VIDEO: Perlick FOB (Foam on Beer) User Guide

When the keg empties and fills with foam, the FOB shuts off the flow of the beer so that the line stays packed with solid beer until the new keg is tapped. This prevents foam from coming through the system and out of the faucet, which wastes product and potential profit. Perlick offers several styles of FOBs to suit your beer dispensing system requirements.

[@tabernashtaps8232]

Clear, concise and straight forward product demonstration. Kevin?

[@Vivacerveza]

Great video, but hard to hear you with that music in the background. Very distracting. Other than that, enjoyed the video.

[@danjohnsonspam]

So once you change the keg & then resume the pour from the faucet, won’t the beer (at first) still be the old beer?

[@PerlickCorp]

Hello! Yes, there will still be remaining beer in the line. If you are changing over a keg of the same beer you will want to run the beer out of the line. If you are changing a keg over to a different type of beer, we recommend flushing and cleaning the lines to not mix flavors.

[@danjohnsonspam]

@@PerlickCorp But isn't the main advantage of a FOB detector being that you don't waste the last of the beer in the line after the keg empties (that you are able to sell the last of the beer still in the line)? And by running the beer out of the line, aren't you negating that advantage?

[@brewdaly1873]

​@@danjohnsonspam fobs are also necessary if you're using a pump system, to keep the pumps from running while dry. Other than that I'm with you, their response doesn't make any sense. The beer in the line shouldn't be that old, so if you're just putting on a new keg of the same beer there's no reason to flush it.
That does highlight why I think fobs are usually a waste of money though. If you clean your lines whenever you switch kegs, or have a constantly rotating selection, they won't save you any beer at all. They're only useful if you have pumps, or on lines dedicated to one specific beer.

[@VinnieBoomBatzz]

This thing is a pain in the ass at work🤬

[@therookiefisherman5234]

CO2 Not GAS!!