I've been playing with the temperature of my Vissani/Edgestar fridge trying to get it colder. I like it real cold and I thought the colder temps might help with the first pour foam.
I went to test it out this morning and it started to SLOWLY drip out. My first thought was that I was out of gas. I played with the regulator and that doesn't seem to be it.
I then went to see if there were any kinks or a frozen beer line. Nope.
With the tap open you could see a very tiny bit of foam coming out. I then opened the door while the tap was open. You could see some beer/foam VERY SLOWLY moving up the beer tube into the tower.
I can only assume the bottom of the keg froze a little bit, thus preventing the beer from going up the stem. I turned the fridge off before going to work and just got in now, about 7 hours later. Still a tiny drip when the tap is open.
At this point I've kept the door open with the fridge off. I think there's only about 1/4 left in my 1/2 bbl.
Just a little more back story. My beer was pouring fine after a first pour foam glass. After that it was fine. I then went to make the temp lower in my fridge. I turned it down a little bit and it sat for a day or two before another pour. The next pour was a little warm. Only then did I realise I actually raised the temp of the fridge.
So I then went back and put the fridge in it's original position and then went a notch down to make it colder. IT sat for another 2 days or so and it did get colder but the pours were pretty much ALL foam. Once the foam left you basically had flat beer in the glass.
I went to test it out this morning and it started to SLOWLY drip out. My first thought was that I was out of gas. I played with the regulator and that doesn't seem to be it.
I then went to see if there were any kinks or a frozen beer line. Nope.
With the tap open you could see a very tiny bit of foam coming out. I then opened the door while the tap was open. You could see some beer/foam VERY SLOWLY moving up the beer tube into the tower.
I can only assume the bottom of the keg froze a little bit, thus preventing the beer from going up the stem. I turned the fridge off before going to work and just got in now, about 7 hours later. Still a tiny drip when the tap is open.
At this point I've kept the door open with the fridge off. I think there's only about 1/4 left in my 1/2 bbl.
Just a little more back story. My beer was pouring fine after a first pour foam glass. After that it was fine. I then went to make the temp lower in my fridge. I turned it down a little bit and it sat for a day or two before another pour. The next pour was a little warm. Only then did I realise I actually raised the temp of the fridge.
So I then went back and put the fridge in it's original position and then went a notch down to make it colder. IT sat for another 2 days or so and it did get colder but the pours were pretty much ALL foam. Once the foam left you basically had flat beer in the glass.
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