Foamy Beer

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Let's go back to a question I had asked before...if you shake the keg do you hear slush in it? I think you should also untap at this point and take a look at the washer on the keg to make sure there aren't any nicks or tears in it.

 

Yes, because gravity from height is additive to the line resistance. But you have bigger issues than would be caused by that.

 

I would turn off the CO2, purge the keg, let it sit a little, shake it and purge. Repeat until the venting slows down. That will remove any over carbonation and probably get you to under carbed. While you are doing this bump the temp up a little. That's a restart.

 

^^^ what he said ^^^
Remove the CO2, purge, blah, blah, blah, until it's undercarbed. Turn the gas back on (I wouldn't advise you to increase the temp, but I guess t won't hurt) and it will, in a few days, reach the correct level of carbonation. Hopefully, your problem will be behind you.

 

Leave it off for now.

 

Don't forget the shaking part. Or you'll be burping for a long time.

 

Waiting an hour does nothing for you, the system needs time to react to changes. The fact that you got the same results at 5 psi and after an hour at 10 psi shows that. Let it stay at 10 for a while then have a drink. The first one you pull will likely still be the same as you are purging the beer with gaps out of the line, but subesquently it should show a change. Just for giggles, where is your beer line laying once you close the door? One of the keys to controlling foam is constant temperature from keg to faucet. I know in my side by side that there are areas on the fridge door that get colder than the rest of the fridge because stuff occassionaly freezes there. I'd try to keep the line in the center of the fridge and avoid having it near the door edges or the freezer compartment.

 

Like I said in my last post, the first one after waiting may be an issue as there was presumably separation in the beer line already. Pull one now, but before doing so take a look at the beer line - is it full of pockets or is it solid beer -that will be telling. A bad seal to the CO2 tank will not give you foam, it will leak your CO2 out. Did you also take a look at where your lines are laying and try to keep them off the sides of the fridge?
If this all keeps going towards foam you might just have a bad keg.

 

This is a long shot but is the coupler completely engaged in the keg? I have had bartenders not tighten the coupler completely and had similar results.

 

I wouldn't go with over carbed, I'd actually guess under right now or bad keg seal, or not fully seated as Pauly suggested. If that were my set up I'd bump the pressure up. Have you double checked temp to allow you to recheck balance?