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Beer Dispense Guide

Welcome to Inn Doctor the free beer dispense guide. Compiled by Brewery trained Technicians, our mission is to provide you with information that can help you troubleshoot your dispense problem quickly and easily. Inn Doctor covers all aspects of beer care and good cellar management and is a ‘must have tool’ for the modern Licensee.

The industry has seen many changes over the years and a great deal of innovation has and continues to take place around the technical / equipment dispense systems in use.

Therefore this site will always be ‘work in progress’ and the forum’s are there for you to ask for explanations and advice on technical issues, ranging from ‘fobbing lager’ to ‘what is a remote cooler?’.. Inn Doctor takes Health & Safety very seriously and reminds it’s visitor’s that Brewery dispense equipment has the potential to cause serious injury.

Therefore if you are in any doubt whatsoever in relation to any area covered by this website YOU MUST contact your Brewery Technical Services. It is most important that you read our Disclaimer before using the site. It only remains to thank you all for visiting and keep those questions coming!

Reviews

KEG LOCK The anti−slip device for kegs»

This is a change from the usual thick rubber matting that we see in pubs with small cellars. This was sent in some time ago but we haven’t seen one yet if anyone has come across one of these please comment below as they seem a useful bit of kit.
This is the advertising
Short of Space?
…and [...]

Cooling

My Keg Lagers and Beers are warm»

If all your keg beers and lagers are serving warm you have a major problem.
If you have a large pub or hotel then you will probably have one or two remote coolers. These will often be located somewhere near your cellar. They are, a large box like machine with lots of pipes coming from the [...]

Dispense

My Keg Cream Flow Bitter is serving flat»

_All keg cream flow or extra smooth bitter products have a device fitted on the end of the tap called a diffuser. The diffuser is designed to liberate nitrogen from within the beer. No diffuser no creamy head. Different cream flows have their own type of diffuser. Tetley Smoothflow, John Smiths Extra Smooth, Boddingtons etc, [...]

Equipment

Extra Cold Beer Pods»

Something you will be able to tell your Grand Children…….
“I remember the Pods”.
No I don’t mean the escape pods from Star Trek or the ipod. I refer to the object that sends shudders down the backs of Landlords and sends bar staff scurrying for mops and buckets.
Away from the prying eyes of customers but in [...]

Cask Ales

Cask breather or Aspirator»

With beer volumes down over the winter months and the fact you must sell your lower alcohol (3.8%) real ale within three days, two days is better, this can become a struggle with Pubs who are quiet during the week. If you haven’t got one, why not consider using a cask breather or aspirator as [...]

Money Saving

Credit Crunch Cost Cutting for Pubs»

Now is a good time for us all to look at ways of saving money in our businesses, and beat the credit crunch. Taking a fresh look at how and why we do things in our bars and pubs could save us some big money.
Lets take a fresh look at the bar. Having a [...]