Advantages and installation of a beer tap at home

If family meals and get-togethers with friends are a regular feature on your calendar, you’ve probably been tempted at some point to install a beer tap at home. Your own draft system translates into multiple advantages when you use it regularly. For example, it will let you pour beer just like in bars. You can adjust the pour to create that delicious creamy head that’s impossible to achieve with canned or bottled beer.

You’ll also be able to have a large volume of cold beer ready to drink, because when you have guests over, the fridge is usually not enough to hold everything you’d like. Don’t forget perhaps the most important factor: price. You’ll save money by buying beer in kegs, especially in the case of craft beer; and if you buy it directly from the brewer, as a local product, you’ll save even more and guarantee its freshness.

If you still have doubts about whether it’s worth having a beer dispenser at home, the different types of kegs that exist, etc., don’t worry because we’re going to answer the most frequently asked questions. Some people don’t know how long a tapped beer keg can last. Well, it depends on the style, but in general a 30-liter keg can stay tapped for up to two months without any problem. So can I tap any beer keg? Yes, but you need the specific keg coupler, since there are different types.

So once I switch on the cooler, how long does it take for the beer to get cold? That depends on the model, but within a couple of hours your beer will be ready to drink at the latest. And how long does a CO2 bottle last? With 2 kg of CO2 you can serve between 350 and 400 liters.

Got it clearer now? Then all that’s left is to get to know the installation of the beer tap you want. It’s a very simple process, since there is a wide range of pre-assembled setups with drip tray, tap, tower or hand pump, etc. First we must connect the beer line coming from the tower to the coupler, which in turn will be connected to the keg. The beer will flow through this line.

Next, we take the primary regulator, or gas regulator, to which we’ll connect the hose. One side goes to the CO2 cylinder, while the other connects to the keg. Gas will flow through this line to the keg, and we can regulate or balance it with the gauge. As for chilling the beer, we have several options. We can run the beer through the coil of an external cooler, or choose one of the many taps that already have a built-in cooler.

You now know everything you need about the advantages of having a beer dispenser at home. You probably feel like getting one, don’t you?