Draft System!
Here it is, in a near state of completion. The kegs are charging up with CO2 for a few days before I hook up the beer lines to the shanks...
As for specs, the system holds four corny kegs (5-gallon homebrewing kegs) and a huge 10# CO2 tank (big enough that I shouldn't have to fill it more than twice a year, if that). It's built upon a 7.0 cubic foot GE chest freezer, temperature controlled with a Johnson external thermostat. The faucets are Perlick stainless steel forward seal taps, which was my splurge. These faucets seal at the front of the faucet, which keeps bacteria from growing internally within the tap, and because they're stainless steel, I can use them in the future for wine or soda, if I choose to run it on draft (which I most certainly will). The regulator is also worth noting: a triple guage double regulator, which allows me to be more specific with my carbonation levels, so I can carb a Scottish ale or barleywine nice and low, and make my wheat beers, tripels, and soda extra fizzy. Currently in the system are the beers for the dinner, which is going on March 24th. Left to right we've got the Tripel, Babybelle (Scottish 80-/), Big Sky IPA, and Eva (10-Malt Brown Ale). Everything but the Scottish ale are set at a moderate 2.2 volumes of CO2 right now, and the Scottish is around 1.5 (I think, I can't quite remember). More news to come as I shell out more money for more goodies.
As for specs, the system holds four corny kegs (5-gallon homebrewing kegs) and a huge 10# CO2 tank (big enough that I shouldn't have to fill it more than twice a year, if that). It's built upon a 7.0 cubic foot GE chest freezer, temperature controlled with a Johnson external thermostat. The faucets are Perlick stainless steel forward seal taps, which was my splurge. These faucets seal at the front of the faucet, which keeps bacteria from growing internally within the tap, and because they're stainless steel, I can use them in the future for wine or soda, if I choose to run it on draft (which I most certainly will). The regulator is also worth noting: a triple guage double regulator, which allows me to be more specific with my carbonation levels, so I can carb a Scottish ale or barleywine nice and low, and make my wheat beers, tripels, and soda extra fizzy. Currently in the system are the beers for the dinner, which is going on March 24th. Left to right we've got the Tripel, Babybelle (Scottish 80-/), Big Sky IPA, and Eva (10-Malt Brown Ale). Everything but the Scottish ale are set at a moderate 2.2 volumes of CO2 right now, and the Scottish is around 1.5 (I think, I can't quite remember). More news to come as I shell out more money for more goodies.
posted by Sam Reese at 1:38 PM
2 Comments:
That looks great! and Forward seal faucets to boot!
The triple regulator is nice, but one other thing is the line resistance. If you have a Hefe carb'd up, you might need a bit more line, or the beer will come out too quickly and turbulantly, and will knock the CO2 out of solution.
Brendan/ioniaales.com
Keep up the good work.
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