Too much cornie carb

[robertbartsch]

A few weeks ago, I added a bag of boiled sugar that came with a brown ale kit to an empty cornie and filled it with beer from a plastic primary, pressurized the keg with some C02 to expell air and pressurize the keg for the second fermie. I left the cornie at room temp to naturally carb in the keg.

Anyway, after a brief chill, the beer is producing too much carb and glasses from the tap are nearly all foam.

Can I just release some co2 using the cornie relief valve?

Thx...

 

[samc]

Yes, although that might not do it for you. You might have to keep releasing it and let the keg warm a bit to help get some CO2 out of solution. Is your line length correct for your beers?

 

[robertbartsch]

Thx...

...using short tap lines - say 3.5 feet.

So to prevent this in the future, I should cut down on the second prime sugar?

 

[Merlin-CO]

So to prevent this in the future, I should cut down on the second prime sugar?

Yes, and/or cut out the priming sugar altogether. If you're kegging and have a CO2 setup already there's not really a reason to use the sugar per-say...

Also, I'd say your lines are too short - I'd double the length on those and that will help cut down on the foam issue a bit too.

 

[WilliamstonBrew]

If you're kegging and have a CO2 setup already there's not really a reason to use the sugar per-say...

If you don't connect the CO2 and simply use the sugar per se then you're in business... (sorry couldn't resist! It's the language nerd in me) then put the gas on when you're ready to serve. Lengthen the lines to 10 feet of 3/16" ID though. 3.5' is too short.

 

[Merlin-CO]

per se ... (sorry couldn't resist! It's the language nerd in me)

Yeah, I was running out the door and wanted to post quickly....guess I didn't get away with that 'spell-check'...