BetterSense
Well-Known Member
The normal advice is to use 10 foot lines so that when your beer is at serving pressure, it will pour slowly enough to not foam.
The idea is that the longer lines are introducing enough resistance to slow the flow down. If you reduced the pressure enough to slow the flow, the beer would be undercarbed.
It seems wasteful to use 10 feet of hose just for the purpose of slowing down the pour. Why not introduce resistance some other way? Why not, for example, pinch the center of the line slightly with a hose clamp or something? Why not crush the dip tube slightly to reduce the area?
I have seen the "expoxy mixing swizzle stick in the dip-tube" trick, but haven't tried it because I don't know where to get the swizzle sticks.
I'm thinking of trying an adjustable clamp so that I can just pinch the line to adjust the flow. Ideas?
The idea is that the longer lines are introducing enough resistance to slow the flow down. If you reduced the pressure enough to slow the flow, the beer would be undercarbed.
It seems wasteful to use 10 feet of hose just for the purpose of slowing down the pour. Why not introduce resistance some other way? Why not, for example, pinch the center of the line slightly with a hose clamp or something? Why not crush the dip tube slightly to reduce the area?
I have seen the "expoxy mixing swizzle stick in the dip-tube" trick, but haven't tried it because I don't know where to get the swizzle sticks.
I'm thinking of trying an adjustable clamp so that I can just pinch the line to adjust the flow. Ideas?