looking to get into kegging/pluto gun, need advice

[pcmfisher]

HI All,

I now have my temp setup running: 1 corny keg with co2, pluto gun all on 4mm line.

I have 4 intertaps turning up soon from KK, 4 way manifold, gas/beer disconnects, stepless clamps... basically the whole shebang to convert my fridge into a kegerator.

Anyhow for now I am running just a pluto tap

The problem is I keep getting a lot of wastage, roughly a pint every 6 schooners. I purged firstly, forced carbed the keg on point at 30 psi and rocked for 2 mins. Currently at 10 psi for serving. After I let the gun run some foam it comes good with a good pour. Though i think I am losing to much good beer to start off with.

All the lines are sealed correctly and the gas line has stepless clamps (even the connection between the beer line & pluto gun has stepless clamps), but for the life of me I just can't nail a perfect beer with losing a heap of good beer.

Any ideas on how to solve this would be much appreciated

Too much gas in your beer for your serving pressure.

 

[Leviathan]

Also another question: I have the new coopers fermenter (krausen collar).

For the life of me I can see how I would connect hosing to the new spigot to transfer beer to keg any got any hacks or tips?

I have a small piece of bottling wand cut off in the end of a hose, so i just plug her into the tap and away she goes.

 

[ChefKing]

Too much gas in your beer for your serving pressure.

How do I fix this?

 

[peteru]

Turn regulator down, pull the pressure relief valve and wait a day. It takes a while for the excess CO2 to come out of the beer.

 

[Mozz]

Probably too late but those lids don't have the manual pull pressure release valve. Those fuckers got me already. This is a pain in the arse every time you want to purge. You can buy new lids for $25 or so from brew shops.
Also had the pin locks and have now converted to ball locks. Just easier/reliable in my experience.
If you've over-gassed, easiest way I've found to fix is to pull the pressure release valve and leave it open for a day.
When you get a few kegs going you can gas over a week at serving pressure while drinking the others. That way once the reg is set to give a good level of carbonation you don't touch it. It can be a fine line between good carb and overgassed.

 

[pist]

Pin locks can be purged you just have to disconnect the gas disconnect and push down on the poppet carefully with a screwdriver. Yeah its a bit more of a pain than ball locks but it can be done