Home keg system

[lopedogg]

Hey guys, just joined and hope someone can steer me in the right direction. I'm looking to put a keg in my basement and run the lines up to my kitchen, probably 15 ft of line. I'm a newbie at kegs/systems but just want beer on draft close to the couch! Is there some websites with equipment and guides on how to go about this? I appreciate all the info.

Cheers!

 

[barrooze]

The Brewer's Association maintains the Draught Beer Quality Manual. It has a ton of info for helping you setting this system up. Just at a first glance, you will likely need 1/4" or 5/16" ID tubing. You'll definitely need to insulate the tubing very well, but will likely find you will want to chill the beer line(s) using a glycol system or something similar. Keep in mind the vertical difference when doing the calculation for balancing your system. Good luck and I hope it works out for you!

 

[TopherM]

This is going to run you about 1.5-2K to accomplish with new equipment. You don't need something quite this fancy, but this brochure will give you an idea of the equipment involved:

http://www.glastender.com/PDF/remote_beer_system.pdf