New regulator for multiple taps

[eager_brewer]

I have a new, old fridge that I made into my second kegerator. With this one I put the CO2 tank on the outside so I can have 4 kegs in at once. I am looking for a regulator that will support 4 taps at different pressures. I have looked at many sites but I am a little confused. Most multi systems I have seen can not adjust the pressure individually. Can anyone help me?

Thank you!
EB

 

[david_42]

Four pressures means four regulators. One regulator and a distributor won't do the job. I have a primary regulator at the tank and two secondaries. Each secondary has a two-way manifold. That gives me three pressures for five kegs.

 

[the_bird]

The first question is whether you really need four separate serving pressures or not. Lots of people will want to accomodate two pressures - one high pressure (30PSI-ish) for soda or force carbing, another for regular beers, or they'll want one for serving something like an English bitter at a lower carb level.

Usually, though, people get by with maybe two different serving pressures.

Now, to DO this, you need multiple regulators. You'll need a primary regulator that's connected directly to the tank, and three secondary regulators that will each step down the pressure. You aren't going to find a single regulator that will do this.

You also might see CO2 manifolds around, where you can hook up multiple kegs to a single regulator, but as you noticed that means they are all at the same pressure. That's a fairly cheap way to set up multiple kegs, but that means you give up that flexibility.

 

[eager_brewer]

Perhaps just dual regulator will do. I have mostly IIPAs on tap and the occasional stout. And I really don't have to force carb to much as I really like to add a little priming sugar to the keg.

 

[Mischief_Brewing]

**Threadjack**

David, could you explain what's needed to do what you did? I'm picking up 6 cornies and a 20lb CO2 tank next weekend for a steal and will have a soda and carbonated water in 2 of them. I plan to get a 4-way manifold for the beer. The soda and water should be able to be at the same pressure.

It sounds like I would do a 2-way split from the first regulator, which is set at the soda pressure, and then add a second regulator before the 4-way manifold to bring that down to the 10-12 that I serve at. I would do another 2-way manifold for the soda and sparkling water. Is there anything needed for the inline regulator connection? Looking at pictures of the regulators, it isn't intuitive..

Thanks!