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Sorry for not getting back to this. watHop - You're right the kegs were over-pressurised, but in the end, not by that much. I did empty them of CO2 at one stage, but they would have still had some residual pressure dissolved. I'm back around where I was pressure-wise, but the length changed...

Well diagnosed Timbo. I gave it a rest while I cooked dinner. Came back, re-did the calculations, realised it was actually 5mm line and cut it back to 2.5m as per a new calculator. Perfect pour. I was worried this was going to go on for weeks.

So I've decided to properly balance my beer lines. For ages I had the pressure at around 16psi (seems a little high now) with 3.3m of beer line, 5mm ID, with the centre of the keg sitting about 35-40cm below the tap. Line runs up into a coil on the inner side of the fridge then traveling...

Well don't I feel stupid. :P I was reading the wrong scale on the regulator. Assumed 1 bar was 10 psi (who knows why, could have been the beer) and set it to around 1.2bar thinking that was 12psi. Needless to say, when I connected the regulator after getting a co2 refill this afternoon it...

Would i be correct in assuming there'd be visible foam in the lines in that case? I'll investigate tonight. Haven't had a chance to do much more yet.

That is definitely an option. It would look a lot nicer.

So could be worth soaping/spraying the tap during a pour to see if it's doing the same you reckon?

I've been serving around 10psi. I'll give the reverse a go soon to confirm in regards to taps. Yep, first pour has always been a bit of a write off. Always far worse on the floryte tap in question obviously.

So, longer beer lines to increase friction prior to pouring?

Forgot the before and after pics

Connected the keg in question to different line/tap. Much less foam than the floryte, although there's still quite a bit, the pic includes the final pour spit from the keg so a little extra foam. Can safely say it's either the lines or the tap. Will confirm with a pour of another beer...

Disconnects should be good but the o-ring could be worth a check too. Shame. The tap has never really had a clean. Had a few kegs through it. Guess I'll add that to the to do list. Cheers guys. This has all been an eye-opener. Keep 'em coming.

Hmmm, the kig is a bit questionable too. I guess when I do the swap I can test another keg on the floryte taps to confirm it all. It has a lot of troubles with the gas disconnect. Has to be in the right spot otherwise there's a small leak. It's far from trustworthy.

Haha, I figured maybe they were just reflecting my excitement, I understood, I wasn't juding them. I thought maybe the taps, due to everything else being the same. I did also notice, when changing pressures, that they didn't like to not have a constant flow otherwise nothing but foam. I'll...

Hmmm. No. Good idea. I was going to try swapping the two florytes over as one is worse than the other. Will give it a go.

Hi all, Quick question. I've search the forum and google in general but couldn't find an answer. I have a kegerator setup, Keg King gas bottle, micromatic reg, 4-way distributor inside the fridge (are these all the same or are there better brands of distribution blocks?), from there I've got...

It should be at least 18L, at least. I don't mind 7%, but 12% is a bit over the top. Thanks for the replies, must have just needed more of a mix first.

That could explain it. But I'm pretty certain I was stirring it while I was filling with cold water so it should have been well mixed. But who knows, I thought it was strangely high was well. I can't guarantee it was more than a 20l batch though. These are secondhand fermenters that I got...

So I read of a recipe somewhere years ago that suggested adding 1 tin of coopers stout and 1 tin of coopers dark ale. I did just that. I added 1kg of Coopers BE2. While finishing up, just before adding the yeast, I couldn't remember what the suggestion was for yeast, add both from each tin or...

Ah, count me out, that frees up one gas bottle.