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I live at 9000ft. What should my length for the beer line be / pressure? I have read around and determined the pressure should be ~20PSI for 9000ft. Also, read that beer line should be 10-12'. Is that accurate? I am running 5' now.
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And to answer this question, your beer line should be 5 or 6 feet. Your pressure is detrmined by the type of beer, the altititude, and the liuid temperature of the beer. Length of beer line only controls the flow rate of the beer. It has nothing to do with the proper pressure settings of the beer. If your beer is flowing too fast, then you can slow it down by adding a longer beer line.
a) what kind of beer is it?
b) what is the liquid temperature of the beer? - get a digital food thermometer and actually take the temperature of the beer. Pour one beer, dump or chug, pour a second right away, and take the temp of that beer.
my beer, for example, is Boulevard Wheat. I e-mailed the brewer and they recommended 14psi at 38 degrees at sea level. I keep my beer at 36, so I need to lower my PSI 1lb. So I keep it at 13psi.
You adjust up 1lb per 2000ft above sea level, but you should drop 1lb for each 2degrees F below 38 (or whatever baseline the brewer might tell you). So if your beer really was 32, 20PSI might have been too high.