Problem with kegging

[sasjodi]

Whats up every one,

So I'm in the stage of my first keg and its now day 6 and I have been getting nothing but foam, the beer tastes alright but not fully carbed... I set the psi at first to 30 and let it sit for 2 days, then set the psi to 20 for another 2 days and then set it to 14 which it is sitting right now at 40 degrees in my kreezer. Does anyone have any suggestions on what to do? The beer itself taste delicious but this foam has me kicked

 

[SpottedDogBrewing]

Turn the psi down to at least 8, see if that helps!!
Or turn off gas for a few days, maybe a week and then retry at 6-8psi!
if not maybe your beer line is to short
Good luck

 

[BulldogBrewer]

Did you bleed off the pressure from the keg each time you dropped it?

 

[sasjodi]

Yes i bled off the pressure till the psi I wanted was set .... so turn down the pressure? its at 14 now

 

[Whut]

Sounds like you've possibly overcarbed it but you don't mention the style. Search the forum for carbonation levels and styles. For me and what I brew, 20 hours at 30psi does the trick. After 20 hours I purge the keg and reset the regulator to 12 and leave alone for a few days (or even a week). If you need to decarbonate the beer I believe you remove the CO2 and shake. Vent keg and repeat a few times. But, I've never had to do that so search the HBT forum on how to do that and don’t take my word for it. Somewhere on here there's a great thread on force carbing - I'll see if I can find it and add here.

Also beer line should be Food Grade and at a minimum of 5ft 3/16" ID. Anything longer will slow your pour but not correct any foaming issues. If you don't have a LHBS you can get it from any of the vendors listed here on HBT.

Edit: Here's the link to that thread on Force Carbing by Bobby M.

 

[BulldogBrewer]

My guess is it's either overcarbed or your lines are too short.

You can turn the gas off and bleed the pressure for a couple days. Then set it back to serving pressure and see what happens.

What kind of lines do you have and how long are they?

For what it's worth, when I used 10' of crappy line from home depot, I always had foam problems. Since switching to 3/16" bevline from midwest I'm running 6' lines with no foam problems at all... YMMV..

Good Luck

 

[sasjodi]

I believe they are the 3ft lines , they are pretty short.. It is the Dual Corny kit from midwest... The beer is a Kolsch Ale... So would you just turn off all the pressure and bleed it all out and let it sit for 3 days then re pressure the beer to about 10 or 14 ... again the temp on my kreezer is 40 degrees f

 

[BulldogBrewer]

What I did to solve an overcarbed beer was bleed off the pressure every few hours (before work, after work, before going to bed...) for two or three days (off gas), then get it back on and set it at about 12psi.

 

[malkore]

3feet at 14psi doesn't sound balanced for dispensing. you need to add resistance.

I'd guess you can fill a pint glass in under 10 seconds, there's foam, but it tastes way undercarbed...because teh CO2 is rocketing out of solution during the pour.

If so, longer lines, or mod the dip tube. see the thread at the top of the forum 'cure for your short hose troubles'

 

[sasjodi]

Yes it pours under ten seconds for sure and it blast pretty hard also.. Im really interested with the method on that page you mentioned Malkore but how exactly would i install this solution to my corny keg?

 

[malkore]

Yes it pours under ten seconds for sure and it blast pretty hard also.. Im really interested with the method on that page you mentioned Malkore but how exactly would i install this solution to my corny keg?

You remove the post on the Out side, slide a few of the 'guts' of the epoxy nozzle (from McMasters) down inside the liquid dip tube, and reinstall the Out post.

Slows the beer flow down considerably so you aren't blasting it out of solution.

And they fit loosely enough to come back out. I like this idea more than jamming tiny diameter tubing inside the dip tube...and its easier to clean between refills too.