It's coming out too quickly!

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It's coming out too quickly!

Post by inthedark » Wed Dec 13, 2006 8:58 pm

I've tried my IPA again tonight and it's still coming out of the keg tap at an incredible rate - it doesn't appear to be pressurized as I can open the lid and it's still happening - it's so fast that I can't pour it so it's drinkable.
Is this too much CO2? Daab has suggested putting it in the shed but it's a bit of a trek down the garden - in any event, I want to understand how this can be happening without a sealed pressurized container!

Any thoughts?

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Post by Jim » Wed Dec 13, 2006 9:13 pm

What kind of tap have you got on it - there's quite a head of pressure from even an unpressurised full keg and if you don't have a tap with fine control you'll have problems.
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Post by inthedark » Wed Dec 13, 2006 9:19 pm

It's just a lever type - twist from right to left to open it. Do I need to try to open it less, or more quickly?

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Post by Jim » Wed Dec 13, 2006 9:25 pm

I don't have a lever type tap, but Daab has, and he reckon's the control is poor.

If the flow is too great, you need the tap open less, of course. :wink:
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Post by inthedark » Wed Dec 13, 2006 9:36 pm

Jim wrote: If the flow is too great, you need the tap open less, of course. :wink:
I tried to open the tap less, and it doesn't even trickle. At the first point where it flows at all, it goes mad. As this point it seems to be forced through a too-small opening which makes the foaming worse. I can't get the tap fully open before I run out of pint glass.

What's Daab's work around - I'm thinking about a much bigger glass!

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Post by itmustbemagic » Wed Dec 13, 2006 9:47 pm

That's interesting about the tap as I have a King Keg and the first few pints I pulled off I only just opened the tap and the head/froth was huge and I ended up with all head and hardly any beer in the glass then I realised by opening it more the beer under pressure was not being forced through the smallest aperture inside the tap causing it to froth up. All of a sudden a decent pint with a proper head. I realise this is a different tap but I would presume the principle is the same.

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Post by inthedark » Wed Dec 13, 2006 9:58 pm

That makes sense to me - time to find a large jug to dispense with...

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Post by inthedark » Wed Dec 13, 2006 10:27 pm

DaaB wrote: Is it possible to place the keg outside the back door on an old box? Even if it is a little chilly the beer will soon warm uo in the glass.
I'd almost come to that decision already, but my place was burgled recently so I didn't want to leave anything of any value outside. Having said that, I can't see our local villains getting very far with a full keg, so I shall give it a go.

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