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Beer Dispense Guide

admin — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 09:48:06 +0000

Welcome to Inn Doctor the UK's no1 Pub Cellar Service and Beer Dispense Guide. Compiled by Brewery trained Technicians, our mission is to provide you with information that can help you troubleshoot your beer dispense problem quickly and easily. Or how to look after your cask ales. Inn Doctor covers all aspects of beer care and good pub cellar management and is a ‘must have tool’ for the modern Licensee

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Frozen kegs and remote cooling problems

Dave — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 12:22:21 +0000

The extremely cold weather is likely to be with us for some time to come. So there are a couple of important items for you, the landlord to be aware of, that might affect your safety and your profits. 1.Keep a close eye on your remote cooler during the freeze. In particular if you experience [...] No related posts.

Common problems with Cask beer dispense

admin — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 15:11:51 +0000

My Cask beer is flat and tastes off? Your beer might be too cold. Check cellar temperature it should be around 52-53 degrees Fahrenheit 13 degrees centigrade. How long has your beer been on service, it might be past its best? Was your cask vented properly? My Cask beer tastes of vinegar and has off [...] Related posts:

How to clean keg beer lines

Paul Jones — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:25:49 +0000

The most important, yet one of the most hated jobs for Landlords or Landladies alike is beer line cleaning. Probably because cleaning keg beer lines, takes up, what most publicans have little of…“Time”. As a result this is often neglected and can be catastrophic to a business. If you don’t have clean lines, your keg [...] Related posts:

Float keeps dropping in Cellarbuoy

admin — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:49:02 +0000

Make sure the keg is full and the gas is turned on. This could be caused by a faulty extractor within the keg. Change the keg, and bleed the fob detector, checking if the glass fills up correctly. If it still fills with gas, the problem may lie with the keg connector. [...] Related posts:

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My Keg Cream Flow Bitter is serving flat

admin — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 15:22:55 +0000

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, [...] Related posts:

Keg Lager is dispensing slow

Water is coming out of the keg beer remote cooler

admin — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:56:56 +0000

Looking at the keg beer remote cooler, firstly see if you can see where the water is coming from. If it is leaking generally from the bottom of the machine, you need to send for your local technician. If however you see the water is running out of a tube, which is situated, on one [...] Related posts:

There isn’t any keg beer coming out of the tap

admin — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:02:10 +0000

In the cellar, check the plastic see through fob detector, directly above the keg on the wall, is full of beer. If it is empty of beer, then the keg in use is empty. Change on to a new keg. Make sure that the gas to the keg is switched on, usually there is a [...] Related posts:

My keg beer is cloudy

admin — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 15:08:28 +0000

Keg beer is pasteurised so it shouldn’t be cloudy. Check if your lines need cleaning, put on a new container and draw off two or three pints until you know that the new product is coming through, the beer should now be clear. . Check again after about an hour. Draw off a pint, if [...] Related posts:

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Vertical Stillaging Cask Ales

P J — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:34:12 +0000

We haven’t really covered vertical extraction on here in any great detail yet. Perhaps if we go through a few pointers please feel free to add anything or if I have missed anything please add your comments below. Basically you use the same process to stillage vertically as you would with a container lying on [...] Related posts: