Beer Line Flow Restrictors

[sinkas]

Hi all,
Where can I buy, preferably adjustable, john guest or barbed in line flow restrictors?
I think they are the answer to my crappy one keg party set up, but cant find them advertised anywhere??

 

[randyrob]

Hi all,
Where can I buy, preferably adjustable, john guest or barbed in line flow restrictors?
I think they are the answer to my crappy one keg party set up, but cant find them advertised anywhere??

Hey Mate,

i know beertech has em in balcatta.

sick party the other night mate :super:

Rob.

http://www.beertech.com.au/

 

[kook]

I was there today, and they're $33ea. Pretty cool store, loads of bar gadgets, though the prices are a little steep for some items.

 

[ant]

30+ bucks might be a bit steep, but you only need them once and they are killer for getting rid of extra metres of line and for tweaking carb levels. Highly recommend them.

 

[Batz]

I have 3 brand new ones,the ones with the knob adjustment not the screwdriver slot,also the reducers you will need to fit standard beer line.

3 restrictors and 6 reducers never used $80.00


Batz

 

[sinkas]

Kook,
Are the beer tech ones, the ones with John Guest fittings, ready to go?

Cheers

Case

 

[Gulf Brewery]

I have 3 brand new ones,the ones with the knob adjustment not the screwdriver slot,also the reducers you will need to fit standard beer line.

3 restrictors and 6 reducers never used $80.00
Batz

PM sent

Cheers
Pedro

 

[Hillbilly]

I've also got 2 up for sale $50.00 and there yours.

Hillbilly.

 

[kook]

Kook,
Are the beer tech ones, the ones with John Guest fittings, ready to go?

Cheers

Case

Yep, they've got the push fittings, though they also had suitable barbs in stock.

I was going to pick them up, but decided I'd just stick with some long lines for the moment due to the cost.

 

[pokolbinguy]

Hillbilly and Batz... you wouldnt happen to still have those restrictors would you... I know its been awhile..

If not where can the be sourced from... for a decent price.


Also so this thread: http://www.aussiehomebrewer.com/forum/inde...c=15739&hl=

 

[therook]

pokolbinguy,

I think from memory they are in the 30 - 40 dollor range, i rang a place in W.A i think about 2 months ago.

There are quite a few thread on this on the forum.

rook

 

[pokolbinguy]

Whoa pricey

 

[Guest Lurker]

Not only pricey, but without wanting to start an argument peformance seems variable. Some people on here reckon they work fine. For a highly carbed beer, I could never get mine to work without foaming regardless of how I configured them, and I think Ross had a similar experience.

 

[pokolbinguy]

Damn... I was hoping this could be the end to my beer line woes

 

[eric8]

Pok, if still want one I have one you can buy. Pm me.
Eric

 

[Ross]

Not only pricey, but without wanting to start an argument peformance seems variable. Some people on here reckon they work fine. For a highly carbed beer, I could never get mine to work without foaming regardless of how I configured them, and I think Ross had a similar experience.

I agree GL - I found them next to useless, but many have found them great. Maybe I was expecting a little too much from them.
I'm going to put some on my site shortly, simply because I keep getting asked for them.

Edit: My wholesaler wants nearly $60 wholesale!!!! So I retract the above until I find a workable price

cheers Ross

 

[pokolbinguy]

I agree GL - I found them next to useless, but many have found them great. Maybe I was expecting a little too much from them.
I'm going to put some on my site shortly, simply because I keep getting asked for them.

cheers Ross

When you say "next to useless", what results did you get.

basically I want to replace my long beer lines with shorter lines to neaten everything up and was hoping the restrictors would allow this. Am I on the right track or am I dreaming??

Pok

 

[Ross]

When you say "next to useless", what results did you get.

basically I want to replace my long beer lines with shorter lines to neaten everything up and was hoping the restrictors would allow this. Am I on the right track or am I dreaming??

Pok

I found I got a stream of CO2 bubbles after the restrictor, but as I said, maybe I had the beer too carbonated in the 1st place. They certainly are meant to do what you're wanting & many claim success.
Personally I prefer the restrictor "in the tap" as they pour infinitely better in my experience.

cheers Ross

 

[Jye]

pokolbinguy, for an alternative read this from post 31, link. Im not using them long term but worked great when testing.

 

[mobrien]

I personally use these and they are fantastic (I have four in my system around the font I built).

THEY WILL NOT FIX OVERCARBONATED BEER. EVER.

What they will do is allow you to adjust the flow of the pour of a normally carbonated beer so you can optimise the flow rate/head you get.

I have a single reg system, and yet I run two pressure levels for my beers. Normal beers and more carbonated wit beers. I don't leave my gas on - I pressurise each keg to the pressure I want (higher for wits) and dispense from that - when the flow gets low, I repressurise. It works for me.

The flow restricters mean I can have exactly the same line on each tap, and adjust the restricter to deal with the beer. Basically normal beers have the restricter pretty much open, while the wits have it closed more. An IPA that was heady as all hell also had a dialled down restricter.

Like I said, it works for me.

It didn't solve the overcarbonated lager I did at my last party. No matter what the setting, I had bubbles after the restricter, before the restricter and pure foam. Shaking the keg and depressurising 5 times fixed that. But I doubt even 3m of line would have solved that problem!

Matt