Keg / Tap Dispensing Update

People who don’t have enough to do and have wasted their time reading previous posts know that Mark had expressed an interest in keg dispensing at his home. He is now experiencing the joy of having a keg dispensing system in his own home! Hopefully he hasn’t broken anything yet. I have not heard from him at all over this Thanksgiving weekend so I’ll take no news as good news.

His inaugural beer was / is the Belgian Quad from the previous post. The Quad is normally a six week brew (I think a little age on it helps) but this one traveled the fast lane and went to keg in four. Quality may have suffered a bit due to haste but some people are impatient and expect miracles. I just smile a lot and think things.

Anyway, I asked Mark to remind me to keg his beer the week before Thanksgiving week. He proceeded to remind me shortly after I asked him. That is Mark. I didn’t specify the implied time delay between my request and him following through. My bad.

He did eventually meet expectations – as he usually does. However, his reminder was something to the effect of me transferring the beer into a canister. A canister? Mustard gas and tear gas are in canisters. Mark, my friend, beer is put into kegs – not canisters. So much to be learned.

Mark did make the necessary accommodations to his precious beer fridge. He only lost half of his shelf space because the unit has half shelves in it. He cleared out the left side for the keg and CO2 tank with regulator. What worked out well is that there was a little “shelf” in the bottom back of his unit which accommodated the CO2 tank just fine. All said, I think it is working out well for him.

I’m sure I’ll get an update soon on his mostly borrowed draft system. He will probably ask me how long a 5 gallon keg is supposed to last or something along those lines. Answer: until it is empty. I had the extra equipment sitting around so it is good to see it being used.

I think there are a couple items in here for the FAQ page.