Tap-a-draft

[Bijengum]

Just wondering if anyone has tried the Tap-a-draft systems from ibrew. They use a 6 litre bottle with soda type CO2 cylinders for carboanation and dispensing. If it works it looks like a system between going full keg and all bottles.

Would be interested in any feedback.

http://www.ibrew.com.au/html/equipment/beerequipmentset.html

 

[Aaron]

If you try a search you will find a number of threads discussing them. Here are the results of a quick search that I did.


http://www.aussiehomebrewer.com/forum/inde...=%2BTap-a-draft

 

[Charlie]

Hi Bijengum,

I bought one last year for exactly the same reason as you - can't quite afford to go kegging and don't really have the space for the extra fridge.

I am very happy with the system. I use either two or three of the plastic bottles, each of which saves me around 15 or so bottles that I don't have to wash and sterilise. I really cuts down on bottling day and is nice to have 'draught' beer sitting in the fridge (it just takes up half a shelf which is less room than the usual 6 pack that normally lives in the fridge).

And when I do finally get around to going full blown kegging, I will have a party setup so it won't be wasted.

cheers

Charlie

 

[kfarrell]

If you try a search you will find a number of threads discussing them. Here are the results of a quick search that I did.
http://www.aussiehomebrewer.com/forum/inde...=%2BTap-a-draft

I think you will find that search doesn't work. In fact I can't search for any tap-a-draft stuff at all. Search engine doesn't like it. I found this thread while looking for keg setup information.

 

[DJR]

When search doesn't want to work, put " (double quotes) around the term.

http://www.aussiehomebrewer.com/forum/inde...ite=tap-a-draft

 

[benno1973]

I think you will find that search doesn't work. In fact I can't search for any tap-a-draft stuff at all. Search engine doesn't like it. I found this thread while looking for keg setup information.

Try doing the following search in google:

tap-a-draft site:aussiehomebrewer.com

 

[ozpowell]

Just wondering if anyone has tried the Tap-a-draft systems from ibrew. They use a 6 litre bottle with soda type CO2 cylinders for carboanation and dispensing. If it works it looks like a system between going full keg and all bottles.

Would be interested in any feedback.

http://www.ibrew.com.au/html/equipment/beerequipmentset.html

Hi Bijengum,

I've been using 2 Tap-a-draft systems for about a year and think they're great. I actually bought my valve heads in the US (iBrew charges around $90.00 for the head valve vs. $48.00 or less, depending on the exchange rate). See http://morebeer.com/product.html?product_id=18292. I didn't have to pay shipping, so that might make things a bit less attractive, but the units are quite small and light so I can't imagine shipping would be too prohibitive (especially if you bought >1). I did buy the 6L bottles here, however (a little too bulky to be carrying across the pond).

I've found the system to be very convenient for someone like me who isn't ready to get into kegging just yet as it does save a lot of time compared to bottling. Something to note - if you're going to naturally carbonate your beer, you must use less sugar than you would when bottling (see http://morebeer.com/product.html?product_id=18291). If you overcarbonate, the CO2 cartridges will vent through the saftety valve when you connect them to the head unit. Here's a great summary of Tap-A-Draft do's and dont's - http://www.realbeer.com/discussions/showth...light=tapadraft

Cheers,
Michael. :beer: