Looking for some help with what appears to be random issues with using the last straw with counter pressure attachment. I am finding this very frustrating as sometimes I can fill a full batch of bottles without much issues and other times I just cannot get a single bottle filled without foam going everywhere. I cant find anything Im doing differently between batches, my process is:
- Day before bottling I clean and sanitise bottles and put in the fridge with sanitised caps placed ontop.
- Setup the last straw and counter pressure filler
- I leave my kegs at normal pressure (15psi) but have also tried dropping this to 5psi when having issues - this hasnt solved them.
- purge bottles with CO2
- pressure bottle and fill.
Sometimes (rarely!) I can do a full batch but often it just foams everywhere and no amount of playing about with it changes anything.
My beer is kept in keezer at 8C
I even tried changing the liner which came with the last straw to a 3/16 liner but still had foaming and took ages to fill the bottles.
Any ideas? Is the keg pressure too high? Beer to cold/warm? Bottles need chilled to lower temp?
- Day before bottling I clean and sanitise bottles and put in the fridge with sanitised caps placed ontop.
- Setup the last straw and counter pressure filler
- I leave my kegs at normal pressure (15psi) but have also tried dropping this to 5psi when having issues - this hasnt solved them.
- purge bottles with CO2
- pressure bottle and fill.
Sometimes (rarely!) I can do a full batch but often it just foams everywhere and no amount of playing about with it changes anything.
My beer is kept in keezer at 8C
I even tried changing the liner which came with the last straw to a 3/16 liner but still had foaming and took ages to fill the bottles.
Any ideas? Is the keg pressure too high? Beer to cold/warm? Bottles need chilled to lower temp?
