Foaming

[spuds]

Bit of history: A while back I purchased a single tap kegerator kit and upgraded to a perlick faucet. No issues set at 11psi at 6 feet of beer line. Wanted to add another faucet so ordered 6 feet of thick wall beer line ( think the first is the same but not possitive) and a regular stainless steel faucet ( wish now I had spent the extra for the perlick as it is much better) Anyway split my co2 line and ran to both kegs. I find the regular faucet quite difficult to pour without to much foam, can be done but..... Ideas on what i could change. Maybe snip a bit of the pelick beer line and down the psi a bit?

[chalmers]

So I understand: everything still going OK with the Perlick, but the new faucet is foamy?
Have you tried to switch the lines to each other kegs (just the QDs, to ensure its not the beer in the keg that's the issue), or switch the lines from the back of the shaft (to check the balancing of the lines)?

[RubberToe]

It might be worth doubling the length of the new line.

Also are both lines run the same way and the same temperature?

Sent from the brew timer.

[mattvincent24]

have you tried to switch the lines around? I mean try the perlick on the keg thats foaming? just to eliminate an warm or over carbondated keg.

[spuds]

I had both kegs running off the perlick, just switching back and forth ( prob not a good idea) but everything was fine. New tap and line arrived and that went to one keg which was half empty and perlick to other which was also half empty. Perlick was fine but other was not so fine. Same way same temp, just the co2 lines are different lengths but that should not make a difference, i think haha.

[Jimmy]

Line length will make a difference. Shorter lines will generally lead to more foaming, whereas longer will reduce foaming.

[spuds]

Co2 lines?

[Jimmy]

Co2 lines?

No, I thought you mean your liquid out lines.

I'm thinking wall thickness/stiffness of the liquid out lines will make a difference too. I'm not sure, but I'd think softer/thinner would cause more foaming..but someone else should be able to confirm if that is correct.

[mr x]

Just kinks will do that, not the thickness. So the foam is isolated to the cheap tap, is that right?

[AllanMar]

Any chance the faucet is leaking slightly? Do you see bubbles in the beer line? If you pour a large glass does it eventually settle down?

If you want to 100% confirm its the faucet or not, then leave the lines the same but switch the faucets on the shank, that should rule everything else out.

[spuds]

Yes isolated to cheap tap. Will try switching faucets when this next brew is ready to keg. Week or so