How long can you store homebrew in this system? I want to make a few batches right off and pre prime them, so I know a few of the bottles will be sitting for a 3-4 months by the time I get to them. I am just worried about shelf life.
Actually, I thought the TAD bottles looked better than the party pigs. Granted, I've only seen the pigs in person so far. One advantage is that one TAD system will hold nearly a full 5 gallon batch of beer while the pigs hold half. And the TAD has 1/3 of the batch in the fridge at a time, so it's less space. And if you screw it up, you only lose 1/3 of your batch instead of half. That's a bit incentive to those of us (those of me) that have and average of 4.5 thumbs on each hand.
One thing I like is that if I find someone nearby who uses a TAD, we can trade bottles of our brew.
What makes this system better than the Party Keg system? The price seems comparable, and the aluminum party kegs don't have to be replaced like these PET bottles. Plus they look way cooler.
Sorry about reviving an old thread but my question is related.
I've read on other forums that people were not happy with the tap-a-draft because the tube was placed right where the trub was on the bottom and it sucked it up. Do any of you run into this issue or do you use gelatin/cold crashing to remove most before going into the TAD?
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Use a secondary or cold-crash the primary for a few days prior to bottling to settle out as much stuff as possible. I'll still get a cloudy pour on the first glass or two but it's no biggie. You're going to have that problem with any kegging system as the pickup tubes go to the bottom.
I got mine from MoreBeer. Mainly because they had something else I wanted at the same time. Just "bottled" with it for the first time on April fools day so I'll give it it's first try at the end of the month.
Folks I've talked to have kept them for several months without any issues. One even said he's kept them around for up to a year before tapping them without any problems. Of course, YMMV.
Sorry about reviving an old thread but my question is related.
I've read on other forums that people were not happy with the tap-a-draft because the tube was placed right where the trub was on the bottom and it sucked it up. Do any of you run into this issue or do you use gelatin/cold crashing to remove most before going into the TAD?
Thanks
all that I can reccomend is that you store them with the caps pointed upward !!
I had one on its side for about 2 weeks and it leaked out, on that note buy new caps often ! it is worth it. even the smallest scratch inside of it will cause a leak, from my what I have learned the hard way.
what did you put in it ?
I use mine for cider ! it works great, cold cider always on hand !
Has anyone had a problem if they under filled one? I was filling mine recently and finished 2 full and 1 half way. I carb mine with priming sugar and decided to test the half filled one since it seemed pretty rigid given a squeeze. The beer that came out of was pretty sour, could that have been because of all the air space left in the bottle?
Due to the nature of CO2 being heavier than the normal mix of gasses that compose air, it creates a "blanket" over the bear which will protect the beer as long as you don't move the bottle a lot.
That's why open fermentation as used in Belgium doesn't get contaminated. The combination of thick foam on the surface and the layer of CO2 keep the contaminants out.
Wow, this is a pretty sweet find! I have 3 winter brews that will be bottled in 3 weeks and wasn't looking forward to that. I'll get a couple of these instead!
Unless you want to have more than one serving at the same time, you can just get one TAD system and then buy extra bottles.
I'd imagine that it would be pretty easy to fill growlers or bombers from this?
I believe it was earlier in this thread that someone said he fills these at his pub for his customers instead of growlers.
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