philm63
Grandmaster Brewer
Just tapped my latest IPA - nuttin' out of the ordinary except this one had a whirlpool hop stage prior to final chill. When I dispense a glass, it is all foam.
Here's what I know:
- This is my first brew since my wife discovered last year that we were going to be adding a little one to our cozy household - it's been almost a year.
- I had a keg of porter sitting in my kegerator for that entire year (oops).
- I'm using that same keg for this current IPA.
- I cleaned-rinsed-sanitized this keg as I normally would before racking - hot water and PBW - hot water rinse - warm Star-San solution.
- After PBW-ing the keg, I blew that water through my kegerator lines - as I normally do when switching kegs out.
- After the sanitizing rinse in the keg, I blew the Star-San solution through the kegerator lines, as I normally do when switching kegs out.
- I force-carbonate with 30 psi for 2 days (my normal protocol for ales) then drop it to 12 psi for serving - this has always worked well for me.
Here's what I see:
- Foam coming from the tap. A lot. Even after the tap has come to serving temp - all parts of the serving system are at the same temperature.
Here's what I did:
- Pulled the keg, pulled the OUT post and dip-tube, diassembled everything, re-cleaned-rinsed-sanitized (using a brush for the inside of the tube this time) and reassembled.
- Pulled the tap, disassembled, cleaned by hand with hot PBW, rinsed well, reassembled and reinstalled after the below:
- Ran a brush through the line at the top of the tower before reinstalling the tap.
- Removed and re-cleaned by hand the line fitting for the OUT post - the one on the end of the line, you know, the black one.
- Repressurized the keg at 12 psi and ran some product off into a flask to flush the lines - again, and then poured a pint. All foam!
AAAAAAAAAUGH!!!!
Suffice it to say; the entire system has been gone through - every piece by hand - and temps and pressures are as they've always been in the past with no issues, but this time; issues!
Help? Anyone?
Here's what I know:
- This is my first brew since my wife discovered last year that we were going to be adding a little one to our cozy household - it's been almost a year.
- I had a keg of porter sitting in my kegerator for that entire year (oops).
- I'm using that same keg for this current IPA.
- I cleaned-rinsed-sanitized this keg as I normally would before racking - hot water and PBW - hot water rinse - warm Star-San solution.
- After PBW-ing the keg, I blew that water through my kegerator lines - as I normally do when switching kegs out.
- After the sanitizing rinse in the keg, I blew the Star-San solution through the kegerator lines, as I normally do when switching kegs out.
- I force-carbonate with 30 psi for 2 days (my normal protocol for ales) then drop it to 12 psi for serving - this has always worked well for me.
Here's what I see:
- Foam coming from the tap. A lot. Even after the tap has come to serving temp - all parts of the serving system are at the same temperature.
Here's what I did:
- Pulled the keg, pulled the OUT post and dip-tube, diassembled everything, re-cleaned-rinsed-sanitized (using a brush for the inside of the tube this time) and reassembled.
- Pulled the tap, disassembled, cleaned by hand with hot PBW, rinsed well, reassembled and reinstalled after the below:
- Ran a brush through the line at the top of the tower before reinstalling the tap.
- Removed and re-cleaned by hand the line fitting for the OUT post - the one on the end of the line, you know, the black one.
- Repressurized the keg at 12 psi and ran some product off into a flask to flush the lines - again, and then poured a pint. All foam!
AAAAAAAAAUGH!!!!
Suffice it to say; the entire system has been gone through - every piece by hand - and temps and pressures are as they've always been in the past with no issues, but this time; issues!
Help? Anyone?