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[dr.porter]

while on vacation, my daughter raised the pressure on my 1/4 barrel to who knows what. pressure (10lbs) was great before i left. all i get is foam, even after several days. i believe i know where the pressure relief is on the sankey tap, but nothing happens. any suggestions?

[3rd party JKor]

Just loosen the connection between your regulator and the keg, when it gets loose enough to start leaking gas just leave it until the pressure dissipates. If your beer is really way over carbed now, you'll probably have to do that a few times as CO2 will keep coming out of the beer for a while.

[Sidney Porter]

most sanke couplers have a small pull ring on the side near the base to release presure

[gumballhead]

most sanke couplers have a small pull ring on the side near the base to release presure

+1 on the releif valve.just like the valve on a ball lock corney tank lid.

[dr.porter]

while on vacation, my daughter raised the pressure on my 1/4 barrel to who knows what. pressure (10lbs) was great before i left. all i get is foam, even after several days. i believe i know where the pressure relief is on the sankey tap, but nothing happens. any suggestions?

i followed your directions and got the excessive co2 out of the keg, thanks, the beer was flat and of course a slow pour so i put the pressure at 8lbs and again got nothing but foam. help!

[3rd party JKor]

You can't go from flat to all foam instantly.Tell us exactly what you did, including the timeline.

[dr.porter]

You can't go from flat to all foam instantly.Tell us exactly what you did, including the timeline.

i loosened the gas line that connected directly to the keg and released the pressure, pulled the tap to pour and it came out slowly so i set the pressure at 8lbs and poured and it was almost all foam. the beer wasn't completely flat but seemed pretty flat (after the foam settled). all this took place over a ten minute period. still foamy this morning

[tag]

Just as it takes some time to carbonate a keg, it will take time to decarbonate a keg. It is still over carbonated and it will pour foam which will result in flat beer after it has settled.If you have an adjustable pressure relief valve you can stick that on and give it a few days. Or, like the rock and roll method of carbonation, you can do the rock and roll method of decarbonation. Keep rocking and rolling and releasing the pressure relief valve until you get back to where you want to be (or just click yor heels 3 times).

[dr.porter]

Just as it takes some time to carbonate a keg, it will take time to decarbonate a keg. It is still over carbonated and it will pour foam which will result in flat beer after it has settled.If you have an adjustable pressure relief valve you can stick that on and give it a few days. Or, like the rock and roll method of carbonation, you can do the rock and roll method of decarbonation. Keep rocking and rolling and releasing the pressure relief valve until you get back to where you want to be (or just click yor heels 3 times).

thanks, i'll let you know how it turns out.

[3rd party JKor]

Correct, even if you completely disconnected the gas, it would probably take a week or more for it to go flat.