Keezer build with Beer Engine

[Fil]

Personal taste and preference rules
As Orlando said try the pour and taste effect with it on and off, and go for whatever works for you..

[homebrewdude76]

This one does not seem normal/typical to me.

There was a hard plastic piece, hard rubber washer and a nut.
There is not much room in the tower for the beer lines.

I have the hard plastic adapter and rubber washer on the outside to gain some space for the beer line.
Am I missing something?

[Fil]

Bummer.. looks like a nice tap too..

You may be able to buy a shorter shank, im pretty sure thats the term used 'Shank'. If available anywhere it will be in the US if not try adding a spacer to the outside? an inch of polished brass tube would look fitting..

You could if brave chop an inch off the shank, and rely in a healthy wrap of ptfe round the thread to create the seal rather than an end sealing washer if your cut wasnt square on, SS will probably need an angle grinder or similar with a suitable disk..

[homebrewdude76]

I think it fits how I have it.

Issue is the plastic and rubber washers? Is there a correct assembly?

[joe1002]

The plastic shroud goes on the outside, everything else on the inside.

They are made to go on a flat surface, have you tried it without the plastic shroud?

[orlando]

The plastic shroud goes on the outside, everything else on the inside.

They are made to go on a flat surface, have you tried it without the plastic shroud?

Correct.

To give yourself a little more room for your beer lines and have a little more flexibility, try using a JG fitting on the shank rather than the barb fitting, an elbow might be better as it will allow you to push fit the line in from the top.

[homebrewdude76]

Just an update.

I have been working on my brewing setup, so I have not started brewing again yet.
But I did brew a hoppy brown ale with a friend.
I did force carb it and have it on the engine now.
I have a proapane regulator to add CO2.

I prefer no sparkler.
But now I have a bare stainless thread on the beer spout.
Any options to cap this and make it look nice?

I think I need to look at options to run the cooling jacket also.

[MTW]

Nice work - amazing stuff!

[homebrewdude76]

Well the brown ale keg is now gone.
I ran some sanitizer through the engine and now it is sitting.

I got my brewing setup running (I will post some photos soon)

First beer was a hefeweizen for the wife, so not beer engine beer.

So I guess I will start a new post on an authentic English Bitter Recipe to brew

[orlando]

But now I have a bare stainless thread on the beer spout.
Any options to cap this and make it look nice?

In a pub the punter would be on the other side of the bar and wouldn't really see it, so the swan neck and fittings are purely functional rather than decorative. Always looks good to me, particularly as someone who remembers (pubs of the 70's) when these things of beauty and function were as rare as Rocking Horse doo doo.

[comicbrew]

Loving this thread, guys....... I'd love to get hold of a Scottish pressure system - running of the water pressure in the gents! Lovely fonts too.

[comicbrew]

Just an update.

I have been working on my brewing setup, so I have not started brewing again yet.
But I did brew a hoppy brown ale with a friend.
I did force carb it and have it on the engine now.
I have a proapane regulator to add CO2.

I prefer no sparkler.
But now I have a bare stainless thread on the beer spout.
Any options to cap this and make it look nice?

I think I need to look at options to run the cooling jacket also.

Hi

I think the bare screw threaded end is meant for a sparkler, but I think you can buy the black plastic ones, which don't sparkle too much. I prefer a head, being of the Northern persuasion........Sparklers are adjustable, though.

[homebrewdude76]

I noticed this today. Not sure it has always been this way, or something has change.

When I return the handle it is sucking beer back from the glass, almost as much as I put in the glass.
So I have to lower the glass and allow the engine to suck air before I can pull and fill the glass again.

The engine came with a backflow valve. I have it installed near the engine.

I did have a keg with some hops that escaped from the bag.

Could I have a bad valve? Can these be cleaned and checked? Or is this normal to have beer suck back in?

[homebrewdude76]

I tried to take it off today, and managed to crack the valve..
So no matter what, the valve is bad.

So now I need a new valve.
And since I need to order from the UK, I want to get various sparklers/end caps for the spigot.
And I am using a propane regulator to vent the keg. Does the "offical" one work better?