Hi all, I hit the bottom of a keg of brown ale last Friday. I had another keg of it from the same batch that has been living outside of the kegerator (in a 72 degree room) since they were originally carbonated (together in the kegerator for several weeks at 10psi).
I pulled out the empty keg, put the full one in the exact same place (kegerator at 36 degrees), hooked it up to the exact same gas line (10 PSI coming from a manifold with other kegs that are pouring just fine), the exact same beer line (5’6” of 4mm EVABarrier), and the exact same faucet Perlick 630SS). The keg and the beer in it are the only thing that changed from what was previously pouring just fine.
I let it sit overnight to cool down and pulled the first pint Saturday afternoon. From the moment it first hits the beer line after leaving the keg, it is foam. It pours a full pint of foam. Over and over. I don’t get it.
Had friends over Saturday and fought with it the best I could. I fully bled off the pressure a few times in case it was somehow high. No change. I tried a randomly longer piece of beer line (probably about 15’) and it barely made it to the end of the line. Barely poured.
I let it acclimate a couple of days and came back out just now to find the same situation. It is probably a little under carbonated when I sample it, but I don’t know if that is from it foaming or if the keg did wind up a little under carbonated back when it was legged (that shouldn’t be the case, but clearly something is somehow different).
Ideas? I can play around with some other lengths of tubing to maybe find a balance, but would like to understand what may have gone wrong... never had this happen before.
I pulled out the empty keg, put the full one in the exact same place (kegerator at 36 degrees), hooked it up to the exact same gas line (10 PSI coming from a manifold with other kegs that are pouring just fine), the exact same beer line (5’6” of 4mm EVABarrier), and the exact same faucet Perlick 630SS). The keg and the beer in it are the only thing that changed from what was previously pouring just fine.
I let it sit overnight to cool down and pulled the first pint Saturday afternoon. From the moment it first hits the beer line after leaving the keg, it is foam. It pours a full pint of foam. Over and over. I don’t get it.
Had friends over Saturday and fought with it the best I could. I fully bled off the pressure a few times in case it was somehow high. No change. I tried a randomly longer piece of beer line (probably about 15’) and it barely made it to the end of the line. Barely poured.
I let it acclimate a couple of days and came back out just now to find the same situation. It is probably a little under carbonated when I sample it, but I don’t know if that is from it foaming or if the keg did wind up a little under carbonated back when it was legged (that shouldn’t be the case, but clearly something is somehow different).
Ideas? I can play around with some other lengths of tubing to maybe find a balance, but would like to understand what may have gone wrong... never had this happen before.