earlyd
Active Member
I recently built a jockey box and have run across a few things I need help with. The first time I used it I took it on fishing trip and bought a half-barrel of beer from a microbrewery in Ann Arbor, it worked great!!!! I then got all-full of myself and started to talk it up. This past weekend I went to a graduation party and was asked to bring my jockey box. I was so impressed with how it worked last time I could not wait to show it off. But to my surprise it worked as well and a flat tire. All I could get is foam and lots of it. I had a ¼ barrel of But Light. (Like I said I went to a party not hosted a party) I had my CO2 pressure set at 18 psi to start with and then played with it any where from 5 to 25 psi. Foam, foam and more foam. I am not sure if it was coming from the keg? I could see foam coming from the keg into the jockey box at all times. The only way I could get it to stop was to relive the keg pressure and turn off the CO2. I even tried to elevate the keg above the jockey box to create a trap and still lots of foam. The keg had been sitting over night and was around 60*F so I dont think that it was too shaken up or warm. As for the jockey box it is made of two 50 X 3/8 stainless steel coils and has two taps. The feed line to the jockey box is a piece of ¼ vinyl tubing about 5 long and the CO2 feed line to the keg coupler is a piece of 5/16 vinyl tubing also about 5 long. I keep the box full of ice so that the coils are covered at all times. The funny thing is that the next day I was told that the beer was pouring great. The pressure was still set at 18 psi and there was still plenty of ice left. Any Ideas on what I may need to do to not have this happen again???
Thanks,
~d
Thanks,
~d