SUPER FOAMY BEER!!

if I understand correctly, you have a pin lock keg and have attached ball lock connections?
that ain't going to work. I didn't even think it was possible.

you will need to use ball lock connectors with the ball lock pins. fix that. if you have a beer leak you probably have a gas leak as well.
I think once your connections are sorted we can get your beer temp set and then its really not too difficult to balance the system.
Cheers.

 

ok. sounds like you are close. let's hope we have the shakedown complete by the weekend. going to have keg beer over the weekend.

I am not very familiar with pin lock connectors and can't offer anything useful on that part. check the gas side though to be sure there is not a small leak. you'll never get the proper pressure and besides you'll be losing gas. that can get expensive.

Cheers.

 

Sounds like bad poppet on the keg or worn pin lock coupler

 

Unless you have a specific reason to do so (fast carbonation, for example), you should never set it to anything different than what the charts tell you.

 

The beer isn't going to lose much carbonation in the time that it takes you to change the poppet. Just put the pressure back to where it needs to be and I doubt you'll ever notice the change.

 

My money is on you still having an overcarbonated keg. You said you had it at 35 F at 30 psi for a week. That'll way overcarbonate. I have a sure fire fix for you but you're not going to like it. Take the keg to room temp and off gas. Purge frequently, at least 3-4 times per day for at least 5 days. Put it back into your kegerator at serving pressure (12-14psi), and don't try it for 10 more days. It should be almost fully carbed up by then.

 

if you are pouring foam free from the start and then it turns into foam you likely have a problem at that coupler.

there is turbulence somewhere. you get 2 ounces of clear beer that is in the line, then the beer passes through whatever is causing turbulence. but the good news is that maybe you have the temp correct? and the psi correct?

 

Chilled glass and cold beer... you might as well be drinking BMC.

 

The idea is that pouring into a glass that is not the same temp as the beer will cause the beer to initially draw heat from the glass, causing CO2 to come out of solution, creating foam. A theoretically 'perfect' setup, balance-wise, would find the keg, lines, faucet, and glass sharing a 37F room (or whatever temp is appropriate for the beer).

 

http://www.kegerators.com/carbonation-table.php

Not sure if this will help or not but its what I use on my kegs and it always seems to work out well when I force carb. Good luck.