Recent content by Barleycapable

The fan was one of the first things I tried, I still have one running in there. It never really made much difference in my case, but it certainly doesn't hurt. Slow pouring works, I guess, but I wanted a great pouring experience, and standing there waiting for foam to settle is not that.

TL;DR: Use a long faucet shank as a heat sink to prevent foamy first pours when the kegerator is stored in a warm environment. For the past 4 years, I've kept my keezer in the garage due to limited space inside. Ever since, I've been struggling with foamy beer. It's not the usual culprits: my...

Mine has survived at least 2 parties without any sign of failure, so at least one data point says yes.

Thanks for catching that, I forgot to set permissions. Should be fixed now.

@KegLand sent me their flow control disconnect and nuka mini tap as well; I thought I already posted my review in the other thread but must've fat-fingered the post button. Sorry for the delay, Kegland. Anywho, @GoodTruble seems to have had a similar experience to mine (great write-up, btw)...

Awesome, I’m very interested! All four of my taps are Nuka FC

I want to spin up a starter today, but I'm running low on DME, and the homebrew store is closed today, so I was thinking of supplementing with sugar. I know that a 100% sugar starter is a bad idea (I've read the xBMT and heard others' bad experiences) but what about half and half and some yeast...

Awesome review, thanks for the side-by-side pics! I've since used the PT 2.1 on a few other brews, and it's been leak-free and non-foamy for all of them. I think the problem was that the first beer I tried was an American wheat, so maybe the more foamy nature of the wheat base caused my issues...

Going on 8 kegs since the last refill, all of them force carbed and purged as well.

The video shows it in combination with a flow control disconnect, which purportedly does a similar thing.

I'd be more than happy to

An update for anyone interested: I noticed that the foam only started coming out when I opened the tap all the way, but if I twisted just short of the tactile click—say 90% of the twist tap's throw—it pours perfectly. The leak continues, but much slower with the partial twist method. It seems...

He mentions that it does just that with an adapter called the Cheap & Cheer bottle filler, but I can't find any sites selling it stateside.

The picnic tap 2.1 does seem to use the same twist tap you posted, and it does come attached to a disconnect, but the real magic is that thanks to the spiral flow reducer, it can attach directly to a keg and dispense without foaming, without any beer line. Of course, my post and some of the...

Yep Done and done! Yeah, I took it apart to clean and made sure the spiral flow reducer was seated properly and facing the right direction, the problem persists. Trong replied to my email within minutes and then offered to send me a replacement part kit. Trong seems like a great business...