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Advanced Cicerone® · Keeping and Serving Beer

Draft system components

Syllabus Path

Advanced candidates should study draft system components as part of draft systems, connecting the syllabus heading to beer flavor, dispense quality, safety, and guest experience.

  1. I. Keeping and Serving Beer
  2. E. Draft systems
  3. 1. Draft system components

Study Guide

Read the full study guide: Complete Guide to Draft Beer Systems

Exam Focus

  • Explain draft system components as a service topic within Draft systems.
  • Use specific evidence such as temperature, pressure, package condition, sanitation, equipment state, and observed service symptoms.
  • Apply the topic to beer flavor, dispense quality, safety, and guest experience rather than repeating the heading alone.

Core knowledge

  • Gas-side components include cylinders or bulk tanks, nitrogen generators, blenders, regulators, gas lines, pumps, and couplers.
  • Beer-side components include kegs, couplers, jumpers, FOBs, wall brackets, trunk lines, towers, beer line, and faucets.
  • Cooling components include glycol power packs or chillers, trunk lines, tower cooling, and walk-in or direct-draw refrigeration.

Study application

Trace a problem from gas source to faucet and name what each component contributes to pressure, flow, temperature, or sanitation.

References

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