At my wit's end with this foamy beer

Kegging
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Commercial Grade BevAir unit, 5ft lines, secondary reg with this tap set to 6-8 PSI.

1/2bbl of hefeweizen from Straight to Ale.

Beer has been stable and refrigerated for 24+ hours; thermo’d the beer. It’s at temp.

Pour is correct.

Tried multiple lines, same result: foamy beer. Generating a head:liquid of 1:1.

I don’t understand it. My head hurts and I’ve wasted too much product thus far.

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[quote=“bestdressedbeerguy”]Commercial Grade BevAir unit, 5ft lines, secondary reg with this tap set to 6-8 PSI.

1/2bbl of hefeweizen from Straight to Ale.

Beer has been stable and refrigerated for 24+ hours; thermo’d the beer. It’s at temp.

Pour is correct.

Tried multiple lines, same result: foamy beer. Generating a head:liquid of 1:1.

I don’t understand it. My head hurts and I’ve wasted too much product thus far.[/quote]
Sounds like your lines might need to be longer.

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[quote=“dannyboy58”][quote=“bestdressedbeerguy”]Commercial Grade BevAir unit, 5ft lines, secondary reg with this tap set to 6-8 PSI.

1/2bbl of hefeweizen from Straight to Ale.

Beer has been stable and refrigerated for 24+ hours; thermo’d the beer. It’s at temp.

Pour is correct.

Tried multiple lines, same result: foamy beer. Generating a head:liquid of 1:1.

I don’t understand it. My head hurts and I’ve wasted too much product thus far.[/quote]
Sounds like your lines might need to be longer.[/quote]

I’d agree with you but my other 2 kegs don’t have that problem.

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What temp is the beer? Temp is every bit as important as PSI.
Also, are you using 3/16" lines or 3/8" (ID)?

I’m guessing the brewery carbonated the beer for bar situations which usually involve 32F fridges and long draft runs.

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Plus its a hefe which are usually carbed to a higher volume if CO2. I’m betting on longer lines.

Edited: auto correct doesn’t like “hefe”.

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Try disconnecting the co2 line and release some pressure.