Drinking the Everything Cup

[wardens355]

When I haven't consumed much homebrew for a while (after vacation or illness), I like to clear the little amount of beer from my keg serving lines since I sometimes detect a slight off-flavor when the beer stagnates for more than a couple days. I draw an ounce or two from each keg into one pint glass and set aside. Right now I have 10 kegs with booze, so the pint glass gets pretty full. I always take at least a couple gulps from the 'everything cup' before tossing. Anyone else do that?

Sometimes it actually tastes pretty good... blending is fun.

 

[chemman14]

Get yourself some barrier lines and you wont have that off flavor anymore!
http://www.birdmanbrewing.com/accuflex-bev-seal-ultra-barrier-tubing-3-16-id-100ft-free-shipping/

 

[wardens355]

Get yourself some barrier lines and you wont have that off flavor anymore!
http://www.birdmanbrewing.com/accuflex-bev-seal-ultra-barrier-tubing-3-16-id-100ft-free-shipping/

I used some of the Ultra Silver Barrier tubing, but was tired of having wads and wads of 3/16" tubing in my freezer. I switched to 1/8" Tygon tubing and I can live with wasting a tiny bit of beer after beers been sitting in the line for a while. Actually, I calculated that a 3-ft 1/8" line only holds 0.2 oz of beer, so I really only need to give it a good hiccup before serving. My 1.5-2 volumes beers have 1-1.5 ft lines, 2.2-2.7 volumes have 2.5 ft lines, and 3.0 volumes have 4-ft lines. I'll just live with it. Much less tubing/clutter in the freezer!

 

[cjgenever]

I used some of the Ultra Silver Barrier tubing, but was tired of having wads and wads of 3/16" tubing in my freezer. I switched to 1/8" Tygon tubing and I can live with wasting a tiny bit of beer after beers been sitting in the line for a while. Actually, I calculated that a 3-ft 1/8" line only holds 0.2 oz of beer, so I really only need to give it a good hiccup before serving. My 1.5-2 volumes beers have 1-1.5 ft lines, 2.2-2.7 volumes have 2.5 ft lines, and 3.0 volumes have 4-ft lines. I'll just live with it. Much less tubing/clutter in the freezer!

Do you find that the smaller line causes any additional foaming or slow pours at the same foam level?

 

[wardens355]

Do you find that the smaller line causes any additional foaming or slow pours at the same foam level?

I don't seem to have any additional foaming or slower pours with the smaller tubing. Just a whole lot less tubing and clutter. I have a saison set to carb at 3.0 or so volumes (20 psi @ 45F) that is pouring about 50% head at 4-ft lines. Gonna bump the length up a foot or two to try and fix that.