Purchasing 3/16 ID beer line locally...

[jbsengineer]

I'm trying to find some beer line locally. This is food grade:

http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc...splay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053

Will it work?

Where do you get yours?

 

[LVBen]

The PVC lines sold from hardware stores are meant to be used for home water lines, so I don't know why they wouldn't be food-grade.

 

[LVBen]

It says right on the page:

First-run FDA-approved clear vinyl is appropriate for use in food and beverage applications

 

[jbsengineer]

I see that's its food grade. Should I be looking for anything more than just food grade?

 

[HHP]

I am not sure what the difference is, but I have some of that at home, and I noticed that the 3/16 ID beer line at autin homebrew had MUCH thicker walls. I have never used "official beer line", if you will so I dont know if it pours differently, but that is the difference I have noticed just by looking at the stuff.

 

[simtel20]

I am not sure what the difference is, but I have some of that at home, and I noticed that the 3/16 ID beer line at autin homebrew had MUCH thicker walls. I have never used "official beer line", if you will so I dont know if it pours differently, but that is the difference I have noticed just by looking at the stuff.

Beer line, from what I can tell, is double walled and some will have an inner wall that cause less flavor pollution in the beer when it is left in the line for a day or more.

 

[strumke]

I've been using the accuflex bev-seal stuff that Jaybird has been selling. It's a PITA to get on, but its working great for me

 

[Jota21]

OP: Did you buy this? Has it worked? My beer line is 7/16 OD and this is 5/16 OD. By my math, that's 1/8" difference, which on either side of the tubing would be 1/16".

Doesn't seem like it should matter much, right? It claims to be rated for up to 55psi...

 

[elproducto]

I use the water line stuff, and it works absolutely fine. No off flavors at all.