Beer Line Chicago Troubleshooting Consulting
Stuever & Sons, Inc., can help you troubleshoot your bar equipment and beer line in Chicago, as well as your beer and wine systems. If you are having trouble with your current system please contact us. We have over 45 years of experience servicing draft beer, wine and soda systems.
Give us the opportunity to share our knowledge and you will not be disappointed.
To diagnose a draught problem, hold a clean glass at a 45 degree angle under the faucet and open the tap completely. Use the troubleshooting guide below to find a potential cause and solution for your problem.
No Beer is Coming Out
Beer is Pouring Foamy
Potential Causes | Symptoms | Symptoms |
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Keg is empty | Gas will rush out of faucet | Connect a full keg |
Gas tank is empty | Other draught lines will start to pour slowly, gas tank volume gauge will read “0” | Connect a full gas tank |
Gas valves are shut off | Beer pours very slowly and stops, but gas tank volume gauge shows that there is gas in the tank | Turn the toggle so that it is parallel with the gas line |
Beer line is frozen | Beer trickles out or stops in one tap or multiple adjacent taps. | Turn the glycol system off for 1 hour, then try pouring |
Potential Causes | Symptoms | Possible Solutions |
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Beer lines are dirty | Beer slowly becomes foamy over several weeks time and lines have not been professionally cleaned | Contact a professional draught servicing company to clean lines every 2 weeks |
Gas regulator set at wrong pressure | Beer pouring very rapidly or very slowly, with excessive foam | Adjust pressure – downstairs keg systems should be set at about 24 P.S.I., and direct draw systems (under the bar) should be set at about 10 P.S.I. |
Keg storage or coolant temperature is too high | Beer pours above 40°F with excessive foam | Lower the cooler temperature, limit traffic through the cooler door, and lower the temperature of the glycol reservoir to about 32°F |
Beer was just delivered | The first few pints in a keg pour foamy | Wait a few hours until keg chills down to cooler temperature. |