different items on tap ie. rum, iced tea, soda ?

[jonp9576]

so i am in the finishing stages of my keezer

so i was thinking. 2 of my friends are in the program and they do not drink. but they both helped me with my build. any one have any experience with putting anything non alcoholic into cornys and pouring it out of a beer faucet.
i was thinking iced tea. i could push it with notrogen so it wont carbonate.
i was also thinking i could siphon in some very cold soda, and then put the lid on real quick. that might not loose all the carbonation. then i could pressureize and push it with co2. would the coda be flat? should i up the pressure on this keg?







also, for my own enjoyment, any one ever put rum into a corny.
aside from beer, my drinking love is a rum and coke. if i could get some soda on tap, and have a corny full of rum that would be awesome? any info on this?
would the tap be very sticky and need a lot of extra cleaning?


thanks

 

[EvilTOJ]

We have an entire subforum on soda making, I'm sure you can find answers to questions about soda in there Dispensing something with nitrogen can get pricey though, as you'd need a nitrogen bottle and regulator. I believe these aren't interchangeable either, which I guess is good but also means pricey. So you'd need nitrogen for the iced tea and rum. I don't see why you can't dispense rum, any liquid should work through the lines.

 

[jonp9576]

wow, i didnt even see the soda making part. lots of good info there.

as far as nitrogen prices, our family owns a small welding supply and compressed gas shop. there are enough small cylinders left here that people have just never picked up. we sell em or use them for our own systems. i can make any regulator work. most of them do interchange(co2 or n2)

 

[bad coffee]

you could just push the tea with co2. just don't jack up the pressure too far so it carbonates.

If you have any friends that own restaurants or bars, you could ask them for coke syrup. They could easily order you a 5 gallon Bag-In-Box that makes 30 gallons of coke. the BIB's were about $30 last time I worked in foodservice. Or you could just trade some homebrew for a couple of gallons of fountain coke. Mix your captain with it and then crank up the co2 to what you need.

B

 

[mysteryberto]

For serving mixed drinks in a cornie will the alcohol stay mixed in the soda or will the keg need shaking?

 

[jonp9576]

thats a good thought. could i pre mix the drinks, or will the alcohol settle. any thoughts anyone. or should i have one tap coke and another captain.

 

[bad coffee]

alcohol is water soluble. it won't seperate out once mixed.