General Beer FAQ’s
What gas pressure is required to dispense draught guinness
If the gauge is showing less than 32psi you should call out Tech Services to adjust it.
Am i supposed to sell beer/ lagers or ciders if the cooler in the cellar has broken down
If the Cellar Cooling has broken down you may be able to sell keg beers this time of year, though you may struggle to sell Cask ales. If the remote has broken down the wastage would be greater than any profit you may make, so it wouldn't be worth it.
Where do you store bottled beer?
A cool room if possible, the cooler the better. Ready to go into the fridge.
what is normal wastage in 11 gallon keg?
There shouldn't be any wastage in normal use.
How long does john smiths keg beer last?
Once a keg of any beer is connected the clock is ticking. You should hope to sell a keg within 4 to 5 days ideally. After this depending where the keg is stored temperature is crucial, then you may find problems such as off flavours, frothing and in some cases infection within the beer setting in. The best before date describes the length of time within which an unopened keg may be put on sale. It does not indicate how long the beer will last once on service.
Do onions change the beers flavour?
Well cheese and onion crisps will, if you mean in the cellar; you shouldn't be storing onions in the cellar and if that is the case yes it will
At the moment I clean my lines weekly. Someone has mentioned to me a system that uses “ultra soundwaves” to keep your lines clean and reduce the need to manually clean to just once a month. Does it work?
Perhaps the companies who sell these systems would like to come on to the forum and answer these questions.
Post mix is flat but everything appears to be ok
Flat post mix would indicate lack of CO2 in the carbonator. Provided you have a full gas cylinder connected to your system,(if you have run out of Co2 on some systems the soda line may have filled up with still water this can sometimes be rectified by drawing off a few pints of soda water ) otherwise there is nothing you can do other than call the dispense engineer out to check your system.
how long should you leave a keg before putting it on sale?
A keg is pasteurized beer, you can put it straight on sale.
I have cleaned my line but the beer still tastes funny and smells why?
This question should be directed to the forum it isn't a FAQ question. We will gladly answer your question if you could post this as a new thread in the forum (will only take a minute to register) so it will help others in a similar situation and then others can also add to it. This will also be useful to you, in that you will be able to ask further questions to their answers.
