Plastic beer tap

[MacKiwi]

Does anyone know of a UK supplier of these...

http://www.amazon.com/Krome-Plastic-Bee ... B000796EJ0

These seems to be a few US suppliers, but I couldn't find anyone locally...

 

[farmer brown]

This is the closest I've found?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CORNELIUS-NEW ... 1311145333

 

[Buster]

Here---->>> http://www.kegworks.com/plastic-beer-fa ... p=nextopia

 

[marksa222]

Norm sells these on ebay too. I'm deciding whether to get one or to get the more expensive one that goes directly on to a corny. Has anyone any opinions on
these?

I'm sure I read elsewhere they need a few feet of beer line to pour properly.

 

[PD]

I've got one of these party taps they do the job ok. I have 3 taps fixed up to corny's but often have a few more corny's stood conditioning and maturng. Connect one of these and I can easily get a taster ( control purpose of course ) the gas in the corny is enough to serve by

 

[joe1002]

Norm sells these on ebay too. I'm deciding whether to get one or to get the more expensive one that goes directly on to a corny. Has anyone any opinions on
these?

I'm sure I read elsewhere they need a few feet of beer line to pour properly.

Yes, you may well experience excessive foaming without any beer line, depending how much you carbonate your beers.

 

[farmer brown]

I've always found these hard to control and have had problems with foaming, even at a low psi. Ive been told that having some beer line between the keg and tap helps prevent it!

 

[PaulCa]

Yea, I have 6 feet of beer line and one of these and it is hard to get the PSI right to get a good pint. I have found the best way is to just turn off the CO2 once the beer is carbed and only give it a shot of CO2 at 3psi when the flow slows down. Takes a while for the pressure to stablise after carbing at high PSI too so if you drop the pressure to get a good pour and the next one foams, this is normal.

One thing I found out though is if you try and limit the flow by only "cracking" open the tap you will just produce foam. Drop the PSI and open the tap fully. Partially opening it creates turbulence which causes the beer to foam. Try it and see.

 

[marksa222]

Thanks. I may just use the plastic ones then until I have the taps built into the fridge.

 

[Fil]

Yea, I have 6 feet of beer line and one of these and it is hard to get the PSI right to get a good pint. I have found the best way is to just turn off the CO2 once the beer is carbed and only give it a shot of CO2 at 3psi when the flow slows down. Takes a while for the pressure to stablise after carbing at high PSI too so if you drop the pressure to get a good pour and the next one foams, this is normal.

One thing I found out though is if you try and limit the flow by only "cracking" open the tap you will just produce foam. Drop the PSI and open the tap fully. Partially opening it creates turbulence which causes the beer to foam. Try it and see.

try using microline 3/16" between the keg and tap, the thin bore restricts the keg pressure along its length so when you open the tap it isnt a huge drop in pressure for the beer and foam is less likely, tho if the keg is warm, that also is a problem about 6ft of microline should allow u to serve beers upto 10-12psi with a cool keg.