How to Balance Kegerator Beer Lines

In this video we help you to understand the concepts of balancing kegerator systems and beer lines, then we walk you through how to balance your own system perfectly.

If you are designing a kegerator or have difficulties with foaming beer or flat beer from your kegerator then this video is for you. If this video is helpful, please let me know in the comments.

This is a part of a series on draught system maintenance, so please, check out the rest of the playlist for other how-to and tutorial videos.

CREDITS:

[oldrustycars]

I've read everything from 10 feet of 3/16 line to the bare minimum of maybe three feet, just enough to let you attach it to the keg. Everyone certain they are correct. Thank you for actual math.

[davewebb]

Thank you for such a detailed explanation. great work

[geoffdickinson]

Best description I have seen in over 20 years of home brew kegging with regard to kegorator line length tuning and adjustment.
Subscribed and following. A great job, thank you.

[jonathanritter]

Great video I wish this would have been the first one I found instead of taking days to try to figure this out

[Mysay]

Mate I must say best advice I’ve had so far keep The advice going I actually understand about that shit now cheers mate

[oldrustycars]

Thank you! Finally a good explanation.

[CameronSouthall]

Great video. Thanks for taking the time to explain this in detail.

[bigsqueegie]

Clear and concise. Excellent video, thank you

[shaneglanville]

Thank you I am in the process of getting a new kegerator setup couldn’t work out why the hoses were a different ID regards Shane 11:17

[leehaslam]

Thank you - great video It really helped me set up and balance my system.

[carlwyatt]

Hi m8, top vid . Bare ith me . You say the chart is the holding pressure but how do u get to the desired pressure in first place . I like 2.6 or even 2.7 but never how to reach that perfectly ., PLEASE HELP MAN 👍

[davidwalsh]

Great to the point video and well explained. So with my kegerator @ 4 C my line length works out the same as your example, but what if I run a stout at a 1.7 vol (4 psi) which would require a 1 ft line? Do you need different length lines for the different beers you want to run? Thanks

[campbellthomson]

What are these measurements in mms? I work with metrics. It was a good video though and very useful

[Mr.SourPatchMan]

Thank you! I'm building a keezer, I hope it works well.

[markdumbovich]

Great Video. I also run a 75 nitro / 25 Carb mix for my porter. what PSI would I use for the calculation? using 38deg F and 3/16 line and 2 ft tap height?? Thanks in advance

[djchrisryan]

Hey dude. Just wondering if this could be reverse engineered.. let me explain.. my Home brew is run off a home bar in my garden pub. The problem i have is that my beer line is a set length from "the brewery fridge" to bar.. could the maths be done backwards to give a operating pressure maybe?

[jwbjwb]

Hi there. This is excellent stuff, however I can't make the calculations make sense to me. Using your example figures but a 1/4 inch inside diameter tube, I would have to divide 10 by 0.65psi, giving a line length of over 15 feet. Your tubing at 3/16 is only a tad smaller and you end up at 4.5 feet. I can't make that make sense sorry, unless I'm doing something wrong?

[tmarkk]

I do appreciate you putting yourself out there and trying to help out the brewing community. But all the website beer line calculators seem to contradict the final beer line length I get for your numbers. With your system I get about 4.5 feet. With online calculators I get about 9 ft. Big difference. Which one is right?

[brianspye]

Hi, I have a building that was once a pub, it has a beer cellar, if my kegs are kept in that cellar, then they would be 10 ft below the dispense tap, your line length calculation doesn't work out when I put the figures in.
Regards
Brian (UK)

[zorangjurovski]

My kegerator is made from deep freezer (with controler I set it to 4C) and the beer lines (3/16") goes out from refregerator about 30 cm. I made calculations and the beer lines are estimated to be 1.4m. I use longer lines, about 2m. But the results are bad, only foam goes out from tab althougt line is without bubbles. I try with different pressure from 12-18 psi but no results.