Installing beer tap

[bcampo]

I am intersted in the best way to install a tap in my new kitchen. It will be a single keg system utilizing a kegerator refrigeration unit located in the basement that will be modified with a remote faucet. The install will require approx. 15 feet of hose from the refrigerator to the faucet. I also plan on installing a drain system.

If you could recommend the best approach and what equipment I need to purchase that would be great.

Regards,

Bob

[draught guy]

how do you plan to insulate the beer line? the beer will get warm in the line even if you did an air shaft with a blower 15'is a long distance to keep beer 38-40 degrees good luck

[mctripj]

how will you have the faucet mounted? if it is in a fridge unit, you could have the line run through pvc and install a blower in the freezer to pipe the cold air into the pvc and out into the kegerator or vent it near the end of the run.


-jomo

[diet069]

I agree with daught guy. 15 feet seems like a long way. You're definitely going to need some way to keep the beer cool as it runs from the keg to the faucet. MCTRIPJ's idea of an insulated PVC pipe with a blower might work.

Good luck.

[Scott Zuhse]

Be careful attempting to refrigerate additional cubic feet via conduit. The refrigerator may not be capable of removing heat from the this space.

If the refrigerator is capable, a recommendation would be to route the line through a one inch flex tube (placed inside an insulated two inch conduit) all the way to the back of the faucet and then return this air back to the refrigerator via the two inch conduit. Use 15 or 60 cfm blower to move the air. Seal entry point of beerline into flex tube past blower.

Scott Zuhse, Instructor Micro Matic Dispense Institute