If there’s been one issue in my 15ish years of brewing that’s nearly pushed me to the brink of throwing my equipment into a pond it’s carbonation.
I have two kegerators at two locations. One is a standard single tower kegerator with two taps and one is a DIY keezer with a 4” collar with 4 taps. The kegerator has 8’ of 3/16ID hose and hovers around 34F and the keezer has 12’ of 3/16ID hose and has an Inkbird set for 36F with a 2F window. The keezer also has a small fan to help circulate air. They’re both set for 12 psi which considering an extra 3 psi for 6000’ of altitude should put me in the green zone of the carbonation charts that I’ve seen.
I carbonate my beers at serving temperatures in the keezer and it takes about 2 weeks.
Both have the same problem of being overly foamy and when pouring it almost looks like it alternates between foam and beer. And when I say foamy, I’m talking about an inch or two of beer to the rest of the glass being head from the kegerator and about 50/50 from the keezer. And this is doing the whole tilt the glass thing.
I’ve triple checked my measurements and settings but must be missing something obvious here.
I have two kegerators at two locations. One is a standard single tower kegerator with two taps and one is a DIY keezer with a 4” collar with 4 taps. The kegerator has 8’ of 3/16ID hose and hovers around 34F and the keezer has 12’ of 3/16ID hose and has an Inkbird set for 36F with a 2F window. The keezer also has a small fan to help circulate air. They’re both set for 12 psi which considering an extra 3 psi for 6000’ of altitude should put me in the green zone of the carbonation charts that I’ve seen.
I carbonate my beers at serving temperatures in the keezer and it takes about 2 weeks.
Both have the same problem of being overly foamy and when pouring it almost looks like it alternates between foam and beer. And when I say foamy, I’m talking about an inch or two of beer to the rest of the glass being head from the kegerator and about 50/50 from the keezer. And this is doing the whole tilt the glass thing.
I’ve triple checked my measurements and settings but must be missing something obvious here.