 35 degrees. Then set the psi to 30, shake the keg for a good 5 minutes and let it sit at that pressure for 3 days. Then bleed the keg and set it at serving pressure of about 11psi.
When I go to pour I get straight foam - explosive straight foam. If I ratchet down the psi to 5, i get a slow mostly foam pour. the beer appears to foam up when entering the line. Post pour, I have foam in the line that dissapates leaving me with half a line of air.
The beer in my glass is not overly bubbly at all, in fact it seems under carbed to me but I am sure that is mostly due to it all exploding out of solution when I trigger the tap.
I am thinking this may be overcarbonation somehow, but the method I leverage seems to be widely advocated here an other places. Any other ideas what the heck could be happening before I try and de gas my 2 full kegs and start over?
In my last 3 kegged beers I have experienced massive foaming issues. I use 8' 3/16 inch beverage lines to picnic taps. I cannot find a leak (and the latest beer is in a brand new ball lock keg) in any of my kegs. For the last 3 batches where I have encountered the worst of the problem I keg immediately following a cold crash at 35 degrees. Then set the psi to 30, shake the keg for a good 5 minutes and let it sit at that pressure for 3 days. Then bleed the keg and set it at serving pressure of about 11psi.
When I go to pour I get straight foam - explosive straight foam. If I ratchet down the psi to 5, i get a slow mostly foam pour. the beer appears to foam up when entering the line. Post pour, I have foam in the line that dissapates leaving me with half a line of air.
The beer in my glass is not overly bubbly at all, in fact it seems under carbed to me but I am sure that is mostly due to it all exploding out of solution when I trigger the tap.
I am thinking this may be overcarbonation somehow, but the method I leverage seems to be widely advocated here an other places. Any other ideas what the heck could be happening before I try and de gas my 2 full kegs and start over?
