I want to start kegging my homebrew, and I'm trying to figure out what to use as the tap. These faucet adaptors appeal to me: http://www.homebrewing.org/Keg-Faucet-Adaptor-Assembly-Ball-Lock_p_909.html Since they go right on the keg and there's no line for my beer to sit in. I'm only likely to pour one or two beers a day max. Do towers and thru the door faucets leave a lot of stale beer sitting in them? Any disadvantages to the faucet adaptor?
The beer in the lines is not stale, it is cold, under pressure and hasn't been exposed to oxygen. Downside to the adapter is you have to keep opening the fridge, upside to the through the door faucet is that it is cool.
Depending on your application, there is not a disadvantage to using the adapter. You do need to keep the pressure down since there is zero restriction. 38F, 7 or 8 psi, 9 tops. Any more is too much pressure. And as with all keg beer, 38F is more of a rule than a recommendation, within reason. I have one and I do use it occasionally for parties. Very convenient and if you keep the whole rig in a fridge or iced there is no line beer to get warm or exposed to sunlight. You will eventually switch to a proper set up, but the short cut is perfectly acceptable for a while in my book. Cheers.
