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Reddit mentions of YaeBrew Draft Beer Faucet, Stainless Steel Adjustable Beer Tap Faucet with Flow Controller Chrome Plating Shank with Ball Lock Tap Kit
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- This YaeBrew Beer Faucet Made of Food grade brass construction, plastic and stainless steel connecting tube
- Shank: G5/8
- High quality Beer Tap, Keg Faucet with Ball Lock
- A great homebrewing Keg Tap with Adjustable flow control spout
- Package included: 1x beer faucet(faucet knob included) ,1x liquid ball lock
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| Color | Adjustable Beer Faucet + Ball Lock |
Personally I'd recommend going with the Pro: ball-lock connectors are standard, meaning you can get equipment that is compatible anywhere. E.g. you don't need to buy additional kegs from PicoBrew, they are standard Cornelius kegs. The Pico C kegs are... unique.
It also means you can use 3rd party accessories. I use a ball lock tap for serving.
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There are other advantages as well: you can use forced carbonation rather than sugar, radically speeding up when your beer will be drinkable. Having a CO2 charged keg also means your beer will last longer when you start drinking it as it's kept under pressure and air isn't allowed in.
The C's serving keg is just a metal container. As you drink the beer air gets in and it's not under pressure, letting the beer go flat within a couple of days.
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Kegs, in whichever version you go with, are really the limiting factor. You need to brew and do the initial fermentation in one, then "rack it" (transfer the beer) into either another Cornelius keg (Pro) or serving keg (C).
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That means if you only have 1 "real" keg (v.s. the serving kind) you can only have one beer on the go at any given time. Depending how fast you go through it, you may want additional kegs so that you can stagger the fermentation times and / or serve one while fermenting another.
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Depending on temperature and beer types, fermenting could be anywhere from 5-14+ days. If you're not force carbonating double it to allow the sugar time to do it. If you use the C you're waiting roughly 2-4 weeks (fermenting and carbonating w/sugar) for a single batch of beer which will then only last a few days before going flat!
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Assuming Pro (since brewing / serving kegs are the same), if you have 3 kegs you can have 1 fermenting and 1 serving. The 3rd needs to be empty so that when you rack the fermenting one you have something to put it in.
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Though keep in mind if you get extra kegs for serving, you'll also need extra CO2 regulators and tanks to go with. I'd recommend you get at least one 20oz tank (bigger won't fit nicely) to do forced carbonation and racking with as those steps use the most gas. The little hand-held cylinders found at bike shops are fine for dispensing, but you'll go through a ton of them if you use them for forced carbonating or racking.