Beer pics

[Langchop Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Langchop]

A stout faucet has a restrictor plate, which restricts/reduces flow and agitates the beer. This has an influence on the head/foam of the beer when poured. The restrictor plate can be removed to be used as a normal faucet but irrespective, I wouldn't only have stout on tap so would require larger kegerator and an extra nitro setup with tank, regulator etc. if I were to serve stout the proper way.

Have brewed a couple of dry irish stouts which were carbonated as per usual in the bottle. Still nice, but not the same.

Im coming from a perspective of absolute ignorance wrt taps and dispensing etc... but is there any reason you couldnt just have a valve just before the tap so you could 'choke' the flow and adjust it to just the right amount of head/ foam that you like?

[CapeTownBrew Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close CapeTownBrew]

Im coming from a perspective of absolute ignorance wrt taps and dispensing etc... but is there any reason you couldnt just have a valve just before the tap so you could 'choke' the flow and adjust it to just the right amount of head/ foam that you like?

Looks like this...


The Nitrogen also has a big impact.

[Langchop Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Langchop]

Or connect a shower head to your tap?!

I see your point... that really is quite a significant constriction.

[The Flying Brew Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close The Flying Brew]

Im coming from a perspective of absolute ignorance wrt taps and dispensing etc... but is there any reason you couldnt just have a valve just before the tap so you could 'choke' the flow and adjust it to just the right amount of head/ foam that you like?

There's almost always a way to McGuyver something in the homebrew world. Will you get the exact same results..? most likely not. See below:

https://byo.com/article/nitrogen-draft-tap-projects/

[Toxxyc Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Toxxyc]

Prelim tasting of one of the few bottles that didn't clear up properly in the last week and a half. Poured on Saturday:



Beer tastes very good and is a lot hoppier than I expected, but it's the way it should be. Really does remind me of Heineken, maybe something between Heineken and Grolsch. Still very green though, and needs to sit a bit more. Most of the other bottles have cleared up a lot better, and I think this one clouded up because I turned it upside down a few times the day before sticking it in the fridge.

Can't wait for these to be ready - they're GREAT!

[Toxxyc Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Toxxyc]

Still a bit green, but we're definitely getting there!

[billionairebum Member Find all posts View Profile Close billionairebum]

Still a bit green, but we're definitely getting there!

That is some clear beer man. Well done!

[JIGSAW Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close JIGSAW]

Looks Good

[groenspookasem Banned Find all posts View Profile Close groenspookasem]

My first brew pic, 5kg grainbill (pale, pils, amber, Centennial hops), no finings, 6 day fermentation, 2 day cold crash, 5 days on 30 psi in the keg.
1.053 OG, 1.0.11 FG 5.5ABV.
Not super clear but tasty! Fiddling with the flow control on the tap gave a tall head,dispensed at 11psi.


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[Langchop Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Langchop]

Great beer colour

[JIGSAW Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close JIGSAW]

Looks Good, but 5 days at 30psi sounds a little 'rof'

I usually only do 24-36Hrs @ 30PSI .... Then down to ± 8psi and enjoy.

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Cheers gents, I bumped it up to 30 psi anders removed the gasline, checked them next day as 8t dropped out, bumper it back to 30 psi as so on. Will do a lesson rof one next, perhaps a little keg roll too

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[Harhm Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Harhm]

IPA that I bottled 10 days ago. Its the 1st tester of my zero kettle/boiled hopped beers. 47 IBU predicted by Beersmith3. Its difficult to estimate the IBU's but its definitely bitter and hoppy enough to be a IPA.

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[JIGSAW Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close JIGSAW]

Looks Good!

Cant remember if you did mention, but as what did you add the hops in Beersmith ? ... as a whirlpool/steep addition ?

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Looks Good!

Cant remember if you did mention, but as what did you add the hops in Beersmith ? ... as a whirlpool/steep addition ?

Yes the BS input was a whirlpool/steep addition 90C for 30 min. I did it No-chill all hops in the cube