OK guys, newb kegging questions coming up
Have just started kegging and im having all sorts of drama.. ill start from the beginning
1. Brewed a coopers blond as per the instructions with BE2 . Fermented for 10 days
2. transferred to keg yesterday
3. force carbed as per ross method this afternoon. I think i did this wrong, what i did was crank the reg to 300 then turned the gas off, shook like mad for a minute and the dial on reg read only 20kpa? repeated this about 5 times until i got to the recomended 160. burped keg after 20 minutes then applied serving pressure of about 80kpa
4. Now this is where im confused - i left the keg in the fridge @ my serving pressure for a few hours, i have had 4 'beers' (or foam cups as i like to call them). All im getting is head (who would of thought a bloke would complain about that!), NO beer at all, well i get some beer after it sits for about 5 minutes, and when i do drink it, its flat as a tak!
Does head make the beer go flat? If so, that solves the flat beer problem, and i only have to fix the HEAD problem.. HOW?
Other info -
gas is at room temp (or patio temp )
Gas line is about 1 mtr from reg to keg (does this even matter?)
Beer line is about 1.2 mtrs from keg to tap
Tap is cold coz its kept in fridge (not mounted externally yet)
Beer temp is approx 4degC
The beer does seem to be coming out pretty quick
Cheers!
Andy
Have just started kegging and im having all sorts of drama.. ill start from the beginning
1. Brewed a coopers blond as per the instructions with BE2 . Fermented for 10 days
2. transferred to keg yesterday
3. force carbed as per ross method this afternoon. I think i did this wrong, what i did was crank the reg to 300 then turned the gas off, shook like mad for a minute and the dial on reg read only 20kpa? repeated this about 5 times until i got to the recomended 160. burped keg after 20 minutes then applied serving pressure of about 80kpa
4. Now this is where im confused - i left the keg in the fridge @ my serving pressure for a few hours, i have had 4 'beers' (or foam cups as i like to call them). All im getting is head (who would of thought a bloke would complain about that!), NO beer at all, well i get some beer after it sits for about 5 minutes, and when i do drink it, its flat as a tak!
Does head make the beer go flat? If so, that solves the flat beer problem, and i only have to fix the HEAD problem.. HOW?
Other info -
gas is at room temp (or patio temp )
Gas line is about 1 mtr from reg to keg (does this even matter?)
Beer line is about 1.2 mtrs from keg to tap
Tap is cold coz its kept in fridge (not mounted externally yet)
Beer temp is approx 4degC
The beer does seem to be coming out pretty quick
Cheers!
Andy