Size Of Tap

[olskoolsoulja]

Hi,
Can a 10mm beer tap be used on corny keg set up or is it to big?


cheers
Rich

 

[SJW]

What the*&$% is a 10mm beer tap?

 

[olskoolsoulja]

I guess it would take 10mm line instead of 8 or 6.

 

[Adamt]

I hope you have a shedload of 10mm line then. Very very roughly you'd need at least 12-15m of 10mm beer line between your kegs and taps to get a decent pour, and then there's the problem of finding disconnects for 10mm line... and then finding 10mm beverage grade line...

 

[olskoolsoulja]

so basicly the answer would be no
cheers

 

[Jye]

As Adam pointed out you will need a very long beer line to get the correct pressure drop, if its not long enough you will pour foam. A 5 mm ID line provides a higher resistance so less is need to get the required pressure drop from keg to tap for a good pour.

Im pretty sure the larger diameter lines are used in pubs where the kegs are located a good distance away from the taps. If a smaller diameter line was used in this application a much larger keg pressure would be needed to push the beer through for a good pour, this higher pressure would also result in the beer being over carbed.

 

[olskoolsoulja]

I thought it would be somthing along them lines

cheers

 

[tangent]

If a smaller diameter line was used in this application a much larger keg pressure would be needed to push the beer through for a good pour, this higher pressure would also result in the beer being over carbed.

That's why pubs use a nitrogen mix so the "pushing gas" doesn't become "carbonating gas", or so I'm led to believe.