made a amer. ale ferm. 7 days chilled in fridge 3 days put in co2 at 30 psi did the forced card. waited 2 days went to 8 psi 85% foam in picher.need help
It could be a lot of things (like maybe too short a beer line, i.e. unbalanced system), but 3 days at 30 PSI is too long for most desired CO2 levels @ typical fridge temps. If overcarbed, you should disconnect the gas and burp the keg periodically until the carbonation is where you want it. But that may not be the only issue. What is the beer temperature, the inside diameter of your beer line, and the length of your beer line?
we do not have anywhere near the info needed to balance your brew. your posy is almost like a ransom note in its brevity... but we can fix this if not diagnose the situation... if you care to stick around. otherwise good luck with your situation. hundreds of years of collective experience around here. or go it alone.. your choice. Cheers.
beer line 4-5 ft fridge temp. 36 serving at 8 psi had 1 pictcher 80% head am I letting it ferm. long enough ?
This has nothing to do with fermentation. It's about balance. Check out one of the many online keg carbonation charts and set your PSI based on the volumes of CO2 you want and the temperature. Then balance the line length accordingly. But right now, your beer is likely overcarbonated. You need to fix that before setting the PSIs will matter.
For right now forget the 8 psi and let the CO2 in the keg push out the beer until it is no longer overcarbonated. Turn it off or disconnect the CO2. Start pouring the beer without it. Use the relief valve and release all pressure and wait 30 seconds or so and the beer should start to pour again. Keep doing this until it looks normal to you, then connect the CO2 and put at 8 psi. That is would I would do. Start reading up on balancing keg lines and all that good stuff.
^^^ what they said ^^^ If it's not too badly overcarbed (80% foam sounds like it may not be), then turn the gas off, burp the keg, and serve under the beer's own pressure, as epic suggested. You may very well be able to pour 'normal' heads this way, though it will pour very slowly and the beer may initially be fizzier than you like. Eventually, the beer will return to its proper carbonation level and all will, once again, be right with the world. It's critical to fix your plumbing - line lengths, diameters, temperature, etc, etc, etc. It's entirely possible that everything's fine and the problem is exclusively an overcarbed keg. Confirming that will set your mind at ease.
2 much gas vent open valve til pres is 0 set 10psi 7 days 10' line cut a foot a day til perfect enjoy
