Too much CO2??

[kegtoe]

I have kegged my 3rd beer and it is all head after pouring. I have done this 3rd keg like my last 2. No sugar, let the keg sit at 3 days at 30 PSI and then turn down to 9PSI. Temp is at 36 and i have about 5 feet of line from keg to the tap.

When i open the tap i get a lot of gargeling and nad little to no beer in the glass all foam. I've turned the gas down to 5 PSI to see if that helps and its still foamy.

Any suggestions?

 

[pacebrew]

Couple things going on here....

beer line ID could be too large.

Also, i dont like the method of force carbonating with 30PSI, sit it in at its serving PSI, and let it ride. And make sure its cold and that the beer isnt heating up on its way to the glass. These things will solve most of your carbonation issues.

 

[samc]

You will need to bleed out the pressure several times until you get it back down to a proper psi. There are several threads that go into detail on how to do that. Many posters will tell you that 5 feet of beer line is too short, however mine is 4 feet to each tap and I have no issues at my 8 psi serving pressure. I am using 3/16" beer lines.

30 psi @ 36F for 3 days is at least a day too much depending on beer style. I usually go 36-48 hours max and sometimes the 48 will be a bit too much but I let it equalize out over a few days and several sample pints.

When not in any kind of rush the letting it sit at serving pressure is easy and works even better. Just remember to set the lid @ 30 psi or so first.

 

[Zen_Brew]

The above advice is some pretty good troubleshooting advice. Turn the gas off, bleed the keg every couple hours to get the co2 out, etc.

I'll throw in the "duh" check also because I did this once. The fact that you have gurgling made me think of it. Before I keg I disassemble everything and clean and sanitize, then re-assemble. One time I put the long draw tube on the in post, and the short tube on the out post, and all I got was gurgling and spray when I tried to tap. You might want to check that you have the connection posts on the correct tubes.

 

[shortyjacobs]

I second Zen..."gargling" sounds like your beer line is on the gas post, or your diptubes are reversed....

 

[kegtoe]

Everything is on correctly. I racked my beer into a different keg, put in in the kegorator set teh CO2 to 9 PSI and its pouring ling a dream.

Would this mean there is some problem between the ball lock and the diptube - possibly aireating the beer??

 

[kegtoe]

also noticed that the beer coming out of the keg to the tap in my fridge looks much better now, it has a consistant "plug" of beer in the line, before it was spotty and foamy.

 

[Bobby_M]

Well, it sounds more like the long diptube is inserted under the gas in post. You probably had beer just grazing the gas dip tube so you were getting foam, not beer. The fact that the other keg is pouring fine reinforces this guess.

 

[kegtoe]

No My Long Tube Is Connected To The out Post.

 

[shortyjacobs]

No My Long Tube Is Connected To The out Post.

This is a very funny quote out of context.

I have no idea then....maybe gunk in your poppets that was causing the foam, (did you clean them out well?)

 

[kegtoe]

Please don't comments about my long tube