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Bormioli Rocco Kufra Glass Jug with Ice Container and Lid $12.99 Ideal for ice cold drinks and refreshing beverages, this pitcher is made from thick and durable glass, and features a convenient tube that holds ice, and so keeps your beverage ice cold at all times. This tube is sealed off from the rest of the beverage, so the ice will not dilute your drink. Attractively designed and shaped, the pitcher has a large curvaceous base, and an easy to grasp handle. Ad… |
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Johnson Controls A19AAT-2C Freezer Temperature Controller $48.50 Use this handy controller to regulate the temperature in your freezer between 20 – 80F . Great for turning a chest freezer into a keg refrigerator. Strictly a mechanical thermostat for cooling only, it is simple to use and economical. It operates with a gas filled probe on a 6-foot capillary tube. When the gas contracts or expands in the probe, it triggers a mechanical device inside the control wh… |
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Homebrew Immersion Wort Chiller – 25′ Copper Tubing $43.50 This simple to use immersion wort chiller will drop your wort to a proper yeast pitching temperature quickly, to save you time. With a 3/4″ female garden hose fitting that will attach to most utility sink faucets, this copper wort chiller is easy to incorporate into the brewing process. Its outlet tube allows the water that has been warmed by hot wort to exit the tube and into your sink, without a… |
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Caddy Daddy Golf 6 Pack Golf Bag Cooler 6 Pack Golf Bag Cooler… |
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Intex River Run II $29.95 The mesh bottom of this pool float keeps you cool and the built in backrest boasts easy cruising. Share the float AND the cooler with a friend but enjoy your own personal cup holders. An all-around grab rope and 2 heavy duty handles will keep you cool even in the rockiest conditions! Choose any one of the five air chambers to inflate your River Run II and prepare for water luxury!… |
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Intex Recreation 58820EP Mega Chill Inflatable Floating Pool Drink Cooler Ice Chest $12.99 31″ Mega Chill Inflatable Cooler, Holds Up To 24 Soda Cans Plus Ice, Features 5 Cup Holders & 2 Heavy Duty Handles, 16 Gauge Vinyl With 3 Air Chambers. Repair Patch Included…. |
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Vertically Driven Product Tube Koolers – Six-Can 5078115 $22.95 Convenient way to bring along cans or plastic bottlesStraps onto sportbar or any bar up to 4.5in dia.Constructed of thick, heavy-duty neopreneSeams are glued and overlock stitchedHeavy-duty shoulder strapAvailable in three-can or six-can size… |
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Kelsyus Floating Cooler $27.00 Float around the pool sipping your favorite beverage with the Kelsyus Floating Cooler. This inflatable cooler comes with a zippered top lid so that you can pre-fill the cooler with ice for convenient travel or to stop spillage in pool. Its 12-quart capacity can hold 18 cans without ice, or 12 cans with ice. You can even store a beverage in one of the 6 can holders on the cooler’s outer serving rin… |
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Byers Big Bobber Floating Cooler, Model# 1701 $24.99 The Byers Big Bobber floating cooler is a fun choice for any water-based activity. U.S.A. Pieces (qty.): 1, Remote Included: No, Dimensions L x W x H (in.): 14 x 14 x 16, Material Type: Insulated hard plastic, Includes: 1 Bobber cooler… |
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The Stainless Steel Chill Stick (Beverage Cooler) $21.00 Looking for a way to keep your Gamer cool all game long? If you need an additional cooling option, The Chill Stick™is a simple way to keep your Gamer cold for hours. It is an approximately 6″ long stainless steel tube filled with a freezable, non-toxic gel. The Chill Stick is simply placed in the freezer, then gently dropped into The Gamer™, displacing approximately 8 oz. It’s easy to … |
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Beer Tubes Silver Tube Theme Beer Tube $115.81 Beer Tubes are a new way to enjoy your favorite beverages with friends. They are a 100 oz (that's a little over eight 12 oz glasses to save doing the math) beverage dispensers to go atop your table and save the trouble of making multiple trips to refill your glass while keeping your drinks cold.The classic Silver Tube Theme Beer Tube shows simple style and has plenty of room to add your own decals or logos. This tube stands approximately 3.5 feet tall and has about a 11 inch diameter base. |
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SOL-SBC-490-OS Refrigerated Beer Cooler $2697 Save today on our wide selection of Solaire brand barbecue grills Find the SOL-SBC-490-OS Solaire Refrigerated Beer Cooler SS and so much more at factory direct prices online everyday |
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Beverage Air BM23-B Portable Beer Keg Cooler For 1-Keg, Black $1156.65 Beverage Air BM23-B Portable Beer Keg Cooler For 1-Keg, Black |
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Beer Tubes Football Theme Beer Tube $145.56 Beer Tubes are a new way to enjoy your favorite beverages with friends. They are a 100 oz (that's a little over eight 12 oz glasses to save doing the math) beverage dispensers to go atop your table and save the trouble of making multiple trips to refill your glass while keeping your drinks cold.One of the most popular designs, the Beer Tubes Football Theme Beer Tube is great for any football fan and can be easily customized with your own decals to represent your team. This tube stands approximately 3.5 feet tall and has about a 12 inch diameter base. |
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Beer Tubes Baseball Theme Beer Tube $186.24 Beer Tubes are a new way to enjoy your favorite beverages with friends. They are a 100 oz (that's a little over eight 12 oz glasses to save doing the math) beverage dispensers to go atop your table and save the trouble of making multiple trips to refill your glass while keeping your drinks cold.One of the most popular designs, the Baseball Theme Beer Tube is perfect for any baseball aficianado and has room on the front of the base to add your own decals or logos. This tube stands approximately 3.5 feet tall and has about a 12 inch diameter base. This model is shown with Optional Magnetic Drip Tray |
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Beer Tubes Conic Carbon Theme Beer Tube $145.56 Beer Tubes are a new way to enjoy your favorite beverages with friends. They are a 100 oz (that's a little over eight 12 oz glasses to save doing the math) beverage dispensers to go atop your table and save the trouble of making multiple trips to refill your glass while keeping your drinks cold.One of the most popular designs, the Conic Carbon Theme Beer Tube has a sleek look fitting made to mimic a carbon filter and has plenty of room to add your own decals or logos. This tube stands approximately 3.5 feet tall and has about a 9 inch diameter base. |
Beer Keg Facts
I am an Arizona Diamondbacks baseball fan. I know that this year is not the best for my team, but I follow them anyway. During last night's pre-game show, Todd Walsh, the show's emcee, did a tour of the beer keg factory across the street from the ballpark. In just a few minutes, I learned a lot about draft beer and beer kegs that I wanted to share with you.
Beer Keg Sizes
In the U.S., common keg sizes are the 1/6 barrel, ¼ barrel, and ½ barrel. The 1/6 barrel is often called a "torpedo" keg, ¼ barrel is also called a "pony keg" and the ½ barrel is most often referred to as a "full keg". When full, the ½ barrel will weigh some where around 160 pounds, only 30 pounds when empty. Full kegs are typically 23 to 24 inches tall, 16 to 17 inches in diameter and generally hold 15 ½ gallons of beer or approximately 165 12-ounce glasses. The standard keg size in Europe is 50 liters, but 20 and 30-liter keg options are also available.
Keg Construction
Aluminum and occasionally stainless steel are the primary metals used to manufacture draft beer kegs. From the opening in the top, a tube extends to the bottom of the keg. At the top of the tube, a self-closing value is opened when the tapping key is inserted. A small opening allows the carbon dioxide to drive the beer out of the keg. The coupling fitting has valves that control the flow of beer out of and the flow of gas into a keg.
The Life of a Keg
A brewery will receive large quantities of empty kegs each day. Each keg is first pressure washed with a water and detergent mixture and then completely rinsed with fresh water. Before the keg is refilled, it is sanitized to kill all bacteria that maybe present. Each full keg is then filled, sealed and the exterior is again rinsed off. The kegs are loaded on racks and moved to a cold storage room for a few days before they are ready to ship. The entire process from the initial cleaning to the distribution to retail and home customers could take as long as 15 to 20 days. Because the vast majority of draft beer is unpasteurized, keg beers will usually only stay good for a total of 45 to 60 days after filling. It is important to know that once you purchase a keg for your use that generally means it had better be used in about 30 to 40 days. You must subtract the time spent refilling and distributing the kegs from the total keg beer life. Kegs are usually stamped with a "use before" date that will make it easy to track.
Draught Beer Equipment Needed
If you really like draft beer, you will need the right equipment to keep it fresh as long as possible. Draft beer must be kept refrigerated between 35 and 44 degrees F. If the temperature gets above 5o degrees, the beer will start to turn sour and cloudy in a matter of a few days as bacteria starts to grow. The fresh brewery taste and aroma will be lost. Beer dispensing refrigerators are readily available from a number of quality manufacturers. Most kegerators come with CO2 bottles, tapping devices and approved beer-dispensing lines. Some of the keg coolers also come with extra shelving that make converting your cooler to a refrigerator easy. A key factor that will help keep your beer from foaming is keeping your tubing and taper clean. You can purchase cleaning kits especially designed to keep all your keg equipment from tainting the taste of your beer.
The Diamondbacks did win the game I was watching by beating Milwaukee 2 to 1. They now have a mini win streak of three games. Some people argue that draft beer is better for you than canned beer. As I always say, buy the draft beer of your choice, get a beer keg cooler to preserve the brew's flavor and enjoy it immensely.
Author: Ronald Senn, Vice-president, Ideal Wine Coolers, August 2010
About the Author
Ronald Senn is currently Vice-president of Ideal Wine Coolers. Ron served in the U.S. Navy from 1966-1970. Ron graduated from the University of Arizona with BS and MS Degrees. Ron is retired from the U.S. Forest Service after serving over 30 years.
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