Ridiculously Foamy Beer

Kegging
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Hey Everyone,

I have what I am starting to think is a troubled keg and was looking for some advice.

I have multiple beers on one gas line through a distributor… 2 of the 3 poor just fine. All are identical setups in my keezer, with 6 foot gas lines. Temperature of the beer is routinely coming out at 37-38 degrees.

However one of them, always pours just foam. It has been the same keg twice now, and I’m starting to wonder if it is a keg issue rather than a dispensing issue. I leak check the kegs when I carbonate them, and haven’t had any issues… I guess maybe it could be one of the posts or disconnects. Any thoughts or recommendations, or anyone had a similar issue with one specific keg?

Thanks…

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Have you tried hooking that keg up to one of the other lines? That may help you pinpoint whether it is in the keg itself or the line/shank/faucet.

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Follow Pietro’s suggestion, and if it is a problem with the keg, check your beer dip tube. A crack in that will lead to foamy beer. Most other keg problems will lead to beer all over the floor, not foamy pours.

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I had a few kegs with tons of beer stone so they were not very clean and they usually got over carbed in time. This resulted in foamy pours where you could see it cycling back and forth during a pour - foam - clear - foam, …