A couple days before New Years I bought a new kegerator. Did research on setting it up and everything went smooth. Beer was a little foamy at first but settled down in an hour or so. (I let the keg set for 2 hours before tapping) I was thinking "why didn't I get one of these earlier?" I don't even have a problem with the first pour being slightly warm. Over the weekend the foam started coming back and yesterday it was really noticeable. The beer also seams a little flat. I have not changed anything. CO2 is at 11.5 lbs. I do not know what the temp of the beer is but it's right at what I keep canned beer at. And that is cold! I know this is not a lot to go on but does anyone have any suggestions?
With draft beer you can't just go with "Cold" Need to set pressure according to exact temp..Please research balancing your system on Micromatics forum and this forum..It comes up all the time. To determine beer pour temps you will need a quality calibrated probe thermometer. Then we will need to know what kind of beer your pouring. So we can try to figure out v/v of the beer. After that then we can come up with what your pressure should be set at. This isn't a guessing game. Needs to be dialed in otherwise you are left with foamy beer .Then in the end Flat beer.
Start by setting the correct pressure for the temperature (then give it a few days to settle down before concluding it didn't work). Here's one of hundreds of charts and a brief explanation of how to set things up: http://www.kegerators.com/articles/carbonation-table-pressure-chart.php As you'll see in this chart, if the beer is, indeed, cold!, then it's entirely possible that, at 11.5 psi, the beer is over-carbed. While not definitive, the fact that it poured fine at first and only gave you problems after a few days is consistent with a carbonation problem caused by an unbalanced system.
After reading the replies I remembered that I turned up the pressure Friday night after someone commented that they thought it was pouring too slow. I originally had it 9psi because the that is what the guy suggested where I got my co2 tank filled. I think I'll let the pressure out and drop it back down and wee what happens.
Release the excess pressure in the keg periodically. It'll take a few days before the problem is fixed (it takes time for the excess CO2 to come out of solution).
Miller lite should be a 2.6 v/v ( I think..someone correct me if I'm wrong) so look at this chart..depending on your temp is where you set your pressure.Don't turn back pressure because its comes out too fast!! Get a longer beer line. http://www.kegerators.com/carbonation-table.php
What brand is your kegerator? Just curious because if its lower end unit, I'm sure its hovering the 40F mark.
