Re: AHA Tech Talk item on forward seal taps

I think that there are 3 forward seating faucets, Old Ventmatic, Perlick, and the New Ventmatic. I think that it is only the new Ventmatics that have been questioned. I do not really know anything about how well any of the faucets work, but we should clarify which faucet is being evaluating. I do know that the Old Ventmatic, was highly rated. Patrick Sundberg <patrick.sundberg(a)gmail.com> wrote: I'll be upgrading from picnic taps to faucets on my keg fridge in the near future (after Christmas, I hope). I've heard that the regular taps will stick if used infrequently and now there's warnings of foaming for the foward seal faucets. So, now I've confused. What should I go with? I'd be interested in hearing any success or failures with either taps and specifically if you've had either the sticky taps and/or foaming issues that you've overcome. Thanks! Patrick Blue Ox Brewers Society http://groups.google.com/group/blueoxbrewers On 10/17/07, Mike Behrendt <MGBrew(a)comcast.net> wrote: FYI - For anyone interested in having taps at home, here's some info on foaming issues with the forward seal variety. Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007 4:00 PM Subject: Re: Shirron Forward Seal Faucet OK â€" I was very interested in the posts about these forward seal taps. Being a completely obsessed gizmo guy I couldn’t help but replace all my taps with these shiny new things when I saw them in the catalog. And while they are beautifully machined and electro polished (I have the Ventmatic taps) I got the same foaming problem as others on the posts have reported. I got a gush of foam, clear beer, and another gush of foam. I had just moved and installed a different setup than what I had at my old place, so I tried about every combination of hose length, diameter, pressures etc but still had a glass of foam for the first pour. Subsequent pours were fine. My taps and lines are air-cooled, so that wasn’t the problem. So I switched the taps back to my "old style taps" and the foaming problem went away. I reinstalled the Ventmatic and it came back. So that tells me pretty conclusively that the taps were the problem. So my only problem now is what to do with 6 Ventmatic taps. Anybody out there like foamy beer? Sincerely, John Blichmann Blichmann Engineering, LLC -- //Mike Behrendt MGBrew(a)comcast.net Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others. Groucho Marx __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com