Yes! It is very nice machine. It cools your beer down to 2 degrees and there is a lot of variety of beers available + limited edition and seasonal beers. Definitly worth it!
phat168 to smilo
25 Sep 17#9
Looks like it takes rather long to get to the right temperature though: Once in THE SUB, cooling down a TORP takes 10 to 16 hours (depending on starting temperature of the TORP). When your beer is chilled to the right temperature, the light on the front of THE SUB will turn green.
To speed up the process, set your fridge at the lowest temperature and store the TORP on the lowest shelf (this is the coldest area) for 6 to 10 hours, or until the cold indicator on the TORP turns dark blue.
This is indeed a very good point. Pre-chilling the torps (beer) is a needed. A typical fridge cools the beer down to 5-7 degrees which is good enough to use it directly in the Sub. The Sub will cool it even further down to 2 degrees.
I personal usage tip i can give is to put the torp for 1 hour in the freezer. Dont forget to take it out :-) the torp is directly ready for usage!
FlyingMonkey to Jono1984
26 Sep 17#51
Yes, I bought the red one rather than Heineken version. Yes yes, it holds a little under 4 pints, so not so great for swill drinking beer pigs. If you need more, look to a perfect draft or similar. Or kegerator if you are pushing out the boat.
The sub is basically a tube shaped fridge, front opens and the sub is basically a 2 litre plastic pressure bottle with a tube/nozzle built in. Beer wise, the draft is decent enough providing you've given it time to chill. From room temperature took around 4 hours to get to temp. If you're thinking of a session of more than 4 pints, stick a couple more subs in the fridge.
I bought one for a somewhat odd reason: I build 80's style arcade machines and thought it'd be good to have a beer tap built into the front of one. It certainly does the job in that respect :grin:
Obviously the beers are limited to the Heineken et al - personally can't stand Heineken but Tiger on the other hand is very drinkable.
Bit gimmicky, but decent enough if you're just having a couple of quiet drinks rather than an epic session. You can get the larger kegs for things like perfect draft, but unless you're drinking a lot or more regularily I prefer the sub for keeping things fresh
Janbo25 to Jono1984
26 Sep 17#65
We have one of these as got for the same price via Groupon a while back. We love it and as its pressurised and a cooler you really do get a pub quality pint unlike the kegs you can buy from supermarkets etc.
bbentley1980
25 Sep 17#3
Not yet but I've heard good things from previous deals.
EagleUK
25 Sep 17#4
To me it would be nothing more than a gimmick. Holds less than 4 pints, it would need to hold at least 10 for it to be worth the hassle.
Smadmad to EagleUK
25 Sep 17#8
You can store the beer In the fridge and load onto the machine when needed.
bbentley1980
25 Sep 17#5
That's true which put me off for a while but can't argue at that price.
bbentley1980
25 Sep 17#7
Just ordered mine with a Morretti sub as well.
mrtim
25 Sep 17#10
So are these like a beer equivalent of a Tassimo?
bbentley1980 to mrtim
25 Sep 17#13
They've been around a while but I didn't fancy paying the £165 when they first come out.
bbentley1980
25 Sep 17#12
Yeah, kind of. If you cool from room temperature it'll take up to 6 hours realistically to cool down to the 2 degrees. Just keep them in the fridge and it doesn't take that long.
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Once in THE SUB, cooling down a TORP takes 10 to 16 hours (depending on starting temperature of the TORP). When your beer is chilled to the right temperature, the light on the front of THE SUB will turn green.
To speed up the process, set your fridge at the lowest temperature and store the TORP on the lowest shelf (this is the coldest area) for 6 to 10 hours, or until the cold indicator on the TORP turns dark blue.
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I personal usage tip i can give is to put the torp for 1 hour in the freezer. Dont forget to take it out :-) the torp is directly ready for usage!
The sub is basically a tube shaped fridge, front opens and the sub is basically a 2 litre plastic pressure bottle with a tube/nozzle built in. Beer wise, the draft is decent enough providing you've given it time to chill. From room temperature took around 4 hours to get to temp. If you're thinking of a session of more than 4 pints, stick a couple more subs in the fridge.
I bought one for a somewhat odd reason: I build 80's style arcade machines and thought it'd be good to have a beer tap built into the front of one. It certainly does the job in that respect :grin:
Obviously the beers are limited to the Heineken et al - personally can't stand Heineken but Tiger on the other hand is very drinkable.
Bit gimmicky, but decent enough if you're just having a couple of quiet drinks rather than an epic session. You can get the larger kegs for things like perfect draft, but unless you're drinking a lot or more regularily I prefer the sub for keeping things fresh
If you cool from room temperature it'll take up to 6 hours realistically to cool down to the 2 degrees. Just keep them in the fridge and it doesn't take that long.