spaceyaquarius
Well-Known Member
1st time kegging. Long story, but basically I tried to force carbonate for 5 days at 30 PSI at 62 F, but the beer was still flat with 1 inch of foam. Then I put it in the mini-fridge for 3 days at 15-18 PSI at 36 F. Today I turned it down to 8 PSI.
It went from 1 inch of foam in a pint glass to nearly half the glass being foam, but the beer still tastes a little flat. Can beer taste flat when it's overcarbonated too? There are quite alot of bubbles coming up the beer line during a glass pour and even after pouring a pint glass.
If it's undercarbonated (which explains the flat taste) but just has high foam then I should just wait longer.
If it's overcarbonated (and still tastes flat, if that's possible) then I'm going to have to release the pressure tab on the keg and then start over right?
Thanks
By the way, the beer lines are 4.7 feet and are cold, and I raise up the tap when I pour. This amount of foam is not from short beer lines is it? Seems like too much foam for that right?
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It went from 1 inch of foam in a pint glass to nearly half the glass being foam, but the beer still tastes a little flat. Can beer taste flat when it's overcarbonated too? There are quite alot of bubbles coming up the beer line during a glass pour and even after pouring a pint glass.
If it's undercarbonated (which explains the flat taste) but just has high foam then I should just wait longer.
If it's overcarbonated (and still tastes flat, if that's possible) then I'm going to have to release the pressure tab on the keg and then start over right?
Thanks
By the way, the beer lines are 4.7 feet and are cold, and I raise up the tap when I pour. This amount of foam is not from short beer lines is it? Seems like too much foam for that right?
(photo fixed)