Balancing Tip:
Fiddling around with your regulator too much? Is your beer too foamy? You need balance! Adjusting the keg to the correct pressure and adding beer line can help to balance your system. There is a given flow restriction for every foot of beer line as well as every foot of elevation. For every foot rise in the beer line add .5 lb restriction and for every foot of line add .8 lb restriction for 1/4” line or 2.2 lb restriction for 3/16” hose. Use your keg pressure and the elevation of your faucet from the keg to determine how many feet of line you need to use.

For example, you have 10lb pressure on the keg, you want 1lb pressure at the faucet and there is a one foot rise from the keg to the faucet. First, multiply the rise from the keg to the faucet by .5 lb. In our example, .5 x 1 = .5 lb(rise) then use one of the formulas below to calculate the length of hose needed.
10 (keg) - .5 (rise) – 1 (faucet) = 8.5lb / .8(1/4” restriction) = 10.625 feet of 1/4 hose
10 (keg) - .5 (rise) – 1 (faucet) = 8.5lb / 2.2(3/16” restriction) =3.86 feet of 3/16 hose