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Keg pour
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 12:29 pm
by the-mailman
I'm hoping someone can answer this. I carbonated my keg at 12 psi and use this pressure to serve and it had been pouring properly. Now that the keg is getting close to half empty it pours very fast and produces a lot of foam. Do I have to reduce the pour pressure as the keg empties or did I do something wrong with the carb pressure?
Thanks,
Bruce
Re: Keg pour
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 12:31 pm
by Keith
I have this same issue. I heard increasing your line length will increase resistance and reduce foaming. I'll be testing this theory soon enough when I move from 4' lines to 10'.

Re: Keg pour
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 12:54 pm
by RossBee
It's the length of your hose man, it's too short (hahaha, I hear that all the time).
From what I understand, it's roughly a foot of hose per psi.

Re: Keg pour
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 1:15 pm
by the-mailman
Thanks, I thought 6' would be long enough with a 2' rise but I guess not. Trial and error until I get it or maybe just tie a knot in the line to slow it down. lol
Re: Keg pour
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 1:20 pm
by Jimmy
Buy 10 or 12' and cut back from there as necessary. I think 10' is pretty standard for a kegerator.
Re: Keg pour
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 1:37 pm
by Swine
When I went from 4-5' lines to 10' I had much better luck.
Re: Keg pour
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 1:49 pm
by LiverDance
2 psi per foot of line is the general rule so for 12 psi you should have 6ft of line
Re: Keg pour
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 2:15 pm
by jacinthebox
I ran 5' of line when I started kegging...12.5 psi....foam most of the time.
I now run 10' of line in each of my taps and have zero foaming issues
add more line using this
https://www.everwoodavebrewshop.com/pro ... el-splice/.
we used this on 2 of my buddys fridges (both using tap towers where swapping lines is a bish) and worked like a charm