peters6278
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Hi all. I spent quite a bit of time digging through other threads on this subject but couldn't find anything that answered my question, so I appologize for adding yet another 'Foamy Beer' thread.
I am getting consistenty foamy pours out of my kegerator setup and must be doing something wrong to cause it, but can't figure it out. My first pint is usually 3/4 foam, but if I pour three or so successive pints, the last one usually comes out better, with only 1/4 pint of foam or so.
My kegerator setup is as follows:
2 ball-lock corny kegs with gas lines t-ed off a manifold
2 tap tower
6 feet of 3/16 beer line between each keg and the tower fittings
Temperature controlled to 34 degrees with a 1 degree differential
My tower is pretty well insulated (I have two layers of silpad on the inside circumference and underneith the cap at the top. Per advice from other kegerator builds to limit foamy pours, I also built a small box blower which is situated at the bottom of the fridge with a tube running up inside of and to top of the tower to keep the internal tower temperature the same as the coldst part of the kegerator. The blower fan runs constantly, independent of the kegerator compressor.
I force carbonate all of my kegs to 15 psi (via the set it and forget it method)
for a week before moving to my kegerator for serving. Per my carbonation chart, 15 PSI at 34 degrees is ~3.0 volumes of CO2 and within the appropriate carbonation range for the beers I currently have on tap (one blonde and one wheat).
I like the taste and mouthfeel of this level of carbonation, but am I overcarbonating my beer? With my setup, shouldn't I be able to achieve relatively normal pours at that carbonation level? Could there be some other problem in my setup that could be causing this?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
I am getting consistenty foamy pours out of my kegerator setup and must be doing something wrong to cause it, but can't figure it out. My first pint is usually 3/4 foam, but if I pour three or so successive pints, the last one usually comes out better, with only 1/4 pint of foam or so.
My kegerator setup is as follows:
2 ball-lock corny kegs with gas lines t-ed off a manifold
2 tap tower
6 feet of 3/16 beer line between each keg and the tower fittings
Temperature controlled to 34 degrees with a 1 degree differential
My tower is pretty well insulated (I have two layers of silpad on the inside circumference and underneith the cap at the top. Per advice from other kegerator builds to limit foamy pours, I also built a small box blower which is situated at the bottom of the fridge with a tube running up inside of and to top of the tower to keep the internal tower temperature the same as the coldst part of the kegerator. The blower fan runs constantly, independent of the kegerator compressor.
I force carbonate all of my kegs to 15 psi (via the set it and forget it method)
for a week before moving to my kegerator for serving. Per my carbonation chart, 15 PSI at 34 degrees is ~3.0 volumes of CO2 and within the appropriate carbonation range for the beers I currently have on tap (one blonde and one wheat).
I like the taste and mouthfeel of this level of carbonation, but am I overcarbonating my beer? With my setup, shouldn't I be able to achieve relatively normal pours at that carbonation level? Could there be some other problem in my setup that could be causing this?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.