ImperialDrHops
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I purchased a new dual tap keggerator in January and hooked up a commercial keg and a corny keg and all was good. I set pressure at 12 psi and it was a bit foamy so I reduced to 8-10 and was much better. I finished both kegs with no problems.
I got another commercial keg and it's fine. I hooked up the other line to a corny and carbonated at 10 psi for 5 days. Unfortunately the beer is 90% foam and after settling, it tastes flat. I tried lowering the pressure but same thing happens. I noticed that the line itself is all foam so it appears the CO2 is being released while traveling through the line.
I started reading about balancing a kegging system and my fridge is 38 degrees. Strangely, my beer is 43 degrees. I tested using a cup of water in various positions in the fridge which all said 38 degrees. I placed a glass in the fridge and let come to temp and poured a beer and it was 43. Not sure what's going on there... My faucets are about 2.5-3 ft above center of keg, 5 ft of 3/16 diameter line. If I want 2.6 volumes of CO2, I should have 4 ft of line. I read on various threads here and elsewhere people always saying keggerators need 10 feet of line, but the calculations say otherwise.
Is this another case of just needing more line? I'm ordering tomorrow just to test it out since they are cheap.
I got another commercial keg and it's fine. I hooked up the other line to a corny and carbonated at 10 psi for 5 days. Unfortunately the beer is 90% foam and after settling, it tastes flat. I tried lowering the pressure but same thing happens. I noticed that the line itself is all foam so it appears the CO2 is being released while traveling through the line.
I started reading about balancing a kegging system and my fridge is 38 degrees. Strangely, my beer is 43 degrees. I tested using a cup of water in various positions in the fridge which all said 38 degrees. I placed a glass in the fridge and let come to temp and poured a beer and it was 43. Not sure what's going on there... My faucets are about 2.5-3 ft above center of keg, 5 ft of 3/16 diameter line. If I want 2.6 volumes of CO2, I should have 4 ft of line. I read on various threads here and elsewhere people always saying keggerators need 10 feet of line, but the calculations say otherwise.
Is this another case of just needing more line? I'm ordering tomorrow just to test it out since they are cheap.