Jockey Box

DandyMason · January 28, 2013, 09:28:08 AM

Im thinking of putting a jockey box together.. Trying to piece one together for somewhat cheap.

Anyone have any experience with these? Any sources for stainless steel coil? Tips?

chrismccull · January 28, 2013, 09:32:06 AM

I have two chrome taps.

I'll see if I can find some SS tubing.

Richard · January 28, 2013, 09:37:27 AM

Look outside. Biggest damn jockey box I ever saw.

Only thing I know (more useless information) is that it's tricker to get a cooler in the winter.

DandyMason · January 28, 2013, 10:39:28 AM

hahaha yes true... Its going to be for the patio this summer though, a birthday gift for my dad.

So far this is the best deal ive seen on stainless steel...

http://www.nybrewsupply.com/stainless-s ... -coil.html

Thanks Chris, let me know if you find anythign!

Chris Craig · January 28, 2013, 10:54:07 AM

Check with Fhilo. He works for Eddy Group. He may be able to get you a deal.

DandyMason · January 30, 2013, 10:43:30 AM

Went with a kit...

http://www.beveragefactory.com/draftbee ... uild.shtml

Including tax and shipping... quite pricey... Hope it works well.

Chris Craig · January 30, 2013, 11:18:31 AM

Awesome!

Richard · January 30, 2013, 01:49:17 PM

lol, with the ID and length of that hose you'll have half a pint of beer in the coil. Not necessarily a bad thing, I guess.

DandyMason · January 30, 2013, 03:55:18 PM

Thats exactly right, one of the things I read about... this is from homebrewtalk...

125' of 1/4" SS line is about 163.26 ounces of beer on ice at any given time, or 13 12oz beers.
50' of 1/4" SS line is about 65.3 ounces of beer on ice at any given time, or 5.4 12oz beers.
25' of 1/4" SS line is about 58.93 ounces of beer on ice at any given time, or 2.72 12oz beers.

Not sure if the numbers are accurate but yeah the coil itself holds a lot of beer. Im gonna have to do some experimenting to get the beer pouring good!

Richard · January 30, 2013, 08:52:46 PM

My math earlier was wrong (I forgot pi... derp):

5/16ths ID = 0.79375 cm

cross section = pi * r^2 = pi * 0.396875^2 = pi * 0.15750976562 = ~0.5cm^2
50ft length in cm: 1524cm

0.5cm^2 * 1524cm = 762ml... so just about 26 us fluid oz, or just over two 12oz cans just sitting in the line

... which conflicts with the HBT numbers because hell, this is the internet. At least I showed my working

DandyMason · January 30, 2013, 09:01:00 PM

hahaha yeah ill go with your math... 5-12 oz beers now that i think of it sounds like wayyyy too much

Chris Craig · January 31, 2013, 06:40:03 AM

Quote from: "Richard"My math earlier was wrong (I forgot pi... derp):

5/16ths ID = 0.79375 cm

cross section = pi * r^2 = pi * 0.396875^2 = pi * 0.15750976562 = ~0.5cm^2
50ft length in cm: 1524cm

0.5cm^2 * 1524cm = 762ml... so just about 26 us fluid oz, or just over two 12oz cans just sitting in the line

... which conflicts with the HBT numbers because hell, this is the internet. At least I showed my working

:shock:

Chris Craig · January 31, 2013, 06:41:38 AM

Quote from: "DandyMason"hahaha yeah ill go with your math... 5-12 oz beers now that i think of it sounds like wayyyy too much

Why do you say that? The way I see it is if you're using a jockey box, then you're going trough a lot of beer at one time. What's 3 pints at the end?

DandyMason · January 31, 2013, 07:41:03 AM

No i know, I just meant 5-12 oz beers seems like way too much beer to be in the SS coil at one time, which means the homebrewtalk numbers seem wrong.

DandyMason · January 31, 2013, 07:45:32 AM

I dont mind either way, the more beer in the SS coil means the colder each beer is served