Beer dispenser

[Donegal john]

Seen this in Asda today £89 not something I would want but might be of interest to someone on here.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

A quick unboxing review

 

[Donegal john]

Well that looks easy

 

[Chippy_Tea]

I didn't get the gas on gas off bit are you not supposed to leave it on?

 

[Donegal john]

I didn't get the gas on gas off bit are you not supposed to leave it on?

I think it’s just to dispense the beer. Looks a P I T A to be honest

 

[Agentgonzo]

I didn't get the gas on gas off bit are you not supposed to leave it on?

I would assume you just leave it on. Unless the whole thing leaks, in which case you shouldn't buy it .

I find that my bottles dispense the beer if I just invert them over a glass. Seems much simpler than all that faff!

 

[RoomWithABrew]

I like the " pour a perfect pint " .

Yet the glass isn't a pint glass on the box and no-one fills a pint glass on the you tube. My wife forwarded this gadget to me a while ago from England and asked if I was interested. I might have painted my display fridge black in the brew room but it's still pretty obvious with 6 stainless taps on the side and a drip tray.

 

[Jason s]

I have one. A birthday present from the kids. It's not bad, you can get a 5L keg of ghost ship from sainsburys for around £15. And when that's finished you can reuse the keg filled your favourite homebrew and 12.5 grams of priming sugar. Carb and chill as you would a bottle. The C02 is just to top up the serving pressure. Great little gadget if you have a few friends over because the beer will only be good for about 48 hours. And the bonus is that some craft beer breweries do 5L kegs so your not stuck with the usual run of the mill stuff. It's not a perfect draft but I give it 8 out 10.
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[jof]

And remember, they don't show you what you need to do to clean it out between kegs.

So I'll stick with AgentGonzo on this one.

 

[Jason s]

And remember, they don't show you what you need to do to clean it out between kegs.

So I'll stick with AgentGonzo on this one.

I just strip it all down and soak in hot water for a bit. Then santise with chemsan.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

I just strip it all down and soak in hot water for a bit. Then santise with chemsan.

Could you pull hot water or beer line cleaner through using the empty keg

 

[Jason s]

Could you pull hot water or beer line cleaner through using the empty keg

Yes you can. There is a plastic keg available exactly for that purpose.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Yes you can. There is a plastic keg available exactly for that purpose.

In that case it sems a nice little machine if you don't home brew and want a cool beer on tap.

 

[RoomWithABrew]

In that case it sems a nice little machine if you don't home brew and want a cool beer on tap.

and you don't have a normal fridge to put a mini keg in!

 

[Chippy_Tea]

and you don't have a normal fridge to put a mini keg in!

A good point about the fridge.


Something i don't get is -

5 litre keg £22.99

10 x 500ml bottles £13.00

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[RoomWithABrew]

@Chippy_Tea
Looks like you get 12 bottles with your clubcard for 18 pounds so that's 6 litres of beer

So all told an expensive way to drink cheap beer.

A bit like homebrewing really.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Looks like you get 12 bottles with your clubcard for 18 pounds so that's 6 litres of beer

I was comparing buying 5 litres in bottles to 5 litres in a keg.

Tesco and Sainsburys charge £1.30 for a 500ml bottle so £13.00 for 5 litres.

The Kegs are £22.99 for the same amount.
(a rip off)

 

[Agentgonzo]

I think part of it is the novelty factor of getting a mini keg. From the brewery's point of view, they probably have better economies of scale and existing distribution mechanisms set up for bottles.

But yes, from a consumer point of view, it makes no sense to buy the minikeg. It's more of a faff, and the dispensing is worse as the tiny nozzle makes foamy.

 

[RoomWithABrew]

I have one of these that I got with a couple of sankey D keg couplers. So basically a free way ( for me ) to dispense from the mini keg I don't have.
These are expensive when compared to the beer dispenser.

https://www.amazon.com/Tap-Party-Star-Deluxe-System/dp/B0064OGCUI

 

[Cwrw666]

A good point about the fridge.
Something i don't get is -
5 litre keg £22.99
10 x 500ml bottles £13.00





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Because the minikeg is actual beer whereas the bottled stuff is 0.5% dishwater. (Actually it's not bad for low alcohol stuff).