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txclifton

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I purchased a tap-a-draft system from George and I wanted to report back on how it worked out.



We are attending a family reunion (wife's side) at the end of this
month and I wanted to make a beer to share. My wife's fav is
Oktoberfest. So, I called up George and got my first beer
kit.



I determined that bottling that much beer was not going to be fun so I
did some research on the web. I came up with the
Tap-a-Draft system. It seemed portable and rather
inexpensive.



My beer was in the second stage for almost 2 weeks in the following picture.



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I filled the 3- 6 liter bottles (my beer babies) and here is a photo of one that is filled.



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And here is one that I force carbonated and have poured myself a glass of beer.



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I also wanted a way to take my beer with me. I purchased this
rolling cooler at Walmart and cut a hole in the end. The
best part is the beer stays cold with gel packs and once its all zipped
up it doesn't really look like a mini keg.





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The pocket zips around the zap.

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When I first saw the tap a draft I was a little underwhelmed. But
now that I have used it for a stout beer and now this Oktoberfest, I'm
really very happy. You can force carbonate the beer with 2 CO2
cartridges then serve with 2 more. My buddy had a stout beer and
we served with Nitrogen and it made a real nice head on his beer.



Anyhow, just thought I'd give back to this board with some stuff I've learned.



Cheers,



Doug
 
Hi Doug! Very cool! Now that is the way to impress at parties!


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Very cool indeed....nice pics Doug. I talked to George about this a while back and I need to buy one to help my Black Chocolate Stout. It tastes great but is lacking in carbonation. Can you buy the cylinders with nitrogen instead of carbon dioxide?
 
Yes, we used nitrogen for my buddies Irish Stout. Put a smooth
head on it. The instructions actually say to put in one CO2 then
once its installed put the nitrogen in. I'm thinking of doing
both nitrogen cartridges with a wine so that it doesn't carbonate it.
 
Thanks for the feedback and the pictures. You did a really nice job.


After Doug brought this to my attention, I have decided to use the Tap-A-Draft for most of my beer. I just can't see myself bottling over 100 bottles of beer! I will bottle some, but most will go into the plastic bottles.


Thanks, again for the pictures and the idea!
 

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