all foam, all the time...

[FootBallFan]

just moved to the mountains...got me a keg of fosters....hooked up the kegerator and poured my first beers...perfect head! for about a day or so....Then it got gradually more foamy...now it's all foam...the trick of pouring a glass of foam, setting it aside and and then immediately pouring a glass of beer doesn;t work...I'm at 4000'...originally my temp setting down in the flatland or 38 degrees, resulted in a temp setting of around 30-32 degrees up here...I have the machine in the laundry room by the back door where it's cold and drafty all the time....I originally hhad the pressure set at about 18psi.....so after adjusting the beer down to as low as 9 psi, and the temp to 38 degrees, I still have lots of foam...pouring out 20 oz or so into a pitcher still results in foam....currinetly at 11 psi annd 39 degrees...waited two days for the beer to stabilize at this pressure (drinking probably 10-12 beers during that time), but still all foam...the tower is 'cold' to the touch due to where it is physically located, so I don;t think that is an issue, especially since running 20 oz or more through the lines still results in faom.....looking at the line inside the fridge, and the beer looks solid, but there is a couple spots here and there where a little bit of bubbles form in pockets.....

frustrating....

I'm wondering about this little fiber washer with a small hole in the center that fell out of things as I was disassembling the thing for the move......I can't remember where it goes, I don;t have the mannual up here with me yet, and calls to the company service dept, are not returned yet after a week of waitiing...


anyone know where this fiber washer goes? Nothing is leaking anywhere, but when I first opent the tap some foam .spits' out like there is sir in the ine or something...but I think that is just that there is so much foam in the beer, that the gas seperates at the tap....

would greatly appreciate being pointed at an online exlode diagram for the tap system of the haier brewmaster....

[topgun3208]

that is the washer that goes between the regulator and the Co2 tank, the other black washer which is a bit thicker goes between the beer line wing nut and the keg coupler

"So many great beers, so little time, and only one liver" Mark

[Scott Zuhse]

What temperature did the beer in the keg finally stabilize at? With the pressures all over the board and at one time the beer very cold, you may have a overcarbonated keg. How much beer is left in the keg?

At 4000" and 38 F, your pressure should be 16 PSIG.

Scott Zuhse, Instructor Micro Matic Dispense Institute

[FootBallFan]

It is at 38 degrees right now and has been for a few days....I have it set to about 15psi right now.....I had it down to about 9psi for a couple days and the beer started tasting undercarbonated.....so I gradually brought the pressure up to about 15 psi....but even when it was a 9 psi and the beer was coming out too slow and tasting undercarbonated, it was all foam, all the time....I just got off the phone with haier tech support, and they told me to remove the check ball in the tap and try again, that that should fix it....didn't still foam all the time.....I wondering about beer line length now....I dunno, just grasping at straws at this point......Donw in LA, I wasn't using the haier supplied tap, but rather one I bought locally for euripean beers because the first two kegs was heineken......I had foaming problems then, but the kind caused by tower warming....letting it run for a sec into a spare galss first always allowed me to have a perfect head in the second glass...but not now, with the haier supplied tap....all foam all the time.....The keg is about 1/2 empty now.....basically thins sucks...I have to wait five or so minutes at a time when filling a glass of beer as I have to fill it a little at a time......and wait for the faom to dissipate before adding more...wish there was a service that could come here and just fix the dang thing.....I didn't want to become a beer scientist...just be able to come home from work and draw a glass or three of ice cold suds.....

[CoreyD]

Maybe it is the tap from Haier. The check ball is there for a reason and they are telling you to remove it. You should get a tap from micromatic and see if it helps (and wait for a new keg just in case because this one has been over pressurized and under pressurized already).

"If you tap it, they will come."

[hystik]

new to kegerators, bought a beverage air used. beer is 38 degrees pressure is 12 lbs 3/16 line is 3 feet, tower is cold , Killians red 1/4 keg have not been able to pour a glass yet without 3/4 foam and flat beer. this sux , help

[topgun3208]

Hystik, you are responding to a 1+ year old thread, note the date (back in 2006)
start a new one with your post