Beer Fonts, Who Has What?

[Tony]

Well i sent GMK an email about a beer font.

I have planes to ditch the single keg in the fridge and get a chest freezer with a 3 tap font on top and 3 kegs inside. (50 liter ones, thats why only 3)

Will have a temp controller to set the freezer temp and seperate regs on each keg. Thats the plan anyway.

after looking at his price list i have learnt something new. They come in flooded and unflooded models

I was thinking an unflooded unit would be much easier to run but a flooded model would only require a small tank of glycol solution in a tub in the freezer with a fountain pump circulating it.

Flooded pros: cold beer to the tap, cool looking frosted font.
Flooded cons: more things to go wrong, font would sweat in humid waether all over the top of the freezer.
Un-flooded pros: less maintenance and no pumps to blow up, no coolant tanks in the freezer
Un flooded cons: peer may warn up in the font and the first bit would warn up the beer.

these are the pros and cons i came up with and i like the idea of the flooded unit (being a gadget freak) but the prospect of sweat running all over the keg ia a turn off.

What experience do all u keggers out there in AHB land have with the 2 different styles.

I want to hear all the goods and the bads on the subject.

cheers people.

 

[GMK]

i have a 6 tap flooded font.

If u are running lines out of a fridge/converted freezer a distance - then u are better with flooded.
If the font is on top of a freezer next to the fridge - then non flooded is the go.

Hope this helps.

 

[Doc]

I've got a four tap flooded font.
I pump a saline solution through the font from a 2 litre container in the fridge using a pond pump. It works well.

You mention going for a three tap font. I think the more important issue over being flooded or not is how many taps. I started with a fridge with two taps. Then three. Now a freezer with four (and I need six).
So if you think you need three, you actually need six. Go for a bigger font and get the biggest chest freezer you can fit in the space you have set aside for it.

Beers,
Doc

 

[big d]

personally i would go the flooded font as i have done.reason being is that until im ready ie fully set up and sorted i can run it as an unflooded font and when ready i can flood it.
cant do this if you go unflooded.

cheers
big d

 

[Ross]

personally i would go the flooded font as i have done.reason being is that until im ready ie fully set up and sorted i can run it as an unflooded font and when ready i can flood it.
cant do this if you go unflooded.

cheers
big d

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Any pics yet BigD?

 

[big d]

no not yet ross.ive already posted a pic of the font but i havent set it up as yet because im unsure if i could be bothered building up a bar only to strip it down later this year for my move south.ive a few ideas in my noggin about making a mobile bar so will see what eventuates.at this stage im just happy plodding along with the trusty two tap fridge.

cheers
big d

 

[Tony]

does the flooded font sweat on humid days?

GMK, I was planning on mounting it on top of the freezer. I will need a 3 or 400 liter one i recon.

Big D. very true, good point.

And doc that is so true.

I was just thinking "if i get a freezer to fit 3x 50 liter kegs i wonder if i could squeeze a couple of soda kegs in there

i have someone on the lookout for keg couplers and fittings for me so i just have to organise the font and taps.

If i was going down the "soda keg" road i would look at 6 taps but i dont have much time to brew so i brew 50 liter batches and use comercial 50 liter kegs .

Im sick of bottles, ill sell them or recycle them.

Will keep some for barley wine, imerial IPA and Wee heevy that wont go well in a keg.. They can live under the house whhere its dark and cool and i will forget they are there for a few years and they will be great

cheers

 

[Ross]

does the flooded font sweat on humid days?

Im sick of bottles, ill sell them or recycle them.

Will keep some for barley wine, imerial IPA and Wee heevy that wont go well in a keg.. They can live under the house whhere its dark and cool and i will forget they are there for a few years and they will be great

cheers

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Tony, i've set my font up so it is sweating - I love watching the condensation drip from the font...

++++

you don't need bottles for those beers, just prime a keg & leave it under the house - then in a few years, bring out & put on tap... :chug: just make sure you give me n otice though, for a visit

cheers Ross

cheers Ross

 

[Tony]

mmm 50 liters of keged, 12 month old naturally carbonated 1.100 100IBU imperial IPA would be fairly flash on tap hey.

might take a bit to get through.

thats like 115 schooners of 10% beer

Oh my kidneys are aching just thinking about it.

I will have to ring u up mate.

cheers

 

[bindi]

I have a Taipan 3 tap flooded font with a HQB 2500 pump the pump is not conected yet, but is coming togeather