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Foaming Mad!
Hi
Being new to the Corny set up im having trouble pouring a foam free pint!
At the moment it has a beer tap that is conected to the top of the corny which is fed from the outlet via a 8mm beer line 10cm long.
I have been told that I may need to extend the beer line to maybe around 10ft and even reduce diameter.
I have also found this on e bay
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Beer-pipe-Line-Flow-control-/300447684075?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_BOI_Restaurant_RL&hash=item45f413d5eb
Would this be any good?
Any advice on this would be great!
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Posted 1 year ago by Admin
That looks pretty neat, never seen one before and I guess it should do the trick.
I have 2 different taps on my cornies, one stainless detachable type connected directly onto the disconnect with no pipe and one party style tap which is a piece of tubing about 30cm long with a plastic tap which again connects directly to the disconnect.
When I first used them I got a lot of foam but I now reduce the pressure to around 2/3 PSI when serving and its fine. I put about 15 psi in when I first put the beer in there to carbonate then reduce to serve and get a pint out no problem.
I think I would be tempted to play around with that first before buying anything else. Try releasing the pressure down to 2 or 3 PSI then try serving some.
How long has the beer been in the cornie?
Fermenting:
Conditioning:Pale with Styrians
Drinking:Cascade Pale Ale, Summer Lightning
Posted 1 year ago by Member
Hi Greg
The beer has been in the cornie for around 10 days now. Mine is charged @25psi @18c.
If I were to reduce pressure now to say 2psi would my beer gradually become uncaronated????
The beer came out a bit like a cream flow, settled in about 2mins and ended with a big head on it. Very drinkable and can really see the benifits of the corny. Although I love the bottle conditioned to!
Posted 1 year ago by Admin
Ah that would probably explain it then. I think 25psi is a bit high.
It won't become uncarbonated at 2psi, well depends on how carbonated you want it. You can always increase the pressure when not drinking it, I know that's what lots of people do but it does waste a lot of gas.
I tend to leave at around 15psi for a few weeks to condition then drop down to 2 or 3 psi to drink. Its nicely carbonated with a few bubbles and nice lot of fizz when you take a mouthful, like a cask ale down the pub. It serves with a good head but you do need to open the tap quite slowly.
Its a bit of trial and error until you get it right but that's the best thing about cornies, that you can increase and decrease the pressure until you get it how you want it.
Fermenting:
Conditioning:Pale with Styrians
Drinking:Cascade Pale Ale, Summer Lightning
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