If you won't ask he won't tell... that's the policy. Just kidding Madhat... not in the mood for a bootectomy tonight.
You have my logo on your kegerator t-15 I happen to have a sierra nevada in my hand as we type.

 

It's good isn't it?

Britt

 

One of my favorites. Have you ever tried any Stone breweries products? Stone IPA is good ( india pale ale). My favorite stone brew has a name that would get flagged here but you must try it. It's called Arrogant B Pale Ale. If you like a real beer with some bite give it a try. Oh yeah and read the label. It's a kick in the pants.

 

Britt if you have problems keeping the water flowing out the tap when your back flushing your lines if you take a wire nut and a heavy wire and make a loop and glue the wire ends in the wire nut you can put it in the end of the tap and it will keep the ball out of the way so it don't shut your water off and will make it essayer to clean out the lines.

 

I bet as the night went on (and the more you drank) the more free beer you handing out! I have a kegorator myself. Keep the glasses in the freezer and clean the lines out between kegs. The brand tends to be whatever fits my tastes at that point in time.

 

Coors Original and Shiner Bock. That's all I need to be satisfied.

 

Flat Beer

1. Glasses are not "Beer Clean"
2. Not enough Co2 pressure
3. Pressure shut off at closing
4. Cooler or dispensing system too cold
5. leak in pressure tubing or barrels
6. loose tap or pressure connections
7. Defective pressure check valve in tap
8. Sluggish pressure regulator
9. Obstruction in line near barrel
10. Compressor too small or inefficient
11. Oily air from compressor or kitchen
12. Long exposure to air instead of co2 gas

Loose Foam (Settles Quickly)

1. Pressure required does not correspond to beer temperature "system is not balanced"
2. Beer line system/coils are not as cold as beer in the barrel
3. Beer dispensed though small diameter tube into large shanks and faucets
4. Drawing too short a collar of foam
5. Beer is drawn improperly
6. General flat beer causes

Wild Beer

1. Beer drawn improperly
2. Faucets in bad or worn out
3. Kind dent twist or obstruction in coil or the tubes next to faucet
4. Traps in beer line
5. Hot spots due to failure to surround coils with cold water
6. Beer line system too long unrefrigerated or uninsulated
7. Too much pressure
8. Beer is warm in the barrel or the tap system
9. Creeping gages or increasing pressure

Cloudy Beer

1. Beer is over chilled in the system or coils
2. Beer is allowed to warm up at one time
3. Hot spots in beer lines
4. Cutting beer though the faucet
5. Beer hose in poor condition
6. Dirty Lines
7. Defective pressure check valves
8. Contaminated pressure source
9. Beer that has been frozen

Unpalatable Beer

1. Dirty Faucets
2. Dirty beer system
3. coils not cleaned properly
4. failure to flush beer lines with water after each empty barrel
5. failure to leave water in beer lines over night
6. unsanitary conditions at bar
7. fouled air or dirt in lines or air tank
8. Oily greasy kitchen air
9. improper location and maintenance lucubration of air pump
10. Failure to purge condensation from compressor storage tank
11. Temperature of beer in barrel too warm
12. Dry Glasses

 

No problems at all. I clean out the lines every time I change out the keg. Got a pretty nice system and seems to do a good job. I have noticed that different beers need to be "pushed" at different pressures to keep foam down. Been doing it long enough to figure out which beer needs what pressure though. Pressure is usually within 5 psi.

Now if I could only talk myself into setting up the Guinness system. Just can't find a place around here that will fill dual gas.

Britt

 

Try finding a glycol system


Were are you getting your Co2 filled? if your having trouble finding a place to fill them if you got a Pepsi or a coke distributer close by see if they will fill them for you.

 

Real Ale Brewing Company "Full Moon Pale Rye Ale" from Blanco, TX tonight. For my wedding anniversary my brother that lives in Austin got me 3 6 packs of local Microbrew beer Lately I have been loving the Full Sail IPA, and of course the usual Shiner and Sierra Nevada.

 

Guinness in the fridge...what a wonderful sight!

 

A well stocked fridge you have there Britt. Guinness is my favorite beer as well, though when I buy it, I buy the pint cans instead of the 12 oz bottles. (just my personal preference.

 

That's probably true. After I bought the first keg, I never paid for beer again, so I was not worried about it.

I will drink almost anything if it is free, but I will not buy anything lighter than Bud. I like heavier beer. I got some real german beer from one of my friends in the AF, home made bottles, cork tops wired on... 2 of them and I was

 

Actually I use a fire extinguisher business (I know, big surprise huh?) that a friend of mine owns and he fills them for free. Thing is, he can't fill dual gas and Guinness is pushed with 75% Co2 and 25% Nitrogen. I have called around and I can't find anyone around here that can or is willing to do it for a small system like mine. Then on top of that I would have to change out my spout to the Guinness type spout. That isn't a big deal but I'm really just too lazy to go through the steps. I thought about just buying the complete Guinness set up (kegerator and all) so I wouldn't have to switch back and forth when I wanted another type of beer but I still have the trouble with finding the gas.

It's a dilemma.

Britt

 

Usually it's shiner bock, ziegen bock, or coors light (hey, it's cheap and I'm in college) but last night it was bud ice from a keg. I'll drink pretty much anything you put in front of me. The one beer I most definately won't drink is natural lite.