WIld Beer Coors Light Bozeman MT

[Monovitae]

Hi guys, I just set up a new system in my house. I'm having problems with very wild beer almost 90% of a glass is foam. I took out a pitcher and let it run for a while and it dosent improve much. Here are the facts

Air temp -fluctuates between 32 and 40
Liquid Temp. stabalized at 38 f
PSI 15
Keg was newly tapped but i had been sitting in the fridge for a few hours.
All the equipment is new.
Beer is Coors Light
Altitude here is 5088 feet
No kinks or anything in the line
the dispense point is 9 " above fridge in an abs 3" tower.

Kind new to the whole thing so any tips would be great.

[Scott Zuhse]

A few hours may not be enough time for keg to acclimate. When you check the beer temp., is it directly from the keg as you dispense in a glass? Is your thermometer calibrated?

At this elevation, Coors Light requires 18 PSIG @ 38 F.

Scott Zuhse, Instructor Micro Matic Dispense Institute

[Monovitae]

Last glass i had was 40 f for temp in the poured glass , psi is still regulated to 15 psi. Beer is still wild but improving, it does taste good though once wildness leaves. You recomend increasing psi to 18 at 5088 feet above sealevel ? in fridge liquid temp for a glass of water is still 38 f by the way.

[Monovitae]

Just reading your post again scott, the thermometer i use to read liquid temp shows 32 in a glass of mostly ice and water.

[blazin00ak]

I had the same problem when i got my first keg. I know on the Haier unit it says to remove a black piece in the coupler prior to tapping. But that piece stops the ball from going into the beer line, thus it is very critical. If your beer lines are clear and then foams up very quick, this is the problem. You either need to order the new ball retianer if you lost the piece or simply replace it if you kept the parts. If for some reason you lost the retainer (if this is the cause) take the ball out of the coupler. I did this for about a day, and i had fast flow, but the beer\foam mixture was about 80% beer

[Monovitae]

I got my sankey d coupler from micromatic here and just put it onto the keg with no modifications. To be clear blazin00ak I "do" need to remove something, or do i need to check that the black piece is in fact present.

[Monovitae]

Additionally, another fact that may be helpful, the beer line is 5 feet of the 3/16 th's . Basically all the equipment is the micromatic value conversion kit with co2 tank.

[Scott Zuhse]

At 38 F apply 18 PSIG. Do not remove anything from the coupler. You may want to add a foot of 3/16". Coors light is one of the highest carbonated beers in the US. This beer can be very sensitive if system is not perfect. During my stint with the National Draught program at Coors, we recommended using fittings no smaller than 1/4" ID.

Scott Zuhse, Instructor Micro Matic Dispense Institute

[myoung84]

I set up my kegerator a few days ago and I am having similar problems. My beer is Coors Light at 33* verified with thermometer in water. I have my regualtor set at 8-9 psi, but still get mostly foam, however it does get better after the first 1 or 2 glasses. When I go up to 12-15 psi I get all foam on all beers. Also, when the keg sits undisturbed for more than an hour, small bubbles start to form in the highest part of the beer line (this is at 9psi, my best setting as of now). I am located in Oklahoma if it helps, at 740 feet.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

[Monovitae]

Problem Solved
I had the coors distributor come to my house yesterday.(BTW if your having any problems with your systems call the distributor that sells the brand of beer you have they are extreemly helpful and will do anything to get the beer flowing properly absolutely free of charge. If beer isn't flowing they arent making money.) Anyway, Scott has been dead on on his advice the higher psi is necessary, however to get my system to work he had to change the beer line from 5' of 3/16 to 8' of 3/16 this allowed us to maintain 18 psi without having wild beer problems.

[topgun3208]

wow, that is a change from 5'-8', but then if u r that high above sea level, I guess thats what u have to do. Ol Scott is da man here, he will get u squared away

"If I had to live my life over, I'd live over a saloon" WC Fields

[Scott Zuhse]

The eight feet is recommended if you desire a slower flow rate than a gallon a minute. If you find that you could handle a faster flow, trim the 3/16" in four inch increments until desired flow is acquired. Never adjust your pressure to acquire flow rate.

Scott Zuhse, Instructor Micro Matic Dispense Institute