Brilliant video. Im thinking of buying a PD machine and your video is such an edication and insight as to what goes on inside the keg. It helps us users to understand exactly how it works and not to worry as such if we do see a slight leak. Cheers for that. Very helpful.
Thanks. That was the idea. A lot of people believed their kegs were flat or that the keg had leaked. Thanks for taking the time to watch it a d most of all comment.
Very interesting Neil,didn't know there was a bag inside the keg until your video just like boxes of wine like you said. Hope Beerhawk don't give you into trouble for destroying one of their kegs! 😅. Dispelling the tight Scotsman stereotype (I'm one too!) ...by forgoing your £5 keg return 😁
It's actually a very simple design. Unfortunately I never got my £5 keg return on that keg. I think it's because I taped it back up and wrote "may have a leak" on it 😂🤣😂
I kept meaning to ask on the Facebook groups if someone could geek out on a keg and do exactly what you've done. I just never got round to it. Brilliant demo, thanks for sacrificing £5 for my curiosity :-D So are we saying that part of the process is to put an empty silver bag in a keg with a new corresponding label on it and then beer is pumped into the empty bag? My recycling conscience is going mental now but at least we're reusing the metal keg part...
Yeah. The black rubber middle bit comes out with a a rigid straw, surrounded by the bag. The inside of the keg isn't very clean but then again it doesn't need to be. Although you're replacing the foil etc. You're saving the aluminium lag and whatever environment effect cleaning would have. From my understanding the blade system is the same but they're 100% plastic. Not sure which is better.
Can you tell me if the PD tap will work on its own Without the machine? I have a blade and don't want to be clogging up my bar with another machine plus having two machines going at one time, my neighbour drinks with me but only likes budweiser. so was thinking of buying just the PD tap and keep the keg in the fridge, I have 3 fridges in my pub shed so plenty of space would this work?
No, the machine works in the same way as your blade. Air is pushed between the me and the bag containing beer, within the keg. That pushes the beer out. Without the machine, there would be nothing to chill the beer or push it out...
@@nmealey ah right thanks for letting me know, he will have to do without then, I have a Fizzics DraftPour which I use for his cans of budweiser anyway. 👍
I was bought a couple of these but cannot get hold of the dispensing machine as they are sold out. Is there a safe way to get the beer out or do I HAVE to use the machine?
They're now in stock at beerhawk. Use this link for 10% off the machine. www.tinyurl.com/pdktipswelcome You can't just use the tap as you need to pressurise the gap between the keg and the foil bag holding the beer. You could maybe adapt a bicycle pump to put air in maybe... (Code may not give 10% at the moment)
BH send them to AB InBev who then remove the labels and used bag, clean the kegs, check for faults and then send them to the kegging plant where a new bag is installed and filled them a new label with a new Use By date is added. This is why it’s best to label and leaking/faulty kegs with marker so AB InBev can either repair them or strip them to repair other kegs. Hope this helps. Joff
Joff Hall But how do they open them ? That’s what i really leant 😂 can’t see them doing it with a dodgy disc cutter like Neil used 😆 oh and look at them weeds 😃
you need the keg to compress the bag and push the beer out, but technically yes. I'll be like a wine bag and you'd have to keep it in the fridge..... hmmmm thats maybe a future video?
