Draft beer is often the highest-margin menu item and the situation results in pouring significant profit down the drain. Let’s examine average waste at 20 percent per keg. On a 20-tap bar, this translates to 26,000 wasted pints per year. At $5 per pint, you’re potentially looking at $130,000 in missed revenue annually.
Q. How can you tell how much beer is left in a keg?
One easy way of monitoring the amount of beer left in your beer keg is the use of a keg scale. Most large mail scales can be used for this purpose – just zero the scale at the weight of an empty keg – then you have a mechanical gauge which tells you how full your keg is, and at the lowest cost to you.
Table of Contents
- Q. How can you tell how much beer is left in a keg?
- Q. How do you measure a keg?
- Q. How long should you let a keg sit before tapping it?
- Q. What happens if a keg freezes?
- Q. What happens if a keg gets too cold?
- Q. What temperature should kegs be stored at?
- Q. How long can I store beer in a keg?
- Q. How are kegs kept cold?
- Q. What temperature should a walk in beer cooler be?
- Q. How fast should a walk-in freezer cool down?
- Q. What temperature should a beer fridge be set at?
Q. How do you measure a keg?
The Keg Check is a scale on a stick for draft beer. Simply hook the end over the rim of the keg, tilt the keg towards you, slowly lower the front edge back towards the floor and a reading on the handle tells you the amount of beer inside, in ounces or liters.
Q. How long should you let a keg sit before tapping it?
1 to 2 hours
Q. What happens if a keg freezes?
When a keg freezes, it can completely ruin the taste of the beer. Many folks think that a keg will “explode” if it freezes, but this simply isn’t true. If a full keg freezes, there’s a small chance that the keg could rupture, but an explosion will not happen!
Q. What happens if a keg gets too cold?
What Happens if Beer Gets Too Cold? When your draft beer gets too cold, you may run into a couple of issues. First, CO2 is more soluble in cold beer, which means more carbonation stays in the beer even after it is served. This has the effect of making a beer taste flat, which can make for unsatisfied customers.
Q. What temperature should kegs be stored at?
38°F
Q. How long can I store beer in a keg?
about 45-60 days
Q. How are kegs kept cold?
Kegerators are a combination of a keg and a refrigerator, so as a result, they look like a minifridge. It’s designed to hold a keg in a freezer-like environment, keeping the contents chilled. Full-size kegerators include a pressurized CO2 tank so that beer can be dispensed through a faucet.
Q. What temperature should a walk in beer cooler be?
35 degrees Fahrenheit to 41
Q. How fast should a walk-in freezer cool down?
Replacing frozen foods after the first 20 or 30 minutes will help lower the temperature more, similar to adding ice to a cooler. It may take anywhere from 4 to 12 hours to reach and stay the proper temperature, however.
Q. What temperature should a beer fridge be set at?
Keeping all your beer chilled to at least 50 or 55 degrees will allow it to stay fresh for a good long while, but that’s not necessarily the optimum temperature for drinking.
