When I bought my house, it included a homemade kegerator. I have had it for 2 years and finally decided to try it out. It is a converted freezer, and I have modified it with a Watlow process controller, and have it running at 35 degrees, trying to drink bud lite.
Beer is very foamy and will shoot out very fat at 10 psi, so what I have been able to do is to release all the CO2, and then with the tap handle open, slowly bring the pressure up until the beer pours at a good rate, without foaming up. After time though the pressure needs to be brought up a bit more, and this is only at arond 1-2 psi. I think maybe my regulator or gauge is bad? 1-2 psi dont seem like much, so I was going to swap the gauge out. There is 5 foot of hose, dont know if it is 1/4 or 3/16.
I was looking at cleaning instructions,
http://www.micromatic.com/templates/...structions.pdf
now my keg spout is a b****r, it is not a micromatic, but all the gas lines and regulator are micromatic, the keg spout does not have a check valve, I dont know if the ****** ones are supposed to have a check ball/valve.
I started inspecting the fittings and things, and I found that one of the neoprene washers on the beer line fitting was in bad shape, and that the tap head was very dirty, I cleaned everything out with sodium hydroxide, and rinsed thoroughly,
I still have too much pressure, and I have also cooled the tower with a blower.
I am sick of my wife complaining about foamy beer, and she has bartended for 20 years and never had to mess with the pressure so much!