This is my first batch I've kegged and I thought I had it right, but now that I'm halfway through the keg I'm getting really foamy beer. I had everything carb'd up nicely after a week at around 12 psi. and then I went and messed it up. I was cleaning up in the garage and had, for floorspace and other reasons, ended up moving my CO2 tank from outside the keezer to inside the keezer. Now 5th grade physics teaches us that gases change pressure when the temperature changes, but I laughed at physics and figured the regulator would keep everything straight. The next day my pour was almost all foam that settled to just under half a glass, I checked and the regulator was reading almost 23 psi. I disconnected the gas, pulled the release valve on the keg and drained it a few times over the next few hours. Today, with the gas still disconnected I pulled a glass and it looked like everything was back to normal - a little low on the pressure, but I was back to what seemed like a good carb level and no excessive foam. Fat and happy, I adjusted the regulator back down to 12 psi and connected it back to the keg. Within thirty minutes my next pull was again all foam.
I was hoping that I had degassed the keg/beer enough and would be down to a low carb level that I'd have to wait for it to absorb more CO2 in the next day or so, but it seems like its overcarb'd again. I'm at a complete loss and not sure if I should degass again, give it more time to settle out (could it really have absorbed that much gas in 30 mins?!), or just drink it as fast as possible because the keg is mad at me and wants to be empty
Any ideas or experience that could help me out would be much appreciated.
I was hoping that I had degassed the keg/beer enough and would be down to a low carb level that I'd have to wait for it to absorb more CO2 in the next day or so, but it seems like its overcarb'd again. I'm at a complete loss and not sure if I should degass again, give it more time to settle out (could it really have absorbed that much gas in 30 mins?!), or just drink it as fast as possible because the keg is mad at me and wants to be empty
Any ideas or experience that could help me out would be much appreciated.