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and a faucet that sticks shut if you don't pour a beer at least every couple of days.
ludi wrote:and a faucet that sticks shut if you don't pour a beer at least every couple of days.
How would you ever find that out?
just brew it! wrote:Kegerator with a 5 lb Co2 tank, room for 2 cornys, and a faucet that sticks shut if you don't pour a beer at least every couple of days. Sound familiar?
thegleek wrote:just brew it! wrote:Kegerator with a 5 lb Co2 tank, room for 2 cornys, and a faucet that sticks shut if you don't pour a beer at least every couple of days. Sound familiar?
yar, which is why i invested $50 for a perlick faucet. i can go without pouring beer for days/weeks/months and it would still work like as it was brand new.
just brew it! wrote:It was a *major* bitch when I had an Imperial Stout on. Very sticky stuff.
pikaporeon wrote:Kegerators seem really cool - how long does beer theoretically last in them? If I don't drink my beer quick is it going to skunk?
thegleek wrote:The one thing you may want to keep aware of is the cleanliness of your taps. The taps and lines will be dirty long before the keg goes bad or runs out. Regular cleaning (about once a month) is necessary. Dirty taps and lines can make a good beer taste bad.
Captain Ned wrote:thegleek wrote:The one thing you may want to keep aware of is the cleanliness of your taps. The taps and lines will be dirty long before the keg goes bad or runs out. Regular cleaning (about once a month) is necessary. Dirty taps and lines can make a good beer taste bad.
Back in my fraternity days, when dinosaurs roamed the earth, tap cleaning was my job and was a weekly task. When you're starting with Old Milwaukee ($19.50/half keg back then), the slightest dirt in the lines was unacceptable.
BobbinThreadbare wrote:Captain Ned wrote:thegleek wrote:The one thing you may want to keep aware of is the cleanliness of your taps. The taps and lines will be dirty long before the keg goes bad or runs out. Regular cleaning (about once a month) is necessary. Dirty taps and lines can make a good beer taste bad.
Back in my fraternity days, when dinosaurs roamed the earth, tap cleaning was my job and was a weekly task. When you're starting with Old Milwaukee ($19.50/half keg back then), the slightest dirt in the lines was unacceptable.
I'm left wondering how you could even tell
just brew it! wrote:It was a *major* bitch when I had an Imperial Stout on. Very sticky stuff.
just brew it! wrote:When you're serving beer that isn't supposed to have any flavor, you've got nothing to mask the flavor of the crap growing in the lines!
cheesyking wrote:What on earth were you doing putting Imperial Stout through a top pressure system like this? Surly it should be poured straight from the keg or bottle?
cheesyking wrote:At the very least you need a proper beer engine, don't you just love the sound of "beer engine"
thegleek wrote:...
thegleek wrote:But I don't see anything wrong with putting high-gravity beers on tap.
cheesyking wrote:So I suppose a follow on question from dispensing beer is what sort of glass are you dispensing it into?
I've got a motley collection of pint (568mL) and half pint beer festival glasses that I've picked up over the years.
cheesyking wrote:EDIT: I've have thought that 8% stout would require a 1/3 pint glass or a wicked hangover cure.
just brew it! wrote:I'm not a stickler for the whole "Belgian ales must be in a goblet, Pilsners in a tall Pilsner glass, etc." thing.