over carbbed keg.

[Keith]

So apparently I hooked a keg up and have a split line. Well I went to force carb a new keg and over carbed my pineapple ipa. I killed the co2 and released the pressure. How frequent should I purge the head space to stop my bear from being 90% foam? It settles I. A few mins bit is an annoyance at best.

[GuingesRock]

Pull the ring up and release pressure whenever you feel like it, or when you walk by. I think it will take a day or two. Nash told me you lose some of your volatiles doing that. Not a huge deal though I found. I had to carb up some of my real ale for the Big Spruce comp last autumn, then took it back down to 1 vol.

[RubberToe]

... to stop my bear from being 90% foam?

[Broob]

... to stop my bear from being 90% foam?

[Keith]

Thanks mark.
Hahaha Rob. My auto correct is possessed. Should of seen the word it sent jimmy last night.

[Keith]

Adkins Traction was the auto correct for administration.

[Brewnoser]

What pressure is it at? If it's not too crazy you can refrigerate it - take it cold cold. Then crank regulator to pressure you want. Take it up in temp over a few days. It will bleed slowly as it warms.

[Keith]

Thanks for the tio. Will remember that for next time. I killed the pressure and purged the headspace. Seemed to have done the trick.

[Keith]

I am still having this issue with new kegs. I'm beginning to believe this may be a line length issue, and it's just not balanced.

I am running at 46F, with 4 and 5' lines, psi is at 14 to give me approx 2.3 volumes of co2. Elevation isn't much with 3" from the keg post. After looking at a calculator. I read I should have 11' lines.

I think it may be the next step to resolve.

[CorneliusAlphonse]

Yeah 46 is fairly warm, would need longer lines for that length - I've got 10' with my fridge at 4C (40F) and 12psi

[Keith]

I'm going to try and cool it a bit more. I increased it because the back kegs were freezing, but I was only previously serving at 8 psi.

[LeafMan66_67]

Yeah 46 is fairly warm, would need longer lines for that length - I've got 10' with my fridge at 4C (40F) and 12psi

Same exact settings here.

[Keith]

Looks like I'll be making some line adjustments.

[Keith]

Lowered the temp on the fridge, and dropped psi to 12. See how this works later.

[CorneliusAlphonse]

roger. if the back kegs are freezing, maybe a small 12V fan to circulate the air better? or make sure the back kegs are touching the walls of the fridge (if thats where the cooling comes from). if the back kegs are getting colder than the front ones, you'd likely having less foaming issue with them too. just my 2cents

[Keith]

This is the foaming.