Flat beer – Avanti PARTY PUB CB350S User Manual
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DRAUGHT BEER TROUBLE GUIDE
CLOUDY BEER
When beer in glass appears hazy, and not clear.
Causes
Corrections
FLAT BEER
Foamy head disappears quickly: beer lacks usual zestful brewery fresh flavor.
Causes
Corrections
1)
• Over chilling beverage cooler and/or
beverage lines.
1)
• Excessive low temperatures may cause hazy,
cloudy beer, particularly when beer lies in cold coil
for long periods of time. Make certain that lines are
thoroughly cleaned, and then raise temperature
slightly.
2)
• General conditions causing cloudy
beer.
2)
• See wild beer corrections #2, #5, #6, and #7, and
flat beer corrections #5, #7, and #8.
1)
• Greasy glass
1)
• Do not wash beer glasses together with glasses
that have contained milk or any other fatty
substance. Lipstick is a fatty substance.. Make
sure it is removed from glass.
• Excess amount of germicides build up and leave
a fatty film on glass, which may cause flat beer.
• It is preferable to steam and sterilize glasses
where health laws permit.
• Wash glasses thoroughly with a good detergent.
• Do not use soap.
• Do not dry-wipe glasses. Permit glasses to air-
dry by placing them on wire or corrugated metal.
• Rinse in fresh cold water just before serving
beer. It is best to serve beer in a wet glass.
2)
• Improper drawing of beer into glass.
2)
• Open faucet quickly and completely.
• 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.
• Beer drawn without head has appearance of
being flat.
3)
• Not enough pressure.
3)
• Increase pressure if beer runs too slowly.
Correct flow is to fill
4)
• Sluggish pressure regulators.
6)
• A regular seat, or the regulator diaphragm, may
require replacing.
• Also, check the same as you would for
Corrections 3 & 4.