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G'day brewers,
I've got a problem with flat foamy keg beer. It's my first go at kegging and I did a lot of research (thanks YouTube). In short I made a kegerator out of a small fridge. 1 regulator, tee piece, 2 kegs and CO2 tank in the fridge, taps on the door (1 beer, 1 soda water).
Here's my story (big breath in) here goes...
I wasn't expecting the beer to be carbonated yet but what's with the foam?
I'm fangin for a beer so grateful for any tips.
Cheers
I've got a problem with flat foamy keg beer. It's my first go at kegging and I did a lot of research (thanks YouTube). In short I made a kegerator out of a small fridge. 1 regulator, tee piece, 2 kegs and CO2 tank in the fridge, taps on the door (1 beer, 1 soda water).
Here's my story (big breath in) here goes...
- Clean/sanitize everything. All gear is brand new.
- Filled first keg with water and 2nd keg with brand spanking new Sierra Nevada wort, 5 psi gas burst both and burp to remove oxygen. Let it chill overnight - no lines are attached.
- The next day I hook up both gas lines and set it to 30 psi and leave for 48 hours.
- After that, I dropped it to 10 psi, burped and it settled on 10 nicely
- Eagerness got the better of me, I had to sample it and I'm glad I did. I hooked up both liquid lines, beer mega foamy, soda water not pouring - discovered the water keg was too close to the freezer plate and had frozen over the gas and liquid tubes
- Disconnect all lines, refill water keg and force carb with 30 psi and shake for 5 mins then set it to 12 psi - the water is perfectly carbonated
- Now the beer. Remember it's had 30 psi for 48 hours so I burp all gas out, leave in fridge overnight then burp it again.
- Hook up gas to beer keg (it's getting 12 psi) and after 24 hours it still pours mega foamy and the beer is flat.
I wasn't expecting the beer to be carbonated yet but what's with the foam?
I'm fangin for a beer so grateful for any tips.
Cheers