Q's on New Setup

[islandguy]

Greetings Gents,

in the process of setting up a Pub, or maybe I should say, re-set up. Property was previously a Pub, but buddy sold off the draught gear already.

What I have is this:

1. walk in is directly below the bar, 13 ft. from bottom of kegs to faucets on custom Irish box, heavily insulated.

2. top of walk-in to faucets is 5 ft.

3. going 2 shaft air due to length, 265cfm. Straight down from box to blower.

4. 8 products on tap, 4 domestic, 4 micro-brewed, Guinness and Boddington's

5. with the rise, is a blender better than straight CO2, or would CO2 be OK for the domestics (MBs are also domestic) and 75/25 mix for the black stuff and Bods?

Any help would be appreciated.

Cheers
Steve

[TAPMAN]

Straight CO2 would be OK, provided you had the proper restriction built into your system. 75/25 for Guinness/Boddintons. Correct. 8 products? 4 dom.,4 mb.+ Guinness and Boddingtons = 10? Tapman

[islandguy]

Tapman,

cheers for the reply. I'm a Canuck-istanian here, so unfortunately, I'm limited to what I can offer. Prince Edward Island to be exact. You would think Prohibition was still in effect for selections here. Personally I'd prefer Murphy's over Guinness(bein' a Cork boy). I may very well trade Guinness to Gahan's Stout.

- 8 total on tap: Keith's IPA, Moose Light, Sleeman's Honey Borwn, Rickard's Red are the "domestic"; Gahan House Cream Ale and Island Red the "domestic" MBs with Guinness and Bod's as Imports. I'm seriously thinking of dumping the Moose Light , see above Gahan's Stout.

I doubt the actual serve of the normal 4 doms would be much different(crap, I've tasted 'em), so a 4 line distributor might suffice without seperate sec regs.
I'm a big believer in cask ales, but there is no friggin' way I can get them. I'd love some of Gahan's or Granite's stuff cask conditiond, but I'll have to beat the snot out of some bureaucrats first, before I can even consider that option.

Your math is worse than mine, 4 dom+2dom(mb)+2 imports= 8.

Any typos are Guinness Exrta induced.

[mctripj]

Originally Posted by islandguy

4. 8 products on tap, 4 domestic, 4 micro-brewed, Guinness and Boddington's

lol, i have to agree with tapman's addition per your first post. 4+4+guinness and bods = 10!

anyway, i concur with tapman as well for the co2 being ok as long as your restriction is proper.

[islandguy]

DOH! Guess I'd better stay away from that Extra Stout in the future, screwed up more than my spelling.

Gents, I stand corrected. And thanks for the replies.

[mctripj]

lol, its all good islandguy! welcome to the forum!

[Scott Zuhse]

Why mess with the aggravation of CO2. Install a McDantim dual gas blender and balance system to 22PSIG? Push ale / lagers with the 60% CO2 / 40% N and the nitro beers with the 25% CO2 / 75% N. Also, be certain to return that air back to the keg cooler. Do not use 3/8" ID vinyl for your trunk line.

You probably require about 20 feet of line between the keg and shank. Use two feet of 3/16" attached to 18 feet of 5/16" trunk line to the keg. These two lines will carry about 10 oz. of beer.