Q What temperature should I dispense my beer at?

A  The Breweries will tell you that beer should be dispensed at between 3 and 7     degrees ,however in Australia customers like their Beer Cold ,Lion Nathan  are     even dispensing Tooheys Supercold at -2.5C and XXXX gold at - 2 ,it really depends     on your personnel preference ,remember lite beer can freeze at -2 and medium     strenght at -2.5 due to the lower alchol content ,full strenght freezes at below -3.5 

Q How often do I need to clean my lines?

A  The breweries recommend cleaning our lines weekly ,this will ensure that the beer     is served fresh and also that any contamination and build up is removed . With new     Glycol systems pythons are expensive and individual lines can not be replaced ,and     any build up is hidden until you start seeing tea leaf in the beer ,this may be able     to be removed with special cleaning methods ,however if the contamination is bad     enough the  python may have to be replaced ,and this is costly between $75-125     per metre including labour ,so cleaning the lines weekly will save money in the     end .The best cleaner to use is always a two part product ,and this can be     dispensed through a water powered cleaning system ,that way personnel do not     need to come in contact with concentrated chemical 

Q I need to replace my temprite system ,how do I know what size glycol system do I need ?

A  Glycol systems need to be engineered to do the job properly ,it is important to     have a heat loading created for your situation ,this heat loading will take into     account the no of fonts ,no of chiller plates ,lenght of python ,and the maximum    comsumption in litres per hour . It is also important that the correct sized glycol    pump is chosen .  If teh Kilowatt capacity or the glycol pump sizes are wrong the

   system may still work during normal trading hours ,however during heavy trading   the system will not cope

Q Should I put in a beer pump system 

A Lion Nathan are now recommending beer pumps ,there are many reasons for using them as follows 

Dispense from colder Keg rooms

• Can use the keg room for packaged product  as well as Kegs

• Need a smaller Glycol unit  (less refrigeration )  i.e. a 10 tap system using a 7 degree Keg room would need 3.5Kw whereas operating from a 2 degree Keg room only 2.4Kw would be needed  an initial saving of approx $1250 .

• 2 degree Keg rooms require mixed gas to ensure carbonation does not occur, however with beer pumps lower gas pressures are used, and mixed gas isn’t needed. Only need to order one type of gas  less bottles needed saving  on rent

• Without beer pumps  mixed gas pressure  can be 220-340Kpa

• With beer pumps  CO2 is used and gas pressure 70-100Kpa

(pressure to dispense Beer comes from the beer pumps)

• By using compressed air to drive the beer pumps ,less CO2 is used only, use 20-30% of current gas usage

• If compressed air is used to drive the post mix syrup pumps ,a further 25-30% saving on the CO2 used by post mix

   13.5gms of CO2 is used to dispense a litre of post mix syrup

     6.9 gms of CO2 is used to carbonate a litre of water to make soda

  (you need 6 litres of soda for every litre of syrup)

Whether you believe in Global Warming or not, it is with us and attention is on to reducing our Carbon footprint. By changing to beer pumps not only are you saving money, presenting a better product, but we are also saving the amount of CO2 being used, and reducing the carbon foot print

Customers who have changed to beer pumps are finding savings in wasteage and gas and operatong costs . If you use 20 Kegs per week the savings can be $3700,40kegs $7500 and 60 kegs $11500 per year .These savings take into acount operating costs .