First Corni Keg (3 of them) FOAM :-(

[adchesney]

Dear Folks,

I just love the advice here - it is so informative.

I know I'm mad...but here goes...

Having made some good beers in bottles, I thought for my 25th wedding anniversary party I would make three Corni Kegs of beer (1 IPA, 1 bitter and 1 lager), I was also able to get a beer cooler very cheap (Maxi 310 single line).

With this came a set of taps (i will try and post a picture). The long and short of it is - where do I start?

The beer is made and tastes great...but using a party tap (with 12" of hose), I get nothing but foam - as the beer will be cooled by the cooler, I guess there is no need to cool the kegs? Any ideas of what PSI would be good to try?

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ANDREW

 

[tubby_shaw]

What pressure are you trying to dispense at?
Start at 3psi and keep turning it down until you get a balance of pouring speed and head retention :thumb:

 

[isolation123]

You could also make the hose longer if all else fails which is what worked for me :thumb:

 

[darrenwest1]

3 psi sounds a little low to me
i store my beers at 10 psi and serve at 5 psi through a chiller with 8mm id pipe aprox 3 meters from cornie to pump

what type of pump are you using mate

how do you regulate youe co2

put up a few photos so we can understand better what you have

 

[adchesney]

Dear Folks,

I have my 25th wedding anniversary party on 10th September - and am no confident about using the Conrni kegs

Ideally, I would like to try and emulate/replicate/play using my CO2, regulator and line cooler, etc BUT don't want to use my beer - any ideas what I can use as a substitute? I was thinking of soapy water??

Regards

ANDREW