mtevans
February 22, 2024, 4:57am
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reverseapachemaster:
mtevans:
reverseapachemaster:
Totally a matter of your preference. I get a metallic taste out of beers served on nitro, so I tend to avoid them. I think the texture of nitro is different from beer engine pulls but I don’t mind it. I’d say try burning through a couple kegs on your stout tap and decide whether you think it’s close enough. Setting up a beer engine (especially if you’re sourcing casks and/or a breather) isn’t cheap to say the least. If you’re happy with the pours on the stout tap, I’d consider a beer engine a total luxury purchase.
Thank you! And my plan if I do it was engine/breather/check valve to my corny keg. The problem with deciding if it’s close enough is I have never had a beer from a beer engine! I’ve been looking around my area and while there are more local breweries than I can count on all my appendages, I have not found one that serves beer on an engine
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Cask beer was a big thing with craft breweries in the early 2010s and fell off. The good news is it’s starting to come back slowly so you might see a beer engine pop up on a bar top nearby in the next couple years. If you have any British inspired breweries or bars in the area, they’ll probably be first to jump in if they haven’t already.
I really can’t give a better answer than you need to find a beer engine in use somewhere and try it for yourself. As you’ve seen online opinions vary wildly about cask beer and beer engine vs. nitro and it’s 100% a matter of preference. Snagging a beer engine was very much worth it to me but I really like cask beer and the character a beer engine provides.
That’s kind of where I’ve been at, wait and keep looking for one at a local brewery to try it first, I just wanted to get more direct and fresh opinions on the matter. The Swan neck and sparkler/look of the pour is very appealing to me aesthetically, just not quite enough to justify the purchase until I try it first!