Picnic tap foaming, thought I followed instructions

[FatAndrew]

Hi all,

I read up on pouring with a picnic tap on this forum prior to trying it myself and I though I had followed the directions I gleaned from various posts. I have a 7' line of 3/16ths tubing and a picnic tap. I had the keg at 12psi and 50F (that's as cold as this fridge gets). I got nothing but foam in the glass but the line looked like it had good beer up until about a foot from the tap.

Any ideas?

It's frustrating having beer effectively locked in a safe you don't have the combination to.

-Andrew

 

[day_trippr]

If you slapped a room temperature picnic tap and beer line on a cold keg of beer, it's going to foam like a beyotch. I store my picnic tap in one of my beer fridges so if I'm going to sample a keg it's already chilled to the same temperature.

If it was in fact properly chilled, be sure you're fully opening the tap (they can be awkward in that respect)...

Cheers!

 

[fantomlord]

at 12 PSI, your 7' of line is probably too short.