Please sanity check my order and suggest beerline size

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Permalink Reply by Crusader-Rob on October 29, 2014 at 12:26pm

not sure on the exact number but its somewhere around 5-6-7mm?? Someone else might have a more accurate number?

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Permalink Reply by Peter Smith on October 29, 2014 at 3:08pm

dont trust the little picnic tap things they are crap and break easy,  rest of the kit is good.   I would personally get 1 or 2 good taps to move across the four kegs..   

these are nice

http://www.brewshop.co.nz/brewing-equipment/kegging/flow-restrictor...

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Permalink Reply by Patrick on October 29, 2014 at 3:18pm

What do you recommend as an alternative? I don't want to cut holes in the fridge at this stage.

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Permalink Reply by Peter Smith on October 29, 2014 at 3:34pm

You could mount on a board in the fridge ?  seen this done to keep taps cold...  I have a tap (not the one listed above) that I sit on a keg and just manually use as I move it around, just that all my picnic ones have broken

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Permalink Reply by Patrick on October 29, 2014 at 3:38pm

OK cool, I'll give it some thought. Main issue is I have a curious 3yo and a shiny tap on the outside of the fridge would almost certainly result in wasted beer all over the floor.

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Permalink Reply by jt on October 29, 2014 at 4:26pm

I was worried about that too.
But the taps were too high for them at that age, plus thre drip tray would have been in their way.
And sometimes kids will do as they're told

Get the taps

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Permalink Reply by Ray on October 29, 2014 at 9:35pm

+1 for picnic taps crapping out easily, nasty things if you are using them constantly.
I have 3 chrome taps similar to what Peter recommended never had any problems, as for the 4 way controller, first off jealous it looks awesome but I am constantly finding it would be nice to have a dual regulator to set kegs at different co2 levels ie My porter/stouts are constantly over carbed and my lagers / wheats are constantly under carbed.
But this maybe down to my processes.

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Permalink Reply by Samuel Loader on October 30, 2014 at 8:22am

you probably shouldnt have the taps hooked up at all times anyway unless your drinking multiple times every day(beer line beer can get a bit nasty). I use my taps then when im done I run sanitiser through them then unhook them from the kegs 

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Permalink Reply by Doug Phillips on October 29, 2014 at 9:24pm

Have a look at the keg connectors for 8mm pneumatic tube on Craftbrewer in Brisbane. These are standard pneumatic connectors with push-in pull-out function.  I use polyurethane with these and it is great - a little more costly but you can disconnect everything and clean/dry it out easily.  8mm poly will fit a wide range of spear fittings too after you dip the end in boiling water.  Use the same tube for gas as well.

I think the Brewshop.co.nz has these in stock.

Spear fittings are OK but beer or cleaning fluid can get trapped behind the valve on the connector and the valve on the tap. stays there and can only be refreshed unless you flush with air or gas and then not completely.  Craftbrewer stocks a keg post that I have fitted to a $15 weed spray bottle to flush my lines - with water or star-san to start and then with the pressured air to flush.  Still its better to disassemble the lines and let them dry out - bugs need moisture.

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Permalink Reply by Peter Smith on October 29, 2014 at 10:19pm

John Guest fittings...  Brewerscoop have these. I use them and agree they are better then barb and clamp... never had a gas or beer leak

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Permalink Reply by Doug Phillips on November 9, 2014 at 9:32pm

The picnic taps have their uses.  They are good if you don't want to be cleaning out the line/tap every time you draw a beer.  Beer at ambient - i.e. outside the frig will grow some mould - at least in the tap outlet.  If you leave the hose curled up with the pincic tap on top of your keg - in the frig you shoud not get any mold forming.  I have just finished a keg kept like this for 5 months and every glass was spot on (It was a mild with low alcohol too).  If you install any taps inside the frig this will work.  I have a counter-pressure bottler installed on a backboard on the inside frig door and it, and its hoses, can stay clear of mould for months as well.  Brilliant piece of kit.

I am a slow drinker - many of us are in excess of personal consumption brewing and need some help.

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