TAP draft system
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I bought one and fully agree. The portability was nice, but not worth the hassle. 1.5 gallons went really quick. I currently have a 3 keg keezer and the tap a draft. Haven't used the tap a draft in over a year. I think I'll look into picking up a couple of growlers.
My son uses the tap a draft and likes it a lot. It gives you the tap without the expense or the space usage of a kegerator. His sits in his refrigerator and is always available for any size glass, not just the pint that my 12 oz bottles take. He doesn't drink a ton of beer so it lasts him quite a while.
I am ordering the tap a draft system this weekend. (EDIT: ordered today from Midwest.)
I do not have the space for kegs, but I want a way to branch out beyond bottles. My plan is to split batches between bottles (to keep for a while) and the TAD (to drink sooner). This will give me a quantity of beer on tap for daily drinking and a variety of beers in bottles for when I (or a guest) want something different.
If I had the space to put in a separate kegerator/keezer I would certainly go for the kegs and just keep a few different brews on tap.
I do not have the space for kegs, but I want a way to branch out beyond bottles. My plan is to split batches between bottles (to keep for a while) and the TAD (to drink sooner). This will give me a quantity of beer on tap for daily drinking and a variety of beers in bottles for when I (or a guest) want something different.
If I had the space to put in a separate kegerator/keezer I would certainly go for the kegs and just keep a few different brews on tap.
I started with a TAD. Was good for what it was. Living in a small apartment, it was great. Low cost, easy to use. But for me it was definitely the gateway purchase. Once I got the space, kegs were all I used.
brew2enjoy
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Just get a coors homedraft. $20 and comes full of beer. I have re-used mine 3 times now and it works great.
I have a Miller Lite home draft keg that I plan on filling with some beer. I have one question though, do I add the beer with the priming sugar or with out? I twisted off the top and drank/poured out the crappy beer so the co2 canister is not punctured.
how does this work? I could probably choke down 5.7L of coors light for a good cause
here is what I found:
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f35/coors-disposable-keg-party-pig-127302/
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f35/my-experience-coors-lite-home-draft-video-190731/
http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=htt...th-the-coors-light-home-draft-system/&h=42412
brew2enjoy
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zachary80 said:
There is a good thread with videos in the bottling section. Just run a search for "Coors homedraft" and you should find it.
I fill one up every time i bottle using priming sugar. It conditions the same amount of time as the bottles (about 3 weeks). Then I fridge it for a week, bleed off the excess pressure and add a fresh cartridge. That's it!
Ya I did some research and found out its cheaper to buy the coors home draft system and reuse it its basically the same as a TAP a draft system but cheaper and cooler. I also found a guy who ridged one to force carbonate beer with the coors home draft.
Tap a Draft is great if you can't spare a full refrigerator to hold a keg. My only complaint so far is that the black plastic caps with the foam inserts that they are using now don't do a good job of holding pressure, so bottle conditioning is unreliable. I just got a couple of polyseal caps to try and a couple of heavy white plastic caps with a ring seal. Hopefully those will work better. I generally go through 3 CO2 cartidges per bottle.
UrbanBrew
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+1
Just finished my first batch and really like the convince. Lot cheaper then TAD, very easy to use and worked very well.
Dahoov
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I re use the caps from the 3 liter soda bottles from the dollar store. I also use the empty bottles for SWMBO's hard apple cider. I can use the tap for the 3 liter bottles as well.
