Over carbed keg

[Apothecarybrewer]

So I am brand new to kegging. I have a double tap Kegerator . First keg carbed nice In a about 3 days at 30 pounds . Second keg same formula but got all foam. Read solution about blowing gas thru out line. Didn't really work, maybe wasn't patient enough . So took it off gas. It has been about 24 hours now. Also burping 2-3 times a day, and a,little gas comes out. Will lettingit sit like this fix the problem? If not could there be an equipment issue? Brand new set up never been used before thanks for your help

 

[Double_D]

You can draw a couple pints under pressure from the degassing beer after turning the valve off. Then let it equilibrate with your serving pressure. Assuming you have secondaries.

Did you cold crash before kegging and force carbing? I usually only let them sit for three days if they're warm when they go into the kegerator. Even then, I still usually only leave them at 30 psi for 48 hours...but stuff happens sometimes.

 

[doug293cz]

Three days at 30 psi is excessive. Your experience with the first keg could be due to it being filled above the cylindrical portion (which will slow down carbonation), or not getting enough air out of the headspace during the purging after filling (excess air in the headspace reduces the CO2 pressure.) Might be other possibilities that I haven't thought of. I only do 36 hours at 30 psi.

Brew on

 

[Casedeville]

Also burping 2-3 times a day, and a,little gas comes out. Will lettingit sit like this fix the problem?

Keep venting it 2-3 times per day. Before the last vent of the day, pour a couple ounces to see if it's still overcarbed. Eventually the beer will drop its carb level to where you want it, then you can reapply serving pressure.

For what it's worth, carbing up a beer in 3 days isn't usually necessary. Sure, there might be occasions when you're rushed to pour the beer at some event and need it quickly, but for the majority of batches, beers will taste better after 7-10 days in the keg. In other words, the beer will carb at serving pressure more slowly over 4-5 days, but you're not missing anything during those days because the beer isn't in its prime yet. I know it's a huge test in being patient, but I'm sure you'd rather have better beer. It also will be impossible to overcarb your beer and have this situation arise again.

 

[Apothecarybrewer]

Thanks for all this advice. Really appreciate it. I did not cold crash. I was so conflicted on how to carb. I did think 30 pounds at 72 hours seemed like a lot. I will either try 36 hours or go the 7 days at serving pressure depending on my thirst level��

 

[Apothecarybrewer]

Quick follow up. I just tried to pour after no gas and burping for about 30 hours. Still foam. Tried the gas in the out fix again. More patient. No go ..so now I am thinking equipment issue could something in tap head be bad? The other tap is fine. Gaskets? Thanks

 

[Apothecarybrewer]

Well it ended up being a bad O ring on dip tube...it was smashed on one side. Must have cross threaded post . Thanks again

 

[WarmGas]

FWIW, I've been monkeying around with this and have found cold crashing in kegerator with psi set at 40 for 24 hours does it. Then I purge the keg (Corny) and set the gas at 10 psi. She is then ready to drink. Carbonation job done in 24 hours.

I agree the beer improves over the next few days but at least this way you get to try a pint or two pretty quick.

 

[obsessedbrewing]

Well it ended up being a bad O ring on dip tube...it was smashed on one side. Must have cross threaded post . Thanks again

Thanks for posting back an update! It'll help me troubleshoot this issue in the future!