Any new vids from the OP yet?
Also, maybe this was addressed but what about the sediment from the priming sugar?
So what's the consensus between force carbing and priming?
I am considering purchasing one of these to put my first homebrew in.
Thanks to everyone for the primer. My brother works for Miller, so I'm going to hit him up for a few free ones.
...one thing he made specific mention of was that when you pour a draft you should always open the tap all the way. If you try to pour a beer with a tap that is half open you'll get a huge amount of foam.
Was in the local Safeway this morning, and lo and behold, they were on sale. (For $22.99, normally $25.99.... gotta love living in @#$# Northern California...)
Now I just need to figure out what to do with a gallon and a half of carbonated rat's pee.
Has anyone, out of interest, checked to see if like the TAD, the unit fits on a 3-litre soda bottle?
If you prime with sugar, couldn't you use the homedraft system without a co2 cartridge, at least for a few beers, or would there not be enough pressure to dispense the beer? I have a red ale carbing up in a homedraft system right now. I have a pack of carts coming from Midwest, but I think I'm gonna try without a cart first. If nobody replies before I tap mine, I'll try to remember to post the results. It just seems like if there's a need to relieve pressure before installing a cartridge then there should be enough pressure to dispense as well.
If you aren't using Co2 cartridges, then any time that you dispense a beer the extra headspace will have to be filled with air. That will either lead to flat or stale beer after a while.
I am thinking of getting some of these. I could get a tap-a-draft for 90 bucks after shipping or I could buy three of these things for the same price. Guess these would be nice due to having a dispenser for each bottle over the single dispenser with the regular tap a draft system.
Only problem would be chugging down all that yucky beer.
Alright, just picked up a Coors Home Draft Keg and am searching out the 16g CO2 cartridges. I just put 5 gallons of Multigrain Red Ale from a NB kit into the fermentor, so I'll be priming and bottling that in about a month! Looking forward to the results...
Alright, I have a small batch of Apfelwein that I am going to put in one of these. How full should I fill it? I plan on priming just like I would for beer, how much volume should I calculate? I believe it's 1.5 gallons, is that exact enough?
If you aren't using Co2 cartridges, then any time that you dispense a beer the extra headspace will have to be filled with air. That will either lead to flat or stale beer after a while.
There's no vent of any sort to let air in. CO2 will fill the head space, coming out of solution from the beer. You'll be able to serve a few pints from it, but the beer will eventually go flat as the pressure inside of it gets less and less. At least it won't oxidize, though.
So instead of opening the cap to relieve pressure before installing a cart, couldn't you just draw a few pints then put a cart in?
Here's an idea:
If you already have a beer that's kegged in a corny keg (or any keg for that matter), you could use a counter pressure bottle filler to fill up a Home Draft system. All you would have to do is buy a different stopper that fits the Home Draft System.
This would allow you to bypass having to naturally carbonate the bottle, or wasting a bunch of CO2 cartridges trying to force carbonate. Also, if you already have the kegged beer chilled, you don't have to wait for the beer to cool down before you twist in one of the cartridges.
I understand that you need a corny keg to begin with, but I think it would work great for anyone who's wanting to bring their homebrew to a party and give everyone the "draft" experience while avoiding having to lug around a 5-gallon keg and CO2 tank.
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