new BM23 and Anchor Steam

[sc4472]

new poster here, love the forum and have learned a ton reading thru the other threads.

Just bought a brand new BM23, trying anchor steam as I love it on tap when i can find it.

Tower is cooled, liquid thermometer showing about 40 degrees although I am trying to get it down to 38 right now. currently using the 5' of 3/16 that came with the BM23 and its flying out way too fast. according to the brewery there are 2.8 volumes of CO2, so set it around 17 psi. I have 10' of 3/16 in reserve, thinking of using all of it and seeing what happens, then cutting back to 7 or 8 feet if necessary.

any other advice? I am getting really foamy beer, then those large soapy bubbles that I used to get with my old system that was way too warm. the only constant between the 2 systems is the regulator and I am thinking of replacing that. There is a small hole on the front that gas is coming out of, is this they way its supposed to work? I dont remember gas flying out of there before, but I see the little hole on the regulators sold by micromatic, am I going to run out of CO2 in 1 keg b/c of this? any help? thanks

[lunkhead]

With 17psi you might want to switch over to the 10ft line, it can always be shortened as needed. The only place co2 should be coming out the regulator is down the hose to the keg.

[sc4472]

thanks for your responses, check out the following picture:

http://www.micromatic.com/draft-keg-...s-pid-841.html

see the little hole next to the adjustment screw? that is the hole the gas was coming out of, is my regulator bad?

[sudsy]

Originally Posted by sc4472

thanks for your responses, check out the following picture:

http://www.micromatic.com/draft-keg-...s-pid-841.html

see the little hole next to the adjustment screw? that is the hole the gas was coming out of, is my regulator bad?

You should NOT be loosing gas from that hole!

[sc4472]

regulator was broken

new regulator, 10' of hose and all is well, and I mean really freaking great, the beer is delicious, thanks all, and that goes for the entire board as I learned a ton from previous questions/answers.