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[TheBarkingDog]

whoa -- it is almost identical! you have a much larger capacity chiller though - how far is the run? what temperature do you set the chiller at?

Love the regulator board - gas management is probably my next investment - looks like you are running a nitrogen mixer as well?

 

[rvklein]

whoa -- it is almost identical! you have a much larger capacity chiller though - how far is the run? what temperature do you set the chiller at?

Love the regulator board - gas management is probably my next investment - looks like you are running a nitrogen mixer as well?

100' run 3/4 hp compressor. Picked it up cheap. I run the glycol around 28F. Dual blend gas blender I piked up for $50 on craigslist believe it or not.

 

[TheBarkingDog]

Tap complete!!

 

[SWFLHOMEBREW]

That's awesome man!! Great job!!

 

[cfrazier77]

I really like how you pulled everything together. Your lighting matches the feel from the draft tower. I am also impressed with your logo. It has a lot of detail for a two color. Very nice.

 

[TheBarkingDog]

Ok guys and gals I need your help-- you can see my setup -- here is my problem. The first tap is too carbonated the second and third are fine but the 4th is not carbonated enough.

Ido have everything from a strong ipa to a session ale so I am thinking I need a regulator for each tap. Any thoughts ?

 

[cpl-america]

A second regulator for the last taps, and maybe a flow control tap for the first One.

 

[user 160740]

Ok guys and gals I need your help-- you can see my setup -- here is my problem. The first tap is too carbonated the second and third are fine but the 4th is not carbonated enough.

Ido have everything from a strong ipa to a session ale so I am thinking I need a regulator for each tap. Any thoughts ?

First off - awesome build, it looks great built-in and I love the industrial theme.

I typically have 3 'beverages' on tap, anywhere from porters, ales, lagers, root beer etc, usually one needs a different enough PSI to carbonate correctly for the style.

My setup is a dual primary regulator, with a 2-way valved splitter. This gives me two independent pressures to play with (2 on the splitter, and 1 directly off the 2nd tap in the dual-primary regulator). You can of course get individual regulators or quad primary etc, but I've found I always have two styles that have similar PSI that sharing the same PSI off the splitter has been a non-issue. Just make sure you get a splitter with individual valves if you go this route.

 

[cpl-america]

Also, you could just add line to the first tap. Just a couple more feet rolled up at the start.

 

[TheBarkingDog]

First off - awesome build, it looks great built-in and I love the industrial theme. I typically have 3 'beverages' on tap, anywhere from porters, ales, lagers, root beer etc, usually one needs a different enough PSI to carbonate correctly for the style. My setup is a dual primary regulator, with a 2-way valved splitter. This gives me two independent pressures to play with (2 on the splitter, and 1 directly off the 2nd tap in the dual-primary regulator). You can of course get individual regulators or quad primary etc, but I've found I always have two styles that have similar PSI that sharing the same PSI off the splitter has been a non-issue. Just make sure you get a splitter with individual valves if you go this route.

Went with the individual regulators for each line and adjusted accordingly. Also decreased some line length and brought the temp up a few degrees. What a difference! Thanks for the help!

 

[cgtweetfreed]

Wow! That's bad@$$!

 

[TheBarkingDog]

Thanks!