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Date: 08 Jun 2006 14:52:01
From: dutchbrew/chicago
Subject: keg foaming help
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i did a secondary in my keg for my ipa and served it from the same keg
once it dropped a few gravity points. i got a big problem with foaming
and the psi is set to 12. my 3/16 i.d. hose is 6 ft long... tried
using a different tap and quick disco and still the same foam. it
foamed like this even when i released the the pressure and set it to 5
psi. what is wrong here the keg is gone now and it foamed for every
glass.
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Date: 09 Jun 2006 08:03:21
From: dutchbrew/chicago
Subject: Re: keg foaming help
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Both of the issues stated above could have been the case. I tried a 8
ft hose i use for my hi carb belgian ales and that foamed just as much.
I was starting to think it was the poppet since the foam was constant
for 2 weeks at 12psi and i was venting pressure here and there. The
beer had never cleared and you could see alot of particles floating
around, so i will definitely check the poppet before i put the next
batch in the keg.
thanks for the responses
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Date: 09 Jun 2006 08:02:52
From: dutchbrew/chicago
Subject: Re: keg foaming help
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Both of the issues stated above could have been the case. I tried a 8
ft hose i use for my hi carb belgian ales and that foamed just as much.
I was starting to think it was the poppet since the foam was constant
for 2 weeks at 12psi and i was venting pressure here and there. The
beer had never cleared and you could see alot of particles floating
around, so i will definitely check the poppet before i put the next
batch in the keg.
thanks for the responses
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Date: 09 Jun 2006 14:47:12
From: John 'Shaggy' Kolesar
Subject: Re: keg foaming help
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On 8 Jun 2006 14:52:01 -0700, <vroomski1@yahoo.com > wrote:
> i did a secondary in my keg for my ipa and served it from the same keg
> once it dropped a few gravity points. i got a big problem with foaming
> and the psi is set to 12. my 3/16 i.d. hose is 6 ft long... tried
> using a different tap and quick disco and still the same foam. it
> foamed like this even when i released the the pressure and set it to 5
> psi. what is wrong here the keg is gone now and it foamed for every
> glass.
Are you sure it was done fermenting? You said you waited for it to drop
a few points, does that mean you were sure it had stopped dropping?
Setting the regulator on your tank to a certain PSI only controlls when the
tank feeds gas to the keg, it doesn't necessarily mean that is the pressure
in the keg. If it's creating pressure internally (from continued yeast
activity) then it could have been higher than 12PSI, which would have caused
foaming. I've had this happen before when I kegged too early.
John.
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Date: 09 Jun 2006 10:56:03
From: William Benz Jr
Subject: Re: keg foaming help
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"dutchbrew/chicago" <vroomski1@yahoo.com > wrote in message
news:1149803521.411874.90470@f6g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> i did a secondary in my keg for my ipa and served it from the same keg
> once it dropped a few gravity points. i got a big problem with foaming
> and the psi is set to 12. my 3/16 i.d. hose is 6 ft long... tried
> using a different tap and quick disco and still the same foam. it
> foamed like this even when i released the the pressure and set it to 5
> psi. what is wrong here the keg is gone now and it foamed for every
> glass.
>
I have this problem from time to time with hoppy beers. Mine is caused by
hop particles getting caught in the beer out poppet. I usually let the
pressure off the keg, take off the post and clean out the chunks. I would
imagine if you secondaried in the keg you were serving from you would
definitely get crap to the poppet. Hope this helps.
Bill
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