why or what is a Stout tapper?

[maltbarleyhops]

i just filled my first keg, a nice IPA. but i drink a lot of stouts and porters. i have been seeing the term "stout tapper" whats the difference and do i need this if im going to keg stouts?

 

[CDbrews]

I assume you just mean a stout faucet and no it is not needed

 

[maltbarleyhops]

i mean, do i need the nitrogen and special faucet? i figure ill co2 it and tap. call it a day. if id be doing anything wrong please inform me

 

[malkore]

No, that works just fine. It won't give you a Guinness pour that cascades in the glass...that's what a stout faucet does.'

but its fine. you'd still carb a stout with CO2 even if you were going to pour it through a stout faucet.

 

[IrregularPulse]

+1 to everyone.
The stout faucet use in combination with 'beer gas' gives you the "Guinness type pour". There is a restrictor plate in stout faucets that can be removed and the faucet can be used like a normal CO2 faucet as well.

 

[david_42]

They're like beer engines for real ales, you don't need them; but if you've got lots of extra cash lying around ...

 

[mordantly]

i've thought of making a piece of nylon or teflon or 304/316 plug in one of my perlick spouts with holes in it to kinda do the same thing less the n2.

 

[bendavanza]

I've wondered about making a restrictor plate setup that threads onto a perlick 4xx series faucet. If you want the creamy head, cascading bubbles and somewhat flat beer like a guinness/murphy's/boddintons etc you do need a blended gas at higher pressure and a stout faucet. It's nice to have if you're into those kinds of beers, I just got a second faucet so I can have 2 of the 6 taps be set up that way.
You can kind of fake it with a "creamer" faucet, but it's not quite the same.
Plenty of stouts are served without fancy faucets, though.