Hi everyone, I recently built a jockey box using two 50' 3/8 ID SS coils. So in order of use, from the coupler to the shank is plastic beer line, probably 5/16. Then the beer travels through a 7/16 ID plastic tube that connects to the rear shanks to the 3/8 coils.
When I pour the beer it foams slightly. Enough that you see foam coming out of the tap but if poured correctly, the beer will look foamy at first but quickly settle to about 75% beer 25% head. I think the problem may be that the beer line starts small from the couplers, then gets bigger, then decreases to the 3/8 ss. Should I try to make all the beer hoses 3/8 ID and then add a plastic tube that is smaller, like 3/16 to connect the ss coils to the faucet(this would act as a restrictor)?
Because right now my psi is set no higher than 13, usually around 10psi. If I try to set it any higher it foams too much.
Side story, a couple weeks ago I brought the box to a wedding. We had two kegs one of boston lager the other yuenling. It was my first time using it, other than practicing one time in the back yard. So anyway, I worked it out and had it owrking at 10psi. It was a little foamy but would settle quickly. So anyway this kid who worked at a brewery in Boston, kept going over and increasing the psi. I had noticed the psi had been increased once, so I turned it back down. Then I saw the kid doing it again! I had to go confront him and tell him to stop messing with it. The kid thought he was an expert because he works at a brewery. The thing that got me was he would turn the psi up to 15-20 and not even check to see how it poured after. He just acted like 15-20 is the psi and that was that, even though it was basically spraying everywhere after he changed it. I wanted to punch the kid in the face!
When I pour the beer it foams slightly. Enough that you see foam coming out of the tap but if poured correctly, the beer will look foamy at first but quickly settle to about 75% beer 25% head. I think the problem may be that the beer line starts small from the couplers, then gets bigger, then decreases to the 3/8 ss. Should I try to make all the beer hoses 3/8 ID and then add a plastic tube that is smaller, like 3/16 to connect the ss coils to the faucet(this would act as a restrictor)?
Because right now my psi is set no higher than 13, usually around 10psi. If I try to set it any higher it foams too much.
Side story, a couple weeks ago I brought the box to a wedding. We had two kegs one of boston lager the other yuenling. It was my first time using it, other than practicing one time in the back yard. So anyway, I worked it out and had it owrking at 10psi. It was a little foamy but would settle quickly. So anyway this kid who worked at a brewery in Boston, kept going over and increasing the psi. I had noticed the psi had been increased once, so I turned it back down. Then I saw the kid doing it again! I had to go confront him and tell him to stop messing with it. The kid thought he was an expert because he works at a brewery. The thing that got me was he would turn the psi up to 15-20 and not even check to see how it poured after. He just acted like 15-20 is the psi and that was that, even though it was basically spraying everywhere after he changed it. I wanted to punch the kid in the face!
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