Perlick Taps

Jake · October 30, 2011, 09:34:57 PM

So I'm thinking about buying 6 perlicks here in the near future and wondering about how much hose I should have. I currently have 4 taps from ontario beer kegs, and the other 2 from kegconnection.com, and I'm finding the pours to be completely different. I have them all set to the same psi (approx 8-10) and the ontario beer keg taps fire out the beer almost too fast, whre the others are wayyyy slower. I think I'd like to get 6 of the same taps just for that I don't have to deal with this problem; plus from what I've heard they're quite a bit better bc they wont stick in the long run and they're easier to clean.

Now for the question. Who here uses the perlicks? I have 5 feet I believe on each of the 6 taps now, all with the same ID. Will this work just fine, or should I lengthen the line? Assuming i'm running it around 10 psi ...

Dave Savoie · October 30, 2011, 09:37:16 PM

Im using 10 feet in my mini fridge and set at 12 PSI working great

Jake · October 30, 2011, 09:39:29 PM

Yea I was thinking 10 feet may work better. Is it a pretty slow pour? 5 feet with the ontario beer kegs taps is wayyyyy to fast.
I enjoy a nice slow pour

Dave Savoie · October 30, 2011, 09:43:02 PM

Its just right !!!

Kyle · October 31, 2011, 08:54:14 AM

I have Perlick taps and find that 10 feet is good for tpyicall beers and about 15 is good for supercarbonated stuff like soda water or wheat beers.

fakr · October 31, 2011, 10:11:11 AM

Jake, how do you like the perlick taps compared to the regular ones? What's the benifit over the standard tap?

Strange, I'm using a 5 foot beer line through a standard tap and it seems to work well. I figured any longer would force me to use more pressure to dispense, and end up over carbonating the beverage. I guess it depends on the brew you're dispensing...I typically make IPAs and I don't really like them over carbonated.

Jake · October 31, 2011, 01:08:04 PM

Yea so to clarify, none of the taps that I'm currently using are perlick. The taps from ontario beer kegs pour extremely fast compared to the taps from kegconnection, and none of these are perlick.

I was told that the benefit of perlick taps is that with the design, the beer gets no exposure to air, so theres less chance of any mold, bacteria, infection to grow ... also meaning less cleaning for me in the long run. And because of this they don't tend to stick as much.

I want 6 taps that are all the same for that I don't run into the problem of taps pouring at different rates, and instead of buying 2 more of the faucets from ontario beer kegs (which would probably pour fine if I exteded the line a couple more feet), I'm gonna do it right this time and just get 6 perlick faucets that are of much better quality. If I dont, I know I'll regret it in the long run.

Kyle · October 31, 2011, 02:14:52 PM

perlicks also don't stick when left for several days between pours. The standard taps tend to do that. I broke a few handles actualy before I went to perlick. Also they seem to have way better foam-control than standard taps.

brew · October 31, 2011, 05:11:39 PM

I went straight ahead with perlicks so I can't really comment on the chrome taps - I know I like the perlicks though... they work great!

I use 5 ft. of hose and I don't seem to have any problems - (maybe I have a problem i'm not aware of though...) Once in a while I over carb a keg by accidentally leaving it at 30psi for more than 2 days (5 days before you remember is _not_ recommended!) - but no amount of beer line will fix that problem. Otherwise though, my pours seem to work great until near then end of the keg when there seems to be a bit more foam than usual.