Avanti BD7000 instruction manual Wild Beer, Cause, Corrections

			WILD BEER
Beer, when drawn, is all foam, or too much foam, and not enough liquid beer.
		Cause	Corrections
1		Improper drawing beer	 Open faucet quickly and completely.
		into glass.	 Check and find the correct distance to hold glass from faucet
			when drawing. Proper foam should be a tight, creamy head,
			and the collar on the average glass should be ¾ “ to 1” high.
2	 Yeast growth, or other		 Clean faucet spout with a good brush daily. Scour all internal
		obstructions in faucet.	faucet parts at least once a week.
	 Worn faucet parts and		 Replace worn washers as required. If faucet does not open
		worn faucet washers.	wide, worn parts or entire faucet must be replaced.
3	 Kinks, dents, or twists in		 Check for, and replace kinked, dented, or twisted line from
		coils, or direct draw	barrel to faucet.
		lines: obstructions in	 Examine for frayed coupling washer behind faucet that may
		line, near, or behind	cause obstruction.
		faucet.
4	 Sag, or trap in line.		 Keep all metal beer lines straight from barrel to faucet; never
			permit lines to sag, as this creates traps that may cause wild
			beer.
5	 Beer too warm at		 Temperature at faucet must always be at least 2 degrees
		faucet;	colder than at barrel.
	 Beer too warm in Coil		 In sweet-water refrigerated, or ice-water system,	faucet
		System.	shank must always be submerged.
	 Beer too warm in Air		 In Cold Air System, the coldest air from the blower must first
		Shaft System.	be directed to the faucet, and then circulated back to pre-
			cooler.
6	 Hot spots in line.		 Insulate all beer lines; a long beer run must be constantly
			refrigerated. Insulation helps. But insulation	is not
			refrigeration.
			 Keep all beer lines away from hot water pipes, hot air ducts,
			and steam lines. A cold steam pipe in the summer is a hot
			steam pipe in the winter.
7		Pre-Cooler, or Direct	 It is always summer indoors and in the basement, therefore,
		Draw Dispenser, too	maintain pre-cooler, and direct draw dispenser temperature
		warm.	at 40° all year round. If direct draw temperature cannot be
			lowered, increase applied pressure; however, balance the
			system by changing to smaller diameter length of vinyl tubing
			or install a foam control faucet.
			 Never shut off refrigeration – day or night.
8	 No cold storage space		 Coil systems, and direct draw systems, must be properly
		for delivered beer; beer	balanced in order to apply pressure required for warmest
		becomes warm in	temperature to which barrels of beer will be exposed. A
		barrel.	control beer faucet can be used in place of a restricted coil to
			balance system.
9	 Too much air pressure.		 Check source of pressure. Adjust pressure to suit properly
			balanced system. For correct beer flow, fill a 10 oz. Glass in 4
			seconds at proper temperature.
			 Check and replace a creeping regulator and gauge.
10		Excess CO2.	 Adjust pressure when using CO2 as low as possible,
			however, remembering that the applied pressure must be
			slightly higher than the internal pressure of the beer (no more
			than 18 lbs. should be applied.)
			 The colder the beer and the higher the applied CO2 pressure,
			the more rapid the absorption of CO2 by the beer. This over-
			carbonates the beer, causing Wild Beer.
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