Air bubbles in line

[Frank.M]

Just got my 2nd Blue Moon Keg..I got a new 10ft. line..now I have air bubbles in the line..Does anyone have any suggestions. thanks

[THE ICEMAN]

In order to give you a good answer we need to know the temp & pressure you are running. My first guess is that your pressure is too low & the Co2 is coming out of solution.


THE ICEMAN

[Frank.M]

the temp is 33.3 f and my psi is 15

[Hophead]

Frank...is that the actual beer temp (measured after second pour from the faucet) or fridge temp? It's very important to know the actual beer temp measured with a calibrated thermometer.

[Frank.M]

I have a fan set up for the tower and a cup of water with inside the kegcooler for temp the temp of the water is 33.5 and the temp of the 2nd pour out of the tap is 38. i just tap the keg i let it sit for about 3 hours before i taped it and after i taped the keg i got a lot of air in the line and lots of foam.

[mrindal2008]

How much foam are you getting? Because i did something similar and i was getting WAY too much foam. I went to the local home brewery and he told me something that is contradictory to everything I was told and have read. He said turn off the air and release all the pressure in the tank. I was very skeptical at first but i tried it anyways... So I turned off the pressure and drained the air several times. It turned out I had over carbonated the keg. And I was only filling it to 9 psi at 7000 elevation which apparently you're suppose to be around 15 +-. No I'm getting decent pours and my keg isn't flat. Just make sure every couple of times you bleed off the pressure you take a sample glass and make sure your beer isn't going flat. Also barely pressure you keg up to maybe 2-3 psi. I'm 100% sure someone is going to disagree with me but this is what solved my problem, so either its a fluke or I have no idea!

Good Luck

[Frank.M]

Yes im getting 100% foam im going to give it a try.

[Frank.M]

How long did you leave it @ 2-3 psi?

[mrindal2008]

i didnt leave it pressurized at all. Just when you want to pour yourself a test beer then turn on your air. but dont pressure it more that 2-3 psi and if its foamy at that drain off the pressure and put it at 1 psi or even less. but let your keg sit unpressurized for a little while it took me like 5 hours to get all the insane pressure out of my keg and now im letting it just chill there with no pressure so the CO2 will release from the beer.

[Frank.M]

Thanks mrindal it worked pouring out like a chanp. thanks for the info thought i was going to have to go back to bottles.

[mrindal2008]

No problem... just good to see none of that Blue Moon is going to waste!

[Hophead]

Hate to "burst your bubbles" guys but if you plan on leaving the pressure that low, be prepared for flat beer in a few days (depending on much you drink too).

[Frank.M]

I set the pressure back up to 16psi and its flowing good.