Pint365 beer engine

kelper · Jul 8, 2020

Arrived today, so here are a few photos. The beer line is 3/8" OD. The JG Speedfit couplings were 10mm x 10mm and 10mm x 12mm. The 12mm one is designed to go onto a spigot of that size or the Vinotap adapter which fits beer-in-a-bag boxes.

My KingKeg has a Waddingtons & Duval tap on it which probably would take a 1/2" hose. I drilled its bore out to 10mm and inserted a short length of 10mm stainless-steel tubing. So to attach the beer line I needed another 10mm x 10mm coupling which, luckily, I had.

I have not tested it yet. I'm going to do that in the garden with water and compressed air.

kelper · Jul 8, 2020

I have carried out the test and the pump works brilliantly. But my keg tap leaks where the s/s tube enters the spigot. I can't tighten the jubilee clip any more. I need another tap connection.

Dads_Ale · Jul 8, 2020

Nice looking set-up athumb..

Standard jubilee clips don't always tighten evenly on small diameters. You probably need something like the automotive fuel line clips. These are specific sizes rather than universal but clamp much more evenly. Plenty on eBay.

kelper · Jul 8, 2020

You are right, but fuel clips wouldn't be tight enough.

kelper · Jul 9, 2020

I have a new solution; parts on order.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/John-Guest-SpeedFit-Reducing-Elbow/dp/B07V3N8T8T https://www.amazon.co.uk/John-Guest-SpeedFit-Reducing-Elbow/dp/B07V5PMYVC https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00PNUC99C https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01C77JU0E
and some 12mm x 15mm PVC hose I already had. If this works I can fit the hoselock butt taps to all my KKs and quickly move from one beer to another!

Buffers brewery · Sep 17, 2020

Did it work @kelper ?

kelper · Sep 17, 2020

Well, the Gardena fittings don't work under a slight vacuum. So I used taps with a barb and a hoseclip. The JG fittings worked a treat. The original KingKeg taps are fine if you heat the tubing a bit. I also used some tubing 12mm ID, 15mm OD.