I have a somewhat unusual setup.
I replaced all my tubing, gas and liquid, with EVAbarrier, and I have Duotight fittings. I use Kegland plastic flow control disconnects and Nukataps. The Nukataps do not have flow control. I don't bother measuring the tubing length because I rely on the disconnect adjustments. I would say the liquid tubes are around a yard long. Works for my other beers as well as my beer gas stout faucet. I had a lager on this same line before the fake Belgian, and I was happy with it.
Am I doing it right? I am never sure. It has worked, though.
Thought I should mention all this so people know what's happening.
I can get foam with this beer if I open up the flow control, but I lose fizz in the beer itself, so it's a little flatter than I want. When I tighten the disconnect, the beer is better, but it lacks foam. These are my impressions, anyway. As I understand it, gas either stays in the beer or goes into making foam, so if I have an imbalance between foam and fizz, I must be giving the beer too little CO2 to give me both.
I was serving at 12 psi yesterday, which works well with my other beers, but I try to get less foam with those. I don't think I could be overcarbonated. This beer was at something like 10 psi when transferred, and I'm sure it lost some gas. I believe I put it at 20 for a day or so to compensate for the transfer loss, but I took it back down.
I was thinking a large amount of head would be good with this beer because the aroma is a big feature, and the foam seems to carry the aroma well. I was thinking around 1-1/4" of foam. Also, I got myself some pint Libbey's tulip glasses, and drinking a full pint glass of this strong beer at a whack seems excessive. I can convince myself 12 ounces are acceptable.
I don't really know if this beer matches a style. I thought tripel might be closer than anything, but it's full of wheat.
Topic: Suggest CO2 Level for Heavy Beer (Read 520 times)
