From what I can find reading through the forums and a few other sites is that it seems like there are 2 options for using a stout faucet...
Current for my set up, I have a triple faucet tower with 1 CO2 tank and the standard double gauge regulator, 2 perlicks, and 1 stout faucuet. Not sure who makes the stout faucet atm, but it does have some kind of adjustable thing on it (a recent gift from my wife)...
For the options:
1. Add a secondary C02 regulator to deliver higher pressure to the stout keg.
2. Buy a Nitrogen tank / regulator for the stout keg.
I've tried experimenting a bit with Cheese's caramel cream ale, and got varying results with cranking up the CO2. I had it a bit over carbed, so I had to de-carb it a little bit and then cranked the CO2 back up and got a lot of foam, but it did have that cascading head effect and left a nice creamy head.. Although I would prefer less initial foam... Now if I went with CO2, would I have to continually shut off the valve and lower the pressure of the keg, and then turn it back on when I want to pour? Seems like you'd go through a lot of CO2 doing that...
Now for using beer gas, it's just some upfront expenses, but should perform much better I assume, with less effort... The only question I have with using beergas is if you force carb with it, or use CO2... I found varying information about nitrogen being absorbed into the beer or not...
Any thoughts?
Current for my set up, I have a triple faucet tower with 1 CO2 tank and the standard double gauge regulator, 2 perlicks, and 1 stout faucuet. Not sure who makes the stout faucet atm, but it does have some kind of adjustable thing on it (a recent gift from my wife)...
For the options:
1. Add a secondary C02 regulator to deliver higher pressure to the stout keg.
2. Buy a Nitrogen tank / regulator for the stout keg.
I've tried experimenting a bit with Cheese's caramel cream ale, and got varying results with cranking up the CO2. I had it a bit over carbed, so I had to de-carb it a little bit and then cranked the CO2 back up and got a lot of foam, but it did have that cascading head effect and left a nice creamy head.. Although I would prefer less initial foam... Now if I went with CO2, would I have to continually shut off the valve and lower the pressure of the keg, and then turn it back on when I want to pour? Seems like you'd go through a lot of CO2 doing that...
Now for using beer gas, it's just some upfront expenses, but should perform much better I assume, with less effort... The only question I have with using beergas is if you force carb with it, or use CO2... I found varying information about nitrogen being absorbed into the beer or not...
Any thoughts?