I’ve got an issue with excessive foam. I’m new to Kegging, I just got my kegerator and have my first two on tap now. To carbonate I used the forced carb method I read about here. I set them to 30psi for a day, then down to 20psi for another, then to serving pressure(8 - 10psi). All was pretty good. I wasn’t getting any foam(except for the first few ounces of the first pour). The beer was carbonated but not overly bubbly. My wife and I had a bunch of pints from each and enjoyed them. Me of course, I always want things to be better and figured I’d try and carbonate them a bit more, so…(even though my wife told me to leave them alone, that they were good as they were), I decided to put them at forced carb pressure(25psi) for a day and hope there would be more carbonation. Well after one day at the higher pressure, I set to serving psi and now have foam, and lots of it. The beer(what I have under 5 inches of foam) seems to be less carbonated then it was before??? Did I ruin two kegs of precious home-brew? Can I fix this somehow? Any help is greatly appreciated.
My 2 cents is that you’ve set them high at 30 psi, then dropped down, then back up to 25 psi. Your beer is now saturated to 25 psi. Even though you’ve reduced the pressure flowing into the keg, the pressure inside the keg is still at 25 psi till you bleed some off either by pouring some beers or the triggering the pressure relief valve.
[quote=“CDN Brew”]Did I ruin two kegs of precious home-brew? Can I fix this somehow? Any help is greatly appreciated.
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Definitely not ruined. I tried searching but came up empty… there is a guide out there for how to perfectly de-carbonate beer by forcing CO2 through the dip tube. Maybe someone else has the link bookmarked?
Edit: This isn’t what I was looking for, but it’s the same idea:
Thanks for the posts. I watched the youtube video, and followed his directions, and viola…it worked. Thanks for the help. I think I’ve learned my lesson. Maybe a quick carb for a day or two, then set it and forget it. Out of my first two kegs I have wasted lots of C02 and a fair amount of beer. I see it as a live and learn. I’m new to all-grain, and kegging, but I’m enjoying them both very much. I know I’ll have some mistakes, but as long as I learn a little bit each time.
Try and avoid any “method” that leaves variables such as leaving the beer at some random pressure for random times. The only method there is toward reaching consistent inconsistency.
