kahlerisms
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Hi Guys
Long time lurker.
I've been kegging for about 18 months, with a dedicated four tap keg fridge for around nine months. Overall I'm pretty happy with my carbing settings and ability (though I haven't started doing different carbonations yet due to limitations in my setup at the moment but I think it could be better.
What i'm finding every so often is that I'd probably like a slightly higher carbonation level in my kegs, but increasing the pressure results in a lot of foam, so I've started looking at reducing the beer flow.
My setup is
CO2 bottle ---> Reg ---> one way valve -> Four way splitter with on/off valves --> 4 Kegs --> 4 taps (there's just over three metres of line between the keg and the tap rolled up in the fridge, i know this isn't ideal and it should be as straight as possible with the keg at the lowest point)
I'm using OD8/ID5 line throughout. I'm curious ff I could get more gas in the keg while keeping my pour pressure the same or even dropping it.
Would changing my line to ID6 from Reg to keg and my line to ID4 from keg to tap make much different? I've looked at flow resirictors ranging from in-line to in-tube (in the keg) but both seem to increase foaming, which seems counter productive.
Curious to know if it's worth changing all my lines over or what other options I have. I think I've ruled out the variable flow taps, from what I understand these are really for fine tuning once you've pretty much got everything right.
Edit: how I carb is probably relevant here. I put an uncartbed keg in the fridge, connect it to CO2 at my pouring pressure (100-110KPA) and around day 6-7 it's good to go. I'm hesitant to carb at different pressures to my serving pressure as sometimes I don't hit a keg for 3-4 weeks and I'd imagine they'd equalise out and lose the extra carbing anyway.
Long time lurker.
I've been kegging for about 18 months, with a dedicated four tap keg fridge for around nine months. Overall I'm pretty happy with my carbing settings and ability (though I haven't started doing different carbonations yet due to limitations in my setup at the moment but I think it could be better.
What i'm finding every so often is that I'd probably like a slightly higher carbonation level in my kegs, but increasing the pressure results in a lot of foam, so I've started looking at reducing the beer flow.
My setup is
CO2 bottle ---> Reg ---> one way valve -> Four way splitter with on/off valves --> 4 Kegs --> 4 taps (there's just over three metres of line between the keg and the tap rolled up in the fridge, i know this isn't ideal and it should be as straight as possible with the keg at the lowest point)
I'm using OD8/ID5 line throughout. I'm curious ff I could get more gas in the keg while keeping my pour pressure the same or even dropping it.
Would changing my line to ID6 from Reg to keg and my line to ID4 from keg to tap make much different? I've looked at flow resirictors ranging from in-line to in-tube (in the keg) but both seem to increase foaming, which seems counter productive.
Curious to know if it's worth changing all my lines over or what other options I have. I think I've ruled out the variable flow taps, from what I understand these are really for fine tuning once you've pretty much got everything right.
Edit: how I carb is probably relevant here. I put an uncartbed keg in the fridge, connect it to CO2 at my pouring pressure (100-110KPA) and around day 6-7 it's good to go. I'm hesitant to carb at different pressures to my serving pressure as sometimes I don't hit a keg for 3-4 weeks and I'd imagine they'd equalise out and lose the extra carbing anyway.