Just adding some finishing touches to my keezer, noticed someone was looking for an idea to store picnic taps. Thought I’d share what I did. I used cup hooks and straightened the hook slightly, then drilled a hole in the tap handle to hang it.
IF you shake more than twice you’re having too much fun.
But seriously, whatever it is that grows in there is nasty. It’s exactly as Stevie describes up above. I change my picnic taps regularly to try to avoid this.
Also, although others have said there’s no issue with staling or carbonation loss I find that the beer in my lines goes flat. I typically pour the first few ounces, drink that (or toss it), and then fill the glass. I don’t pour pints all that often and have five kegs on tap right now, so it could simply be a time-based problem.
I have a setup that I pump PBW through the lines filling the keg and let I recirculate for a while. I put a silicone line on the open party tap so it gets a cleaning at the same time as the keg, no funk.