Nukatap - Bringing higher performance to craft beer dispense
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- Опубліковано 29 лип 2024
- www.kegland.com.au/nukatap-ss...
The Nukatap is the one of the worlds most reliable and best designed forward sealing taps ever manufactured. Optimised in every way the Nukatap this new generation of beer tap brings a level of performance to draft beer that has never been seen before.
We all know that forward sealing taps are the way to go when talking about beer dispensing but it doesn’t stop there. If you are looking for the best forward sealing design you really need reliability, laminar flow, reduction in “first pour foam”, a more sanitary and more durable design. For all these reasons we have the Nukatap.
This stainless steel highly optimised tap has been designed specifically for performance giving you the best possible pour every time and maintaining the quality of your draft beverage.
I love how innovative you guys are! As an engineer, I also really appreciate how much detail you dive into when describing what makes your products new and interesting. Very few other manufacturers are highlighting fluid dynamics and improved laminar flow when demonstrating their taps. Keep up the outstanding work and I'll keep buying and using your products.
Quick question:. Are the Nukatap faucet threads compatible with Intertap?
Thanks for that Gabriel. We really appreciate it. I guess it helps that we love using the gear ourselves so in some sense we make these innovations for our own selfish reasons of being able to use it ourselves.
Second that! I also really, really appreciate the part about the fluid dynamics. Great stuff. Now, where do I buy one of those? :-)
Awesome work guys, looking forward to chucking on the kegerator
Forever improving and innovating. You guys a leading the way globally. Keep it up. Cheers
Thanks for that. So where is your brewery? Can we come and try your beers somewhere.
@@KegLand just a homebrewer. Will send some beers if you like? However if you're ever in NZ, welcome to call in and have a session with me anytime.
@@HuntsmanBrewing Nice one. I we will have to try and remember to come to your brewery when we are in NZ in that case. Keep up the good work. I just had a look at some of your videos a few moments ago!
Just replaced 3 of my old traditional faucets and perlick with Nukas. Game Changer. No more stuck handles and first pour is perfect. Thanks for this great product!!
Thanks Jo. Really appreciate it. These taps have been really popular. Thanks for the support.
Man, I just love Kegland!!
Cheers!
Nice one!!! If my intertaps were even thinking about failing I might order a few, but still going strong!!
Yeah the Intertap taps have been a great tap. Would totally agree and probably no need to upgrade any time soon. The intertap taps will probably last a decade before needing a seal change if you are not pouring sour beers.
I have a Perlick for a spare and use 2 Intertaps all the time. They still work great. This new one looks even better. Yes, I have big and floppy tap handles and the new design will help them work better. Cheers.
Absolutely. Yes tap handles seem to have got bigger over the past 10 years so it was necessary that we were designing taps to suit.
Looks good and will try one
cheers
After a million or so pours.... I love the way he seamlessly moved through that assured statement with confidence....
Haha Cheers!
Brilliant looking taps! I've got a cheapo chrome tap and a stainless Perlick from years back. When I replace the cheapo i'll pick one of these up (and add a nitro setup)!
That would be the way to go!
Nice microphone clip, Kee. Definitely an upgrade on the paperclip you used in earlier videos!
haha. Yes our highly sophisticated bull dog clip is a big upgrade from the paperclip. too funny
Put a couple in the fridge tonight to replace some perfectly good ultra tap fc’s. No more hollow pours so I am happy! Have flow control disconnects which seem to be a perfect combo.
Great to hear. They are the best tap we have ever made and I really don't know if we will ever be able to improve this design any further.
Now every time I look at my old intertap faucets I'm going to want to replace them.
Awesome video well made guys!!👌 When will it be available in the UK 🇬🇧 Please 🤔
Waiting for the flow control version! :) And where to find it in Europe?
Will the Intertap spring work with this tap?
*takes a sip from my trusty vault 13 growler*
I'm sold. But have you guys figured out a decent way to pre-chill the tap prior to pouring beer? Maybe a parallel chilled-water flow with a small water bottle kept in the kegerator? Or what about a jacketed design where you can push refrigerant (even just chilled water) through the hollow sides of a tap to quick-chill it? Like pushing kegerator-chilled water into the tap jacket inlet, branch it into 4 channels to more evenly distribute the water across the tap's beer path, then they gather at the outlet for the return trip to the kegerator's water reservoir. A clever design would be a 2-way tap handle: push backwards to chill the tap, pull forwards to dispense beer. An alternative would be having an "always on" circulation system which keeps the tap chilled all the time which would be handy for bars, probably overkill for at-home use, though. (Not sure how much energy that'd consume continually recycling the coolant, possibly not much, but probably significant over a year's time.)
Yes that would certainly work but with the Nukataps the design and thermal mass is substantially optimized so even without any chilling on the tap the first glass only has a small amount of extra foam.
When will the sealing kit be available? I know its a new product but I'd like to order a sealing ket when I order a tap. Especially while its on sale......
The seal kits will be available in about 2 months. With that said I would be very surprised if you need to replace any seals in the first 5 years. More likely you will never ever replace a seal on this model of tap.
Great looking tap. Will there be a flow controll available in the future?
Yes this will hopefully be released in about 2-3 months from now.
Despite of the slightly higher thermal conductivity will you please, please, please provide these taps in brass as well ? I'm a pretty good custoumer of yours already, but won't buy until you do . . .
Are the intertaps being phased out all together? And what's the eta on the Flow Control Faucet? Sounds super exciting and I've been hoping to get some flow controls back in for a hot minute now :)
Just checked the website and it looks like they've already been up! Guess I'm just waiting for them to get to my neck of the woods
Several questions @KegLand
1- When will this be available in the US?
2- Are there any parts of the Nukataps interchangeable with the Intertaps?
3- Will the same Intertap tips (Stout, ball lock, etc.) work with the Nukataps?
Other than that, I really like what you guys are doing. I have 6 Intertaps and the only only complaint is the occasional "grinding" when opening/closing the tap. They don't seem to be as smooth as the Perlicks I had were, but they don't seem to have any leak issues as well.
Also, I recently swapped out all my gas/beer lines to the EVA Barrier 5mm/4mm ID lines. I'm very pleased. No more dumping out the oxidized beer in my lines after going a day or two from the last pint. The amber ale I have on tap now still tastes as fresh as it did the last time I pulled a pint, which was a few days ago.
1. We will probably start shipping to American in about 2-3 months and it will take some time for the stock to trickle down to all the different distributors.
2. Yes the spouts, self closing springs, bonnet washers and washer between the tap shank and tap body are compatible. We tried to make the parts as compatible as possible.
@@KegLand Thanks for the reply. Love what you guys are doing for the hobby. Cheers!
@@GentleGiantFan No worries at all Justin. We love it too!
I love the tap. Do you have a spring close design of the Nukatap?
Yes we do. You should be able to see that on our website
Does an auto close spring work in these?
Yes absolutely. The same Intertap Auto Close Spring also works on this unit.
Id like to see you guys build a faucet with the creamer action (push the tap away from you to create foam).. the only company I've really seen do it successfully is CM Becker.. but they are very pricey to get to Aus and rightfully so being one of the best brands in the world..
Edit- wheres the pour demo??
Yes that is one of the other reasons why the tap design had changed. We needed a little more space between the front of the tap and the bonnet to fit in mechanical components such as "creamer" function. So i the future this will be one of the shuttles that you will be able to use. So if you take out the normal shuttle and replace with cremer shuttle this will most likely be a product soon too.
Can I guy upgrade his older intertap with this new inner part?
No sorry. Several parts are compatible but the shuttle is not one of them.
First of all, congratulations on the products. Kegland has opened my mind with great solutions for serving fresh beer. I built a system with an old cooler box, ball valves, cap carbonators and tees. NUKATAP is the icing on the cake.
The only difficulty I'm having is finding the correct tightness on the tap assembly. After I disassembled for the first time to wash, the automatic spring closing system no longer works. I tried to loosen up a little until the tap turned off on its own, but it started to leak at the base of the handle. Do you recommend using any food lubricant on the pivot ball of the tap to make the spring work easier?
I am glad you have raised this issue. You are right and using some lubricant on the ball will help this issue. With that said we have a better solution which is the new seal kit. You might notice from the older Nukatap taps that we used a black or white cup seals that was made from Nylon and this required lubrication.
On the new Nukatap taps we changed this over and we now use a self lubricating grade of HDPE which is made by Borealis. This new grade is even more chemcially resistant but is also more slipery as it has lubricants impregnated into the HDPE resin. You will notice the difference as these new seal kits have RED cup seals rater than the BLACK or WHITE ones used in the past. See the image of this here:
www.kegland.com.au/pub/media/catalog/product/n/u/nukatap_seal_kit_fc_ss_-1.jpg
Alternatively if these cup seals are damaged in some way or scratched then this could also be the issue and you just need to replace them. Generally speaking if the seals are in good condition when the tap is assembled they will pretty much never wear out. We have done extensive durability testing and you should never actually need to replace seals. The highest risk of damage of the seals is when they are dissassembled and re-assembled rather than failing due to wear and tear. So just be careful not to scratch the seals when inserting or removing them and they will last foreever.
@@KegLand Thank you for the tip! I've got the new seal kit with the red cup seals as a spare kit. I'll just change the cup seals and keep the old ones just in case.
@@tassoteixeira4173 Ok great news. Have you noticed that with the red cup seals you can use much less pressure on the bonnet and still get a good seal. You should also notice that the tap will move back and forth more easily.
@@KegLand Now I have another problem. The red cup seals just broke and I couldn't find them to buy. Not even the hole seal kit is available, eventhough I don't need the other parts. How could I buy 5 pairs of this cup seals?
The thread at the top of the faucet leaks continuously. One of the red ring has got a gap in between, is that normal?
The faucet shouldn't leak. I would suggest getting in touch with your local distributor.
Will you test them also with the Robot Arms and make a Video?
We have already finished the testing and for this testing we did not use the Robot arm as it was kinda overkill. A air cylinder can just as easily be used but I guess it doesnt quite make as good a video. If we get more requests for bringing robots into the video we will make some more videos like that last one.
Where can we buy these in the US??
They will take a few months to be available in America but you should be able to ask for them from www.morebeer.com as they distribute a large range of our gear for us in AMerica.
When will it be available in the USA or Brazil?
you can see our international distributors on the website www.kegland.com.au/distributor/
Do you have black connection collars for the black version?
Yes we do!
Hey guys, I bought my Stealth Bomber nukataps probably 12ish months ago from MoreBeer and did a deep clean of them over the weekend. Unfortunately after the deep clean all the beautiful black powdercoat is coming off my taps. The faucet tips are now completely stainless (all paint gone) and the bodies are starting to peel as well. Can anything be done about this? I obviously can't put the paint back on so is there something you can recommend I soak these in to get the rest of the paint off? As much as I'd hate to do it, the peeling paint looks bad so I'd prefer to just have a stainless tap at this point. It's a huge bummer I paid a premium for the all black taps and they've started to peel less than a year into use.
With respect to "robustness" of the coating the the black coating meets the ASTMD968-83 standard whereby silicon carbide is dropped onto the surface to test abrasion resistance. With other soft metals like brass it's possible to chemically bond the black to the brass more easily but we also do not want to sell a brass tap as we do not see this as an acceptable outcome. With that said stainless steel is inherently non-reactive and for this reason it is difficult to improve the bonding between the black coating and the stainless steel substrate.
Generally speaking the tap spouts suffer most of the abuse so if you really want to have black taps i think the best compromise is the "Punisher" edition:
www.kegland.com.au/nukatap-punisher-edition.html
This model gives you the black look but then the spout is not coated so when you have chemicals and glassware knocking on the spout it will not cause the coating to deteriorate.
Is there going to be a flow control version?
Yes absolutely. You get a glimpse at the design for this at about 12min and 10 sec into this video. It's almost finished.
@@KegLand is it any chance that flow control version will be availabe till the and of april? I just start to bulid my keezer, and want to finish him to The Warsaw Homebrew Festival which is in the first days of June..
@@mateuszskwarecki1512 Sorry the flow control model is still being worked on and we will not be able to complete this before April. This new design is still getting qualified. We also have a significant amount of testing that needs to be completed before release.
Does the nukatap have a creamer function? Thanks
You can use a NukaTap stout spout for that.
The flow control version doesn’t seal properly between the body and the shank. The plastic piece that is meant to form a seal doesn’t work no matter how tight it is
We have noticed that if you have any dents or damage to the shank this can be an issue. sometimes it can be solved by just tightening a little more however the if you have a dent in the sealing face of the shank and/or its not machined smooth then this can be an issue and the shank should be replaced. Alternatively an o-ring can be fitted however it's really an issue with a damaged shank.
Can i use my old tap springs in them?
If they are Nukatap springs. Otherwise they cost about $2
Can this tap be used on a mini keg?
Yes absolutely. It works well on the Mini Keg.
Will it connect to flow control disconnect
After a million pours it wears...
Kegland: better make a new one
Yes it's fair to say that some of our customers may never get to a million pours but if we can find a better solution then we should. We are running out on things to improve with these forward sealing taps to be honest.
@@KegLand well done guys theres very few companies that care beyond the first intial sale. Keep on innovating!
@@mathewwhite1821 Thanks for that Mathew! Really appreciate it.
Can't believe you didn't draw a beer.
Yes that is a good point. We will do that on the next video.
Anyway to ship to the US
we have www.morebeer.com who distribute our gear in America so you can ask for the taps from them.
just make a carbonfibre nukatap
Have you taken a look at our Nuka tap Stealth bombers?