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I've been using the MillerCoors Home Draft units that come with the 16 gram cartridges. The 8 gram cartridges are cheaper by the gram, so I've constructed a little converter that I made from a spent 16 gram cartridge. I use 14 pennies to move it up to the right size, and use the spent 16 gram...

You should not need to add a dime or anything like that. I don't have the 16g version of the TAD, but from the pictures it looks a lot like the Miller-Coors home draft, of which I have many. You have removed the "safety", right? There's a little clip you pull straight off? On the MHD, it...

I'm with Cheshire on this one. Seems like, too, you might try to be a little more careful in the bottling process...if you're not doing bottle carbonation, there really shouldn't be that much yeast, so the funk you have probably came through when you bottled. Now, all that being said, I...

The recommendation is to use half the normal priming sugar, but I used between 2/3 and the full amount. I think the keys to success are to chill before tapping, take as much beer out of the 6L before you put any CO2 on (be very patient), put one CO2 cartridge on at a time (no need to risk more...

Yep, but the TAD bottles and the MHD bottles are both considered "barrier" bottles, in that they have a layer to prevent O2 and CO2 migration. They're also (obviously) colored to prevent skunking. And since I've got a supply of used MHD bottles, I haven't gone to the 3L ones. I must admit, I...

An update to the cap thing. The Northern Brewer liquid malt extract caps with the added rubber gasket started leaking on me:. The one on the left: leaks. The one on the right: no leak. Besides the metal caps and the rather expensive polyseal caps, what I have found to work well are the...

As mentioned earlier, flat beer suggests that the two months didn't carbonate the beer. Based on the information you've provided, my theory would be that the natural carbonation process might not have worked that well. As suggested earlier, it could have been lack of proper amount of priming...

No doubt. Even before the change-over to the 16 gram, certain components were identical. Weird thing is, the kit actually went up in price lately, which surprised me. It might be convenient, but it would be cheaper for me to go buy 3 MillerCoors units ($55), plus 3 more CO2 cartridges ($4)...

Another idea occurred to me after I had "very little beer (come) out". Today, I tapped (using a MHD tap w/16 gram CO2) a double IPA that I had dry hopped. Almost no beer came out, and I know I didn't loose any gas. What happened was a bit of gunk (hop leaf) got stuck in the inlet, and it...

Another possibility that I should have mentioned...I've never only left one cartridge installed. Even if I knew the other one was empty, I left it installed. Did you have no cartridge on the other side? If so, I wouldn't do that. Since there's no guarantee the two sides don't interact, if I...

It would seem to me that if there were a leak around where the tap went onto the bottle, you'd have a puddle of beer in your fridge. So it must be where the CO2 cartridge makes contact with the embedded regulator, or between the regulator and the 'tank'. It could also be that the CO2 cartridge...

Looks like about 10 inches for both MHD and TAD:

If I get "too many" I would do it, but based on what I've seen so far, I doubt there's going to be many left. In fact, local folks are coming out of the woodwork here, interested in these units. I'm actually glad for the interest because if we get enough of us (locals) using these, we can pool...

I needed to bring some beer to a party that was only a few days out, so I didn't use any bottling sugar. I was using the TAD tap, and when I put the first 8gm CO2 cartridge in it, I thought I heard some leaking, even though I tightened it hard. What I actually heard was the CO2 going into the...

You betcha. I've actually got a friend that's knows a distributor who gets the out-dated beer back. He's managed to get me a few expired and a few empties (but the CO2 is intact on all) for $6 and $2, respectively. So I'm all about keeping these things out of the landfill, especially when the...

Here's an old article about the different technologies used to coat or layer PET bottles to make them hold up to beer. http://www.ptonline.com/articles/barrier-pet-bottles --Dale--

You probably want to ask folks to measure those refrigerators. If there's 14 inches, front to back with the door closed, then the TAD will fit. --Dale--

If you don't want to spend much money, you might be able to buy "Miller Home Draft" and use that instead. The 6L bottles are EXACTLY the same. You can also use 3L bottles from the grocery store (although they're clear, which is bad). One TAD bottle cost $8 (pure and simple rip-off)! How can...

In a normal growler situation, yes, a couple of days and it would not be drinkable. But if you filled a Tap A Draft bottle at the brewery, squeezed out any air by compressing the bottle, then took it home and put it under carbonation, oxygenation would be minimized, and it should last a good...