How Much Do Draft Beer Systems Cost?

[@bwboneau]

Great breakdown of each system, but I am curious why maintenance seemed to be absent when making a determination. If you have to clean these lines with any regularity, then long draw systems become increasingly difficult to keep within margins.

[@Bardesigners]

Thanks for the question. All draft beer systems (no matter which type) are required have the product lines flushed and sanitized on a periodic basis. This is required by all health departments in the U.S., with most requiring every two weeks. The local health department will also specify who performs the maintenance - usually it's the beer distributor. Obviously the longer the trunkline the more product that's lost. For most applications we're always looking for the most efficient approach. However, high-volume operations (such as casinos) don't have as much concern of lost product as they do for finding the space to accommodate the walk-in-cooler and the associated trunklines of many of those systems are hundreds of feet long. The best of all worlds is when the walk-in cooler is located in a basement.