I want to have a commercial keg in my keezer and was wondering if the length of the liquid line is as important for dispensing these kegs as it is for dispensing homebrew since the commercial kegs come carbonated and the CO2 is mainly used to just push the liquid as opposed to carbonating the keg. Anyone have experience with this?
Does liquid line length matter with commercial kegs?
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BigB
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Yes it does matter. It is not a function of the kegs being already carbonated... just think about it, if I brought my keg of homebrew that I carbonated at home and brought it over to your kegerator, would the line length not matter? It is an issue of line resistance/turbulence that causes the C02 to rapidly come out of solution and foam. So yes, a balanced system is always important.
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The Co2 doesn't just push the beer, it also maintains carbonation. If you don't match the carbonation levels in the beer with the correct psi from the co2 bottle(and temp) you will gets lots of foaming and problems. What beer is it?
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Yup, just toured the "new" place a few weeks back, they can tell you what the volumes of co2 is, use this chart and just match up the temp it is served at and the psi. I would assume it's around 2.2-2.4, i'm jealous btw.
Force Carbonation Chart - Kegerators.com
Force Carbonation Chart - Kegerators.com
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