True Food Service Equipment, Inc.
INSTALLATION / OPERATION INSTRUCTIONS
DRAFT BEER PROBLEMS
To minimize draft beer problems, always follow the recommended
instructions for temperature and CO2 pressures from your beer supplier.
Flat Beer - Description: Foamy head disappears quickly. Beer lacks usual zestful brewery fresh flavor.
•CO2 turned off when not in use.
•Contaminated air source (associated with compressed air).
•Greasy glasses.
•Not enough pressure.
•Pressure shut off during night.
•Loose tap or vent connection.
•Sluggish pressure regulator.
•Obstruction in lines.
False Head - Description: Large
•Dry glasses.
•Improper pour.
•Pressure required does not correspond to beer temperature.
•Coils or direct draw beer lines warmer than beer in keg.
•Small lines into large faucet shanks.
•Beer drawn improperly.
Wild Beer - Description: Beer, when drawn, is all foam and not enough liquid beer.
•Beer drawn improperly.
•Faucet in bad or worn condition.
•Kinks, dents, twists or other obstructions in line.
•Traps in beer lines.
•Beer too warm in kegs or lines.
•Too much pressure.
•Creeping gauge causing too much pressure.
Cloudy Beer - Description: Beer in the glass appears hazy. Not clear.
•Dirty glass or faucet.
•Beer over chilled.
•Beer temperature variance in keg (Beer may have warmed up at sometime).
•Hot spots in beer lines.
•Cutting beer through faucet.
•Beer line in poor condition.
•Dirty lines.
•Beer that has been frozen.
Bad Taste
•Dirty faucet.
•Old or dirty beer lines.
•Failure to flush beer lines with water after each empty keg.
•Unsanitary conditions at bar.
•Foul air or dirt in lines.
•Oily air; greasy kitchen air.
•Temperature of package too warm.
•Dry glasses
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