July 2016

July 27th is National Scotch Day. If I didn't have bills to pay, I would celebrate National Scotch Day at that place where "everybody knows my name." To be honest, I will still probably celebrate National Scotch day at that place where "everybody knows my name", the celebration will just have to wait until after work.

Let's talk about scotch for a moment. The most important thing to understand is that all scotch is whiskey, but not all whiskey is scotch. The drink that combines the two, the aptly named scotch whiskey, is made only in Scotland and must be aged in oak barrels for at least three years.

During the summer months, your customers' demand for products with ice goes up, while at the same time your ice machine’s performance slows down. This poor performance from your ice machine is usually caused by either poor maintenance routines, heat, or both.

The warmer the air temperature, the harder your ice machine must work to produce ice. The neglecting of maintenance routines and built-up scale and contaminant deposits cause your ice machine to work even harder. A combination of the two can lead to your ice machine completely failing.

A FOB detector is designed to keep your lines filled with beer. The FOB detects an empty keg and shuts down the beer flow. What this does is eliminate the foam you get from an empty keg. It also eliminates the need to refill lines with beer and purge air from the system. Without a FOB installed on your beer line, when your keg goes empty, your tap starts spitting and spraying foam.

Setting up a Draft Coffee Brew Keg Tap System in your Coffee Shop (or Home)

If you've found your way to this article, then you probably already know the benefits of serving your cold brew coffee via a draft beverage system. But just in case, let’s recap.

The Volition Portable Kegerator is a new and welcome addition in 2016 to the lineup of commercial beer dispensers. If your business is dispensing beer at various events, BBQs, fairs, outdoors and indoor catered events, and you need a beer dispensing system that can handle that level of punishment, look no further. This unit is easy to move, resists scratches and dents and dispenses a perfect, cold glass of beer over and over again. You will be happy with the Volition VDD24 portable kegerator!