A beverage dispenser for dispensing a carbonated beverage from a beverage source into a receptacle, the dispenser comprising: a housing defining an interior volume and having a first surface proximal to the beverage source and a second surface distal to the beverage source; a conduit in fluid communication with the beverage source entering the first surface of the housing and terminating proximate the second surface of the housing; and a flow rate controller (10815, 101000) disposed within the interior volume of said housing in contact with said conduit, the flow rate controller (10815, 101000) comprising a plurality of nodes connected in series, each node having an automatic actuator (10805, 101005) and an encoding sensor configured to monitor the position of the automatic actuator (10805, 101005); and a subsurface dispensing nozzle in fluid communication with the terminal end of the conduit, wherein the flow rate controller (10815, 101000) is operable to establish a first volumetric fluid flow rate during a first portion of a fluid dispense cycle and a second volumetric fluid flow rate during a second portion of a fluid dispense cycle, wherein flow through the conduit to the subsurface dispensing nozzle is compensated to maintain substantially hydraulic beverage flow within the conduit by adjusting the contact between a plurality of nodes of the flow rate controller (10815, 101000) and the conduit, wherein the plurality of nodes are arranged as a series of pressure dropping devices that create a discrete resistance to the beverage flow which can be series-summed to limit and vary the beverage flow through the conduit so as not to cause gas breakout or in-line foam or bubbles. a housing defining an interior volume and having a first surface proximal to the beverage source and a second surface distal to the beverage source; a conduit in fluid communication with the beverage source entering the first surface of the housing and terminating proximate the second surface of the housing; and a flow rate controller (10815, 101000) disposed within the interior volume of said housing in contact with said conduit, the flow rate controller (10815, 101000) comprising a plurality of nodes connected in series, each node having an automatic actuator (10805, 101005) and an encoding sensor configured to monitor the position of the automatic actuator (10805, 101005); and a subsurface dispensing nozzle in fluid communication with the terminal end of the conduit, wherein the flow rate controller (10815, 101000) is operable to establish a first volumetric fluid flow rate during a first portion of a fluid dispense cycle and a second volumetric fluid flow rate during a second portion of a fluid dispense cycle, wherein flow through the conduit to the subsurface dispensing nozzle is compensated to maintain substantially hydraulic beverage flow within the conduit by adjusting the contact between a plurality of nodes of the flow rate controller (10815, 101000) and the conduit, wherein the plurality of nodes are arranged as a series of pressure dropping devices that create a discrete resistance to the beverage flow which can be series-summed to limit and vary the beverage flow through the conduit so as not to cause gas breakout or in-line foam or bubbles.