Keezer Font Cooling

[neo__04]

Hey all,

Just put a new 4 tap tee font on my keezer.

Made up a project box with 90mm fan in it to blow cool air from the bottom of the freezer into the font.

I know thats a fairly normal way to do it, but it doesnt seem very effective in my setup.

The beer in the lines seems to warm up within 5 minutes of a good pour, making the next beer a bit frothy.

Using good perlick flow control taps.

For those with this kind of setup working well, do you have the cooling hose right up in the top of the font? At the base?

Any tips would be great.

it's the last piece of the puzzle for my whole setup.

 

[Eagleburger]

I wrapped some 3/16 copper tube around each shank fed from a tank and pump on the bottom of keezer. reduced slops to **** all.

 

[Smokomark]

You want to run your cold air hose to the top of the font and let the cold air flow back down over the lines. It does next to nothing when you try to blow air up the font.

 

[Trevandjo]

This is what I've done. The kegerator setup is quite different but I'm sure it would work with any font.

Ghetto, I know, but it works very well. All you need is a pool noodle with a hole in the middle to run the beer lines through and insulate the beer.

 

[Nibbo]

As has been said above, insulate what you can with foam tubing and try and run cooled air/liquid to the top and back down the font. Obviously you only need to run a line to the top if moving air through the font where as you'll need a return line back to the tank/bucket for liquid to be pumped back up again.
I have a 3 tap flooded font at home which I use a cheap fountain pump to circulate the cooled water though it. The pump sits in an unused corny keg.
Because you have a fan already, then I'd be trying to get the flow to the top as smokomark suggested.

 

[neo__04]

Cool, Thanks for the advice guys.

i'll insulate the beer lines, get the fan cracking and see how it goes.

Also good to see you replied Nibbo, just found out about Barwon home Brewing being in colac. Being in warrnambool you are now my local home brew shop

Need to get some perlick taps off you this week to finish the keezer