Keg Hose Insert to Increase Serving Pressure?

[jmo88]

Sounds to me like your beer may be over-carbed and your serving pressure too high. IMO, two seconds to pour a pint is way too fast.

I wouldn't say it's overcarbed. It was force carbed for about 4 minutes, gently rocking the beer on it's side at 20 PSI, vented and stabalized to 12psi at 38F. I hooked up some seltzer with 10' of new line on the other tap and it has much more reasonable pour.

 

[akthor]

Wow its coming out that fast at 12psi??? What's the ID of your serving line?

 

[jmo88]

3/16. The seltzer is coming out at 12 seconds per pint with 10' lines and no insert. I'm gonna swap the lines to see how 10' does on the beer. The inserts still in though.

 

[jmo88]

swapped the lines. Beautiful pour. 1" head and perfect carbonation with the same flow rate as the seltzer without the inserts. I'll post back when I get a second beer on tap and use 10' without inserts. So far it looks like the inserts have no affect, for me anyway.