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Glycol Cooling vs Flash Chilling Your Beer System
Glycol Cooling vs Flash Chilling Your Beer System 99% of Draft beer must be served cold! There are various methods to undertake this cooling and the two most popular and accessible methods for chilling beer are glycol cooling and flash chilling. But when should you install a glycol system over...

What Makes Draft Beer Taste Bad? and How To Fix It.
What off Flavors are Making Your Draft Beer Taste Bad? (and How to Fix Them) Beer tastes better coming from a draft system, this is the general consensus that most of the general public hold. However, in some locations, the beer just doesn’t taste the same; in fact, the beer...

Receiving and Storing Beer
Receiving and Storing Beer Unlike wine, beer is meant to be consumed fresh. When beer is released from the brewery it is ready to drink and from there, time is beer’s enemy. Yes, there are some beers which can be cellared but these are very few and far between. These...

What is The Brewers Association Draught Beer Quality Manual?
What is The Brewers Association Draught Beer Quality Manual? In 2007 the Brewers Association set up a “Draught Beer Quality Working Group” in order to promote awareness of quality draft beer. The Draught Beer Quality Manual was created for just about anyone who works with or owns a draft beer...