Hello folks, how do you solve issue of beer overflow due to Star San foam when kegging?
Prior to kegging - I put Star San in Corny keg, shake it so sanitizer gets in contact with all surfaces inside the keg. Lot of foam is made that way. After i shaked it - I empty the keg from sanitizing solution and lot of foam comes out - but also lot of it stays in the keg.
while transfering beer from fermenter to keg - keg is filled from down up. Beer is collecting Star San foam on the top of it. When beer comes close to top of the keg - you can see foam on the top but it is impossible to see how much is there foam on the top and where is beer exactly. When beer comes close to top of keg - foam is starting to go out from opening of the keg - and lot of it comes out, but we still don't know where foam ends and where beer starts. If i remove foam from the opening, i still can't see if keg is full or i should still rack some more beer. If I want to push it as much as possible to take advantage of every drop - then it can overflow out of keg - and I need to remove too much beer from the top.
Is there any smart way of knowing this?
Or after sanitizing it to leave it for some time so foam disappears before transfering beer?
Prior to kegging - I put Star San in Corny keg, shake it so sanitizer gets in contact with all surfaces inside the keg. Lot of foam is made that way. After i shaked it - I empty the keg from sanitizing solution and lot of foam comes out - but also lot of it stays in the keg.
while transfering beer from fermenter to keg - keg is filled from down up. Beer is collecting Star San foam on the top of it. When beer comes close to top of the keg - you can see foam on the top but it is impossible to see how much is there foam on the top and where is beer exactly. When beer comes close to top of keg - foam is starting to go out from opening of the keg - and lot of it comes out, but we still don't know where foam ends and where beer starts. If i remove foam from the opening, i still can't see if keg is full or i should still rack some more beer. If I want to push it as much as possible to take advantage of every drop - then it can overflow out of keg - and I need to remove too much beer from the top.
Is there any smart way of knowing this?
Or after sanitizing it to leave it for some time so foam disappears before transfering beer?
