good place to buy perlick faucets?

[philm63]

@AmandaK

Yes to stainless but no on the creamers. I have two on my current kegerator and will probably get rid of them soon. I like to use them, but when a friend comes over and tries, they end up not being able to find the sweet spot to close it fully and they dump beer everywhere. I have some of the friends trained after two years, but some others just don’t get it.

@riverrat

I had a Perlick creamer faucet that got enough build up to not be able to shut off after about 6 months.  The beer in when it stuck was imperial stout, so it was pretty thick.  I believe the o-ring tore a bit when the faucet was opened, and would not seal again.  I also could not get the faucet off, so ended up replacing the guts with the innards of a standard Perlick.  Now it’s been running fine for quite some time.

Also had the same problem with others not understanding that it does not shut off when you push it all the way in.

tldr: go with the standard style stainless Perlick faucet.

Yikes! Had no idea these faucets had such problems. While I’ve yet to see an issue with mine, I’ll surely order a couple standard replacements and have them standing by if these creamers start acting up (or when I get tired of cleaning the top of my kegerator…)

[riverrat]

To be fair, it was a pretty thick imperial stout, and was on tap for a few months of random 1-2 pours at a time.  Any faucet would have a hard time with that.  The standard Perlicks have held up without issue under the same conditions though.

[AmandaK]

It’s more “operator error” than anything, but I’ve grown tired of trying to train the operators. : New freezer gets here Thursday, so the new tap project begins soon! ;D