Recomendations for a mini keg tap?

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oakerspocus

Recomendations for a mini keg tap?

Post by oakerspocus » Mon Sep 15, 2014 9:51 pm

My Profi tap cheapo tap has bit the dust ....Any recomendations for a replacement that won't be quite so cheap and crap?

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Re: Recomendations for a mini keg tap?

Post by ajclarkson » Mon Sep 15, 2014 10:31 pm

I'm using the Fass Frisch party star deluxe, and it's as solid as the day I bought it (around 3 years ago). Good quality german engineering :D

http://www.fass-frisch.com/english/produktezapf.html
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Fermenting: AG#15 - Dubbel - Oh, Seven?
Conditioning: AG#14 - Pale Ale 3 (Challenger & Mt. Hood)
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Year To Date: 165 pints | Total: 775 pints

My Setup: Electric BIAB with a Dual Purpose Heat Exchange / Cooler

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Re: Recomendations for a mini keg tap?

Post by oakerspocus » Mon Sep 15, 2014 10:34 pm

Thanks...sounds like a winner....

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Re: Recomendations for a mini keg tap?

Post by 6470zzy » Mon Sep 15, 2014 10:38 pm

ajclarkson wrote:I'm using the Fass Frisch party star deluxe, and it's as solid as the day I bought it (around 3 years ago). Good quality german engineering :D

http://www.fass-frisch.com/english/produktezapf.html
Have you ever had any issues with the CO2 leaking from the cartridge?
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Re: Recomendations for a mini keg tap?

Post by ajclarkson » Mon Sep 15, 2014 10:39 pm

6470zzy wrote:
ajclarkson wrote:I'm using the Fass Frisch party star deluxe, and it's as solid as the day I bought it (around 3 years ago). Good quality german engineering :D

http://www.fass-frisch.com/english/produktezapf.html
Have you ever had any issues with the CO2 leaking from the cartridge?
None that I have been aware of. I regularly get 2 / 2 and a bit kegs out of a cartridge
Adam

Fermenting: AG#15 - Dubbel - Oh, Seven?
Conditioning: AG#14 - Pale Ale 3 (Challenger & Mt. Hood)
Drinking: Out! :(
Up Next: Oatmeal Stout, Hefe
Year To Date: 165 pints | Total: 775 pints

My Setup: Electric BIAB with a Dual Purpose Heat Exchange / Cooler

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Re: Recomendations for a mini keg tap?

Post by oakerspocus » Mon Sep 15, 2014 10:44 pm

How did you pay those guys?

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Re: Recomendations for a mini keg tap?

Post by ajclarkson » Mon Sep 15, 2014 10:46 pm

oakerspocus wrote:How did you pay those guys?
Emailed through request for a price and then bank transferred when they sent the invoice back if I remember rightly
Adam

Fermenting: AG#15 - Dubbel - Oh, Seven?
Conditioning: AG#14 - Pale Ale 3 (Challenger & Mt. Hood)
Drinking: Out! :(
Up Next: Oatmeal Stout, Hefe
Year To Date: 165 pints | Total: 775 pints

My Setup: Electric BIAB with a Dual Purpose Heat Exchange / Cooler

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Re: Recomendations for a mini keg tap?

Post by dmdrabble » Tue Sep 16, 2014 9:30 pm

Do any of you dispense Lagers or Cider from the mini kegs or lower carbonated beers? Do you find the gas bulbs keep the fizz in the beer?
Has anyone tried a NO2 creamer cartridge in one if these? I was looking to try one. I've just joined the forum and got my buzz back for the mini kegs.

I managed to pick up a cooler/dispenser from eBay, that accepts both pressured and I pressured kegs. It has a slot for a gas canister. Haven't really experimented with it yet. http://www.chambrer.com/beerdispenser.html Nice bit of kit, but a bit bulky to keep in the house, so the missus says.

I've also got the profi tap, but it seems quite flimsy. I reckon I should have gone for the beer king one.
The German company who make the Fass Frisch party star deluxe tap emailed me to say they would post to the Uk as long as I pay the postage or said to go to Leyland Homebrew, who they deal with in the Uk. Cheaper apparently , postage wise.

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