What Do You Cover Your Taps With?

[quantocks]

so last night and as the weather is heating up I've found some nasties buzzing around my taps, is there anything I can use to plug or cover them up as night as I'm done with them?

maybe even a rubber balloon I guess, but I was hoping for something a little better.

 

[Kleiny]

Ross has some tap covers they work well and are cheap enough

check them out at craftbrewer site

 

[Tony]

I usually cover mine with an empty glass.

Pull the handle till full then remove cover.

cheers

 

[pint of lager]

So long as they cannot get into the keg, you will be safe. Keep open fermenters away from them.

 

[MarkBastard]

Keep open fermenters away from them.

Trust me, this is sound advise. I think I may have to throw my fermenter out...

 

[quantocks]

So long as they cannot get into the keg, you will be safe. Keep open fermenters away from them.

good advice? except when I go to pour a pint and get a whole glass of flying ants/flies/whatever floating on top

 

[wambesi]

Trust me, this is sound advise. I think I may have to throw my fermenter out...

Bit drastic isn't it? Must be really bad. Surely a good bleach soak and clean and she'd be right.

 

[TidalPete]

I usually cover mine with an empty glass.

Pull the handle till full then remove cover.

cheers

Very funny Tony. Makes my spraying the insides (Of the taps) with Mortien redundant. :lol:
+1 for a sponsors tap covers.

TP :beer:

 

[pint of lager]

Quantocks, pour 10 ml out in a spare glass and throw it for the angels.

 

[Sully]

The ones from Craftbrewer will only really fit the narrow spouted units like the Brumbies etc. You sorta can get them on the older style Andale taps ie DA/Floryte/EK etc etc, but they dont stay on very well.

Cheers

Sully

 

[TidalPete]

The ones from Craftbrewer will only really fit the narrow spouted units like the Brumbies etc. You sorta can get them on the older style Andale taps ie DA/Floryte/EK etc etc, but they dont stay on very well.

Cheers

Sully

Rubber stoppers are as cheap as chips from Clark Rubber, etc. FWIW my Broncos are safe & sound inside the fridge. :icon_cheers:

TP :beer:

 

[fergi]

i just tear off a piece of alfoil that i have on top of my keg fridge ,push it over the tap then crunch it into shape with my hand. after a few days when it gets a bit crappy i pull another small piece off the roll and do the same, works great.

cheers
fergi

 

[matti]

when I went on holidays over x-mas I just boiled some water in a cup and nad soaked the tap for a couple of minutes and sprayed 70% alcohol up the tap.

I generally don't bother between drinks but those tap covers seem a good idea for outdoor taps.

Matti

 

[Cracka]

http://www.craftbrewer.com.au/shop/details.asp?PID=725

:icon_cheers:

 

[MartinS]

I use one of those little squeezable tomato sauce bottles that I bought from a $2 shop. After a session, fill her up with hot water, put it under the tap, and squeeze. It'll get rid of all the stuff the nasties are looking for. They're also great for squirting a little bit of Iodophor up into the fermenter tap before racking.

 

[drsmurto]

Quantocks - had the same problem as you. Vinegar flies decided to make their home in the taps when i wasnt using them so for a few $$ picked up the covers from the sponsors up above. Its an andale font, not a brumby and they fit like a glove.....

 

[reviled]

Quantocks - had the same problem as you. Vinegar flies decided to make their home in the taps when i wasnt using them so for a few $$ picked up the covers from the sponsors up above. Its an andale font, not a brumby and they fit like a glove.....

Whats that dirty bottle of vodka doing there making your bar look bad?

 

[drsmurto]

Whats that dirty bottle of vodka doing there making your bar look bad?

:lol:

Leftover from a party - along with the wild turkey and J.Walker in the dispensers. Also have a 6 pack of carlton cold that i am using to kill snails. People rock up with their grog and then drink mine and leave me their crap!

 

[Steve]

Mate of mine uses rubber sowing thimbles for his taps.
Cheers
Steve

 

[reviled]

:lol:

Leftover from a party - along with the wild turkey and J.Walker in the dispensers. Also have a 6 pack of carlton cold that i am using to kill snails. People rock up with their grog and then drink mine and leave me their crap!

Hahaha, I remember when I used to wake up after a party to discover what goodies were left behind, now its just a pain in the ass cos theres never anything worth drinking