Talk:Cornelius keg

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message: i don't have references, i just worked at a 711 store and know how these systems work
i worked for a year back in the 80s and 15 years from 1995 to 2009
i feel that article is wrong
first of all, it is called POST MIX and not PREMIX
PREMIX is what you bought in a can at the store
:Comment/clarification:
:The article is using the correct term there, as it is describing the tanks’ use for dispensation of pre-mix (that is, beverages that have already been diluted to serving strength and fully carbonated before delivery). However, it is misleading in that it neglects to acknowledge their use in post-mix systems, which, prior to the adoption of bag-in-box, were the most common applications for Corney tanks. (You later said that the the article identifies Bag-in-Box as pre-mix. If so, someone must have fixed it, because I don't believe it does now.)
:As you pointed out, in a post-mix system, the Corney tank (or a BiB) holds syrup concentrate which is then mixed at the faucet with tap water (after passing the water through an inline chiller and carbonator). 
:Premix systems at the time were primarily intended for environments in which an external water supply might be unavailable (such as a mobile food truck or a temporary beverage booth at a picnic or other special event) or for small environments where "no-fuss" dispensing was more important than volume (such as an office break room). Equipment expense probably also played a role, as I noticed in the ’90s that newly-manufactured pre-mix dispensing fountains were quite a bit cheaper than new post-mix fountains. That may have been related to shifting demands, but I suspect it was due to the presence of an inline carbonator in the latter. 
:(By the way, as with post-mix, pre-mix tanks can also be connected in series. As the article appears to have been originally composed from the perspective of one re-purposing them for dispensing homebrewed beer, it is not surprising that that feature is not mentioned, as most homebrewers who make batches larger than the capacity of a Corney keg would either employ brewery kegs or swap out Corneys when empty rather than chaining them together.)
:The soft-drink distribution industry standardised on the versatile Cornelius tank [in the ’60s & ’70s, maybe? I don’t even know what they used previously] because its dual suitability for both pre- and post-mix meant the need to store, transport, clean and maintain only one type of container for all their fountain customers. 
:Eventually, the durability and convenience of Bag-in-Box improved, and, by the mid-'90s, BiB had replaced Corney tanks for most post-mix applications. For pre-mix fountains, though, I believe the tanks still remain the most widely used solution. However, bulk pre-mix seems to have largely disappeared, as many environments that formerly used it have either switched to post-mix BiB or to individual bottles. (I used to purchase pre-mix soft drinks for our system at home, but it was actually more expensive in bulk Corneys than in 1- or 2-litre bottles, so I suspect that even larger users may have found that the convenience of bottles outweighed any savings there might have been from continuing to handle pre-mix tanks.)
:I don’t have hard facts to back up any of this; I never worked in the industry. This is merely my own interpretation of what I have observed over the years. So, do some research before making edits based on what I have said. —Starling2001 (talk) 23:35, 26 December 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Syrup from BiB? Or from jugs? Either way, what a mess! I'm guessing that the shop had just been slow to modernise the equipment. (Perhaps the owners were holding off on it in anticipation of a major store-wide remodeling that kept getting postponed or were planning to sell the operation to someone else. —Starling2001 (talk) 23:45, 26 December 2018 (UTC)
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