[huxmann]

I'm about to purchase CO2 dispensing equipment & after reading some of the posts in here, I'm getting a little gun-shy. I've had a keg of Hacker-Pschorr Oktoberfest before & used the ol' party pump -- it worked fine, but as expected the beer went flat quickly. I'm having a party in early oct & hope to keep the keg for a few weeks afterwards to finish it off, but I want to make sure I won't wreck $150 worth of beer by not getting pressure/hose diameter/length right. Compounding the problem (but just a little bit) is the fact that I want to put a splitter on the CO2 tank & run root beer at the same time. Long story short, anyone tried H-P Oktoberfest at home? Had any problems? Should I buy extra length of hose just in case? Any advice anyone has would be great -- I'd like to buy in the next day or two, but that $1 tap rental from the liquor store is kinda starting to look good...