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So I finally have started brewing consistently and I have figure out the gas issues (was getting compressed air instead of CO2) and now I need to actually pour a nice pint of beer.
My taps are right in the door of the keggerator, so about 1ft above the 3gal kegs inside.
I like my beer on the warm side, because of the styles I make, so sitting at 40F.
Looking at the charts, 10-12PSI gets me in the sweet zone for most beers at that temp.
From what I can tell, these are the numbers I have come up with:
4psi for shank/faucet (from BYO website)
.5psi for the one foot rise
.85psi/ft for 1/4" line (this is what my HBS has)
I take the 4psi from the 10psi and get 6psi.
6psi - .5 for one foot rise and I get 5.5psi remaining to account for....
...5.5/.85 = ~6.5ft of line.
Right now I am just under 5ft and I pour about half and half. My picnic line on a third keg is really just foam.
Does it pass the sanity test that I would need close to 7ft of line to serve 40F beer at 10-12psi for 2.3-2.4 volumes? I would assume I could just zip tie it into a coil inside the keggerator to keep it neat?
My taps are right in the door of the keggerator, so about 1ft above the 3gal kegs inside.
I like my beer on the warm side, because of the styles I make, so sitting at 40F.
Looking at the charts, 10-12PSI gets me in the sweet zone for most beers at that temp.
From what I can tell, these are the numbers I have come up with:
4psi for shank/faucet (from BYO website)
.5psi for the one foot rise
.85psi/ft for 1/4" line (this is what my HBS has)
I take the 4psi from the 10psi and get 6psi.
6psi - .5 for one foot rise and I get 5.5psi remaining to account for....
...5.5/.85 = ~6.5ft of line.
Right now I am just under 5ft and I pour about half and half. My picnic line on a third keg is really just foam.
Does it pass the sanity test that I would need close to 7ft of line to serve 40F beer at 10-12psi for 2.3-2.4 volumes? I would assume I could just zip tie it into a coil inside the keggerator to keep it neat?