tomrobbins
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A friend of mine got me started on homebrew and gave me his supplies, including the now discontinued "Tap-a-Draft" System, which I love using, but I recently broke the dispenser/regulator somehow. Since the product was always pretty niche, and its not made anymore, its hard to find anywhere online discussing them breaking / fixing them, so I figured I'd try asking here.
When I was putting in a CO2 cartridge, it blew a piece off the side. (I was outside at the time so the plastic covering was not recovered, only the metal pin inside). Now, when trying to insert a CO2 cartridge, it seems to release the CO2 outside of the bottle somehow (not sure how to be more helpful there with the description).
If anyone has used one of these, or is more knowledgable about the inner workings, and can offer some advice on how to fix it I would really appreciate it. I looked in to trying to find a replacement tap (and at the also discontinued miller home draft and related systems, haha).
Alternatively, if there are other (relatively cheap + easy) methods of dispensing + keeping the beer fresh in these 6L bottles (I still have almost a full batch in them) I would love to hear about it!
Current state of the dispenser:
Recovered metal pin:
When I was putting in a CO2 cartridge, it blew a piece off the side. (I was outside at the time so the plastic covering was not recovered, only the metal pin inside). Now, when trying to insert a CO2 cartridge, it seems to release the CO2 outside of the bottle somehow (not sure how to be more helpful there with the description).
If anyone has used one of these, or is more knowledgable about the inner workings, and can offer some advice on how to fix it I would really appreciate it. I looked in to trying to find a replacement tap (and at the also discontinued miller home draft and related systems, haha).
Alternatively, if there are other (relatively cheap + easy) methods of dispensing + keeping the beer fresh in these 6L bottles (I still have almost a full batch in them) I would love to hear about it!
Current state of the dispenser:
Recovered metal pin: