Why the CO₂ pressure needs to be higher with a Lindr beertap?

There is a lot going on about adjusting CO₂ pressure for a beertap installation, also a lot of myths. From clients of us we receive the question a lot about adjusting the CO₂ pressure for a beertap installation and what the right pressure should be. The right CO₂ pressure for your beertap installation is depending on several factors like the sort beerrtap / beertap installation that you are using, but also the diameters of the tubes and cooling coils that are used with your beertap. Other factors are the type of beer that you aare going to pour and ambient temperature.

In this article we mainly focus on Lindr beertaps and beertap installations with the standard compensator taps that are used by default on a Lindr beertap / beertap installation. All of the Lindr beertaps and beercoolers are prepared for 3/8" tubes (9,5mm) and have 8mm (outside diameter) cooling coils

Beertaps with inbuild air compressor, great in diversity

Lindr has in their assortment of beertap drycoolers also beertaps with an inbuild air compressor. The beertaps with the inbuild air compressor can be recognised by the /K in their model name, for example Lindr Pygmy 25/K, Kontakt 40/K, Kontakt 70/K. The Lindr drycooler beertaps with inbuild air compressor are very popular. You will see these beertaps a lot at beerfestivals, but also renting companies use these taps a lot. Due to the inbuild air compressor you can pour beers based on air pressure instead of CO₂. So you don't need to take a CO₂ bottle with you which makes these taps ideal for renting purposes. In many cases you see keykeg kegs that are connected to these taps, as keykeg is a bag in keg system. By using keykeg kegs the oxygen from the ambient air can't get in contact with the beverage which results in a longer shelf life of the beverage. But you can also connect standard