Kegged beer starts out great, loses head toward end of keg

[spatman]

I'm coming to the end of my second kegged brew and have noticed that both times the beer doesn't retain its head when I get down to the last third to quarter of the keg. The carbonation is fine, though the beer seems a little more watery and "listless" if that makes any sense.

This current brew is an esb that I kegging and carbed at about 40F at 10psi for 2 weeks. I serve it at about 9psi.

Any ideas what might be going on?

 

[JuanMoore]

I'm coming to the end of my second kegged brew and have noticed that both times the beer doesn't retain its head when I get down to the last third to quarter of the keg. The carbonation is fine, though the beer seems a little more watery and "listless" if that makes any sense.

This current brew is an esb that I kegging and carbed at about 40F at 10psi for 2 weeks. I serve it at about 9psi.

Any ideas what might be going on?

Serving pressure lower than the carb pressure for one....

 

[billl]

+1

Change your serving pressure to your carb pressure and you'll be golden.

 

[spatman]

I'll give that a go on the next keg. Thanks!