Foam Help.....

[RipperGT]

Just bought a keg fridge last week. I bought a 1/4 keg to start out.
Since tapping it sunday.( let it rest for a day before tapping) every time I pour a beer it comes out foamy. Well the first couple do. It gets better after the first few pours.
I let it rest for about a hour, then it goes right back to foam.
I have the fridge set at 36 and co2 set a 10 psi. I do notice however that air builds up in the beer line after about a hour.( air pockets) does this have something to do with it?

any help would be great. I been reading some of the post on here and been very helpful. Just need to get this last issue out of the way.

[Mill Rat]

Check your line temperature. If the line is in an uncooled space or one without much circulation (like a draft tower without a fan to blow cold air into it), the beer in the warm line will be foamy, and it will settle down nicely once colder beer from the keg gets out to the faucet.

[dparsons]

It just means you shouldn't let it go for an hour without drinking more. :D

[RipperGT]

At second look. I see tiny air bubbles rising out of the keg into the line collecting in the beer line. uhmmm? Is this supossed to happen?

[RipperGT]

Anyone want to buy a cheap kegarator? Spending more money than buying it out of bottles!

It's been 4 week's and 3 keg's later still the same old foam! Im wasting more beer then drinking! I tryed everything and nothing works. changed all the gaskets tryed air from 4 lbs to 18 lbs!

All I know is after every beer I pour I look at the beer line and it fill's up with air bubbles!

put a fan to cool tower, and nothing! Im at my wits end and im thru! Im going back to bottles. not worth the hassle!

[corkybstewart]

I think the bubbles in the line means your pressure is too low. Raise it to 12-14 psi and see if that helps. It's counterintuitive, but it may help. My system is set at 12 psi with 5 feet of 3/16" beer line and I only have a little foaming problem with the first glass of a couple of my beers.

[dlsolt]

I was having foam issues as well with my new kegerator setup w/ Yuengling Lager... I lowered the pressure to 8-9 and made sure the lines were wrapped and placed nicely on the top of the keg. It seems to do the trick, I rarely get foam!!

And the beer tastes oh so nice!

[bigben]

another pa dude. I had the same problems with my kegerator. then I realized that the faucet seemed tight. the nut under the handle was tight. I loosened it alittle and it was fine. it was resulting in only openin the faucet half way. oh the previous owner had 1/2 inch beer line on it. no wonder he said only run it at 2 psi. got 5ft of beer line 3/16 dia and all is good.

[corkybstewart]

The problem is really that there is no one simple solution. It's a combination of line length, serving pressure, temperature, and perhaps even keg pressure of store-bought kegs. I only have homebrew on tap, its carbonated at serving pressure and temp so my issues were mainly line length related.

[RipperGT]

Im Starting to think that it might be a line lenght issue....

My line length is about 3 feet just enought to tap keg and run up the tower.

[HogieWan]

I had mine at 10 psi with a 5ft hose. My foaming problem was that I had none - it poured to softly. I upped my pressure to 14 and let it blast nito the glass so that I can get a decent head.