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  Too Much Foam (Douglas J Roberts)


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Date: Mon, 25 Dec 89 22:57:10 MST
From: dzzr%beta at LANL.GOV (Douglas J Roberts)
Subject: Too Much Foam


> Having  nothing else on hand I decided to give it a
> try.  I transfered it from the carboy to a keg and put  it  under
> pressure  to  carbonate  about  five days ago  at  35 psi.  The last
> batch was done in a similar manner.  When I tapped off a glass of
> the last batch, I had to tap very slowly to avoid getting a glass
> of foam.  This batch seems to be impossible to tap.  All I get is
> foam.   Can  anybody  suggest where I might have gone wrong?  Any
> suggestions would be appreciated.

I do believe you ran the pressure up about 3.5 times too high. All you
really want to have on a Cornelius-type keg is ~10 psi. Go much
higher, and it'll be foam city every time.

- --Doug

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End of HOMEBREW Digest #331, 12/26/89
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