Beer line

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turbo 2011

Beer line

Post by turbo 2011 » Mon Jul 14, 2014 10:10 pm

What size beer line do you all recommend 5/16 ,3/16,3/8 also what length of line any ideas what do you all use .
At the mo I just have a party tap ,the line I will use only has to be short as tap will be fixed to external of fridge but if it needs to be longer I can just curl it up inside fridge .

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Re: Beer line

Post by joe1002 » Mon Jul 14, 2014 10:33 pm

What temp and carbonation will you be serving at?

turbo 2011

Re: Beer line

Post by turbo 2011 » Tue Jul 15, 2014 6:52 am

7 c mate I like all my beers cold even in the winter also the tap has a 5/16 fitting so will need to insert a 5/16 line and adjust off that.

Cazamodo

Re: Beer line

Post by Cazamodo » Tue Jul 15, 2014 11:04 am

I use 3/8 because thats the size my couplers all have. But like you mu taps are different, so I have a reducer direct in the tap and then 3/8 line for everything.

There are alot of calculations with temp, beer line length and size, and such to get beer to pour properly BUT

Mine comes through a chiller and then a stout tap with a flow control in line. I just adjust the flow control and/or creamer size till it pours well.

turbo 2011

Re: Beer line

Post by turbo 2011 » Tue Jul 15, 2014 11:33 am

Flow control I like the sound of that . Where does the flow control go in the 3/8 line the main beer line out of corny or 5/16 line just before tap #-o

Cazamodo

Re: Beer line

Post by Cazamodo » Wed Jul 16, 2014 9:15 am

turbo 2011 wrote:Flow control I like the sound of that . Where does the flow control go in the 3/8 line the main beer line out of corny or 5/16 line just before tap #-o

I use these in line after the chiller. As close to the tap serving as I can.

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I have a reducer that foes down to the line size my tap uses, and literally push that into my tap fitting. so its all 3/8 right up to that.

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