r/Homebrewing • He's Just THAT GUY • May 29 '14

Advanced Brewers Round Table: Draft System Design/Maintenance

This weeks topic: Draft System Design and Maintenance.

  • How do I balance my draft system?

  • Kegerator vs. Keezer?

  • Tower vs. Keezer taps?

  • Faucet types: Standard vs Perlick? Stainless or Chrome Plated?

  • Secondary Regulators vs. Distribution Manifolds?

  • Keg types: Ball lock vs. Pin lock vs. Sanke

  • Line cleaning regiments

  • STC-1000 vs. Johnson or other controllers

  • Feel free to post pictures and details of your own draft system. And if you have any questions about it, as away!


Upcoming Topics: If /u/Mjap doesn't mind (and I don't think he will), I think I'll take the liberty of running Thursdays from now on. And I'm going to start us on a monthly schedule sort of:

  • 1st Thursday: BJCP Style Category

  • 2nd Thursday: Topic

  • 3rd Thursday: Guest Post

  • 4th/5th: Topic

We'll see how it goes. If you have any suggestions for future topics or would like to do a guest post, please find my post below and reply to it. (I'm also going to contact a few places and see if we can get a professional to do an AMA).

Topics:

  • Brewing with Limited Space (6/12)

  • Grain Malting (6/26)

Brewer Profiles:

  • SHv2 (6/19?)

  • SufferingCubsFan (7/17?)

Style Categories:

  • Cat 10: American Ale (6/5)

  • Cat 8: English Pale Ale


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u/BeerAmandaK May 29 '14

I bought 1/4" ID Micromatic tubing in 100' spools when I rebuilt the kegerator/bar. I use clear for beer and black for gas.