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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 ma
y 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.