Hmm.. I don't like that they'll get brittle, makes me wonder if I'm drinking plastic.
They do work well. However, there definitely is some interaction between the beer and the plastic, as over months/years they become quite brittle.
Fortunately I have a friend in the metalworking industry who made me essentially the same thing, but made of 316 stainless. They work awesome and will last forever.
Unfortunately, it's not economically viable to manufacture and sell them. They'd have to retail for around $14.
Michael
Give me a break. The mixer pieces are dirt cheap: "over months/years" - ???They do work well. However, there definitely is some interaction between the beer and the plastic, as over months/years they become quite brittle.
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This might help your "short hose troubles". MAXODERM
Give me a break. The mixer pieces are dirt cheap: "over months/years" - ???
How about replacing them after a keg batch or three?
Months???
Years???
How often do you replace your beer lines? Years?
Give me a break. The mixer pieces are dirt cheap: "over months/years" - ???
How about replacing them after a keg batch or three?
Months???
Years???
How often do you replace your beer lines? Years?
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Fortunately I have a friend in the metalworking industry who made me essentially the same thing, but made of 316 stainless. They work awesome and will last forever.
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Michael
Seems like it would be easier/cheaper to simply put a flat flange on some 1/8" ID stainless tubing as a replacement for the dip tube instead of milling an epoxy mixer out of stainless.
Heck, it shouldn't be too hard just to figure out what diameter straight stainless rod you could drop down the dip tube to give the equivalent resistance.
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I am not sure how the "1/8" tubing with a flat flange" ... would work exactly...
Michael
Basically what I am suggesting is to replace the 1/4" dip tube with a 1/8" dip tube. Since there is no such thing as a 1/8" dip tube you would have to fabricate one by taking 1/8" tubing and weld/solder a flat piece with a 1/8" hole in it to the top of the tube like the flange on a normal 1/4" dip tube. The narrower tubing would provide more resistance.
They do work well. However, there definitely is some interaction between the beer and the plastic, as over months/years they become quite brittle.
Fortunately I have a friend in the metalworking industry who made me essentially the same thing, but made of 316 stainless. They work awesome and will last forever.
Unfortunately, it's not economically viable to manufacture and sell them. They'd have to retail for around $14.
Michael
Why not just put the 1/8 tube inside the 1/4? I like to over complicate things. But what is the diameter of the 1/8"? Is that I.D. or O.D.?
1/8" ID, somewhere either earlier in this thread or somewhere else somebody suggested putting 1/8" ID plastic hose inside a dip tube, which seemed to work IIRC. Just putting 1/8 stainless, which would have thinner walls would not cause much restriction because beer would flow around the outside as well as the inside. If I did the math right a solid stainless rod about .1" or .11" insert in the tube would be about the same restriction....
((((.125 ** 2) * pi) - (((.125 / 2) ** 2) * pi)) / pi) ** .5 = 0.108253175
a 1/8" four foot long stainless rod is $3.36 at the first place I checked.
At any rate, my system works with 8' of beer line so I have no need for any of these solutions, I'll leave it for others to test If I ever set up a portable system I may try this to see what happens.
I've been using some of these mixing sticks for a while now. And although they definitley slow down the pour it seems to me that they may be knocking out the gas from the beer as it flows over the mixers. I just find the beer doesn't have much carbonation after I pour. Yes, I don't get a glass of all foam, but now I hardly get a head at all. Does anyone else see this happening?
Brewed Hefeweizen.
Filled a cup to clear line then got out a frosted glass. Used 2 full length mixer sticks and got 3/4 cup of foam w/ 24 psi @ ~34F and 5' hose shooting for 4 vol co2. Any suggestions?
Brewed Hefeweizen.
Filled a cup to clear line then got out a frosted glass. Used 2 full length mixer sticks and got 3/4 cup of foam w/ 24 psi @ ~34F and 5' hose shooting for 4 vol co2. Any suggestions?
what size tubing?
1/2" od
What does that translate into for inside diameter?
Unless you're sending beer like 20 feet from the keg, 3/16" ID is the appropriate tubing...
Cheers!
Pretty sure it is 1/4 " ID, sounds like I may need to change the line if 3/16 is ideal. Its only going up and out the kegerator tower.
3/16" will add more restriction to the line, meaning you'll get less foam. It wont be perfect though. At 4 volumes, my kegerator will pour about 3/4 glass beer with 2 and a half mix sticks.
Changed the 1/4" ID to 5' of 3/16 ID line with 4 mixer sticks. 95% foam at ~34F and 20 psi. Any ideas?
Bk2X said:i did 4 glasses back to back
i did 4 glasses back to back
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