English hand pulled ale system

[hotpot]

I spotted this English hand pump on ebay, item number 200182748277. Would it be as easy to hook to a CO2 Corny system as it suggests?

Thanks in advance for any help...

[psychodad]

You want to put a snow plow on your kegerator? How cold do you have that thing?

CRAFTSMAN 48" Snow grading PLOW for lawn mower tractor - (eBay item 200182748277 end time Dec-16-07 14:00:16 PST)

[hotpot]

Ok. Not the best copy and paste I've ever done.

THIS IS THE EBAY NUMBER - 200184666208

[Drafter]

Psychodad, Doesnt everyone?.....hahahaha he must be from the midwest were all the snow storms are hittin. He should be careful though. After a couple beers he could plow into one of the neighbors cars.

[psychodad]

I don't know how readily one of those could be adapted to a corny. Can you e-mail the seller to see what his plans were?

I did google this up so it can be done apparently: BrewTherapy » Blog Archive » Beer Engine Draws First Pint!

More google results: +"beer engine" +"corny keg" - Google Search

[pdxbrit]

Hi Folks,

Psychodad's comment on my brewing blog brought me here. Its very easy to serve beer from a corny key using a beer engine. There are two ways of going about it depending on how quickly you'll drink the beer.

If its going to drank in a single day, which was the case at my wedding reception, all you need to do is attach it directly to the "out" ball valve on the keg, release the pressure on the keg and pump away.

However, if its supposed to last you for more than day, then you'll want to use a cask breather to replace the volume of beer removed with each pump with co2. If you don't then the space will be filled with oxygen and the beer will spoil very quickly.

Tracking down a cask breather over here is a little tricky, I found a few places that wanted between $50-100 for what is essentially a very trivial device. In ended up contacting a store back home in England that sold a very basic cask breather for just a couple of dollars, plus a few dollars shipping to the US. Beers Unlimited drop the owner an email, I'm sure he can still get them.



(hmmm my image attachment isn't working too well. Clicking on the above link should take you to the image though)

In the photo attached the black nozzle on the right attaches to your co2 regulator, and the clear nozzle at the bottom would traditionally go into a bung on the keg to provide the co2 coverage. I basically attached it to another line and ball lock valve and hooked it up to the "in" valve on the keg.

Make sure you don't have any more than 1 or 2 psi on the regulator, or you'll find that your beer is being pushed through the pump. Believe me, I know first hand how upsetting it is to find five gallons of beer all over the floor when you come home from work. :-(

I also naturally carbonated the beer I serve on the beer engine, and I have to say I prefer my 'cask' conditioned beer engined IPA than the same recipe force carbonated and served on draft.

Cheers, Mark.

[psychodad]

Mark,

Thanks for the write up. I was interested in this myself.