tincob

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I went and ordered the Tygon line from US Plastics and should receive delivery next week. I'll report back on my results.

After I ordered, I was reading through the thread (cure for your short hose troubles) and think that the inserts mentioned on that thread might help with the 1/4" diameter low resistance issues.

cheesecake

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Well so far so good with the cheap mcmaster line. i couldnt really tase or smell the off flavor like i could with the keg connection line. it had the smallest hint in the first few oz i poured and tasted but wasnt over powering or anything. so i continued to fill up the glass and when the glass was full no off flavor noticable. Im verry dissapointed in the crap keg connection sent to me and they had enough nerve to call it beer line.

tincob

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Good results with the more expensive Tygon lines. I also purchased the plastic twizzle sticks so I'm getting a decent pour.

I struggled a bit to get the lines over the 1/4" nipples but in the end, I was successful.

No plastic taste at all, even in the first pour. Wife likes the sparkling water setup and even my hefeweizen tastes fine.

Cheesecake, glad to hear that the cheap McMaster line is working out for you. It might be a good first option for other since the Tygon + inserts cost quite a bit more in comparison...

Mayday99

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I can also attest to the poor quality of the kegconnection beer line. I got my initial setup from Midwest, which came with 5 feet of bevlex tubing and a picnic tap. There was little or no plastic taste from this line. Completely happy with the whole setup from Midwest, by the way.

I bought my dual tower and faucets from kegconnection and wanted to upgrade to longer lines, so I bought line from them to lengthen my lines to 10 feet.

I let some oxy sit in the lines, rinsed about a half gallon to a gallon of water through each line, and then used a batch of fresh star san made with distilled water.

The plastic taste/smell is overwhelming. I have to pour off a few ounces, but the thing is the plastic taste comes back after only about 30 minutes or so of not pouring. You can sniff the line and smell plastic. The smell is way stronger than the home depot line I have sitting ready to connect to my immersion chiller.

I know it has to be the line because when I open my kegerator, the first thing you notice is a whiff of plastic from the 20 feet of crap line I have in there. And this is at 38 degrees.

The cost of replacing the line (gonna go with the Tygon, thanks guys) doesn't bother me as much as the enormous hassle of taking the tower off unscrewing the shanks, reattching beer line and then trying to put the whole thing back together. People who have dealt with the tight space inside a tower know what I am talking about. For me at least, it will be a couple hours of swearing, grunting and hoping that I don't break anything in the process.

I have some BLC that I could try to run through the lines first, but I think if the plastic taste is that bad, nothing will help it.