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Date: 02 Jun 2006 17:09:53
From: glb
Subject: Corny kegs and faucets
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I will be storing 2 to 3 corny kegs of my favorite brews in a garage
refrigerator and was thinking of attaching a faucet and faucet adapter
directly to each of the kegs instead of using beer lines. It is a new
refrigerator so I don't plan on drilling any holes through it. Are
there any advantages or disadvantages to using a setup without beer
lines?
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Date: 03 Jun 2006 00:25:31
From: John 'Shaggy' Kolesar
Subject: Re: Corny kegs and faucets
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On 2 Jun 2006 17:09:53 -0700, <glbinharbor@yahoo.com > wrote:
> I will be storing 2 to 3 corny kegs of my favorite brews in a garage
> refrigerator and was thinking of attaching a faucet and faucet adapter
> directly to each of the kegs instead of using beer lines. It is a new
> refrigerator so I don't plan on drilling any holes through it. Are
> there any advantages or disadvantages to using a setup without beer
> lines?
It's going to be hard to balance the system without any back pressure
from tubing between the keg and faucet. You'll likely get really foamy
beer unless you figure out some other way of restricting the flow.
John.
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Date: 02 Jun 2006 22:35:43
From: PJ
Subject: Re: Corny kegs and faucets
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"John 'Shaggy' Kolesar" <spam@shagg.net > wrote in message ...
> On 2 Jun 2006 17:09:53 -0700, <glbinharbor@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> I will be storing 2 to 3 corny kegs of my favorite brews in a garage
>> refrigerator and was thinking of attaching a faucet and faucet adapter
>> directly to each of the kegs instead of using beer lines. It is a new
>> refrigerator so I don't plan on drilling any holes through it. Are
>> there any advantages or disadvantages to using a setup without beer
>> lines?
>
> It's going to be hard to balance the system without any back pressure
> from tubing between the keg and faucet. You'll likely get really foamy
> beer unless you figure out some other way of restricting the flow.
>
> John.
Hey John,
A neat way to handle this issue, that I've discovered, is to put about 5 to
6 feet of 3/16" beer line on the beer out dip tube before filling the keg.
This way the restriction is built into the keg and the QD attached faucet
works very well. (At least it does for me.) I just coil the beer line up in
the bottom of the keg and I'm good to go. It's a great way to have "Beer on
the Go" without all of the problems of dispensing.
PJ
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Date: 03 Jun 2006 03:36:46
From: John 'Shaggy' Kolesar
Subject: Re: Corny kegs and faucets
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On Fri, 2 Jun 2006 22:35:43 -0400, <pj@whoknew.net > wrote:
> Hey John,
> A neat way to handle this issue, that I've discovered, is to put about 5 to
> 6 feet of 3/16" beer line on the beer out dip tube before filling the keg.
> This way the restriction is built into the keg and the QD attached faucet
> works very well. (At least it does for me.) I just coil the beer line up in
> the bottom of the keg and I'm good to go. It's a great way to have "Beer on
> the Go" without all of the problems of dispensing.
That's brilliant!
John.
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