Backup Beer Keg Pump

Published On: Thursday, April 3, 2008

Keg beer makes a great addition to any party, especially if your guests can appreciate the art of kegeration. It is an inexpensive alternative to canned and bottled beer and it is definitely more fun to serve to a large group of beer lovers.

Imagine you’ve set the date for your party, you've sent out the invitations and you've purchased your favorite keg of beer. The doorbell rings and your friends start to pile in. Everyone is having a great time and the beer is flowing perfectly with the help of a CO2 air tank. And then… Capoot.

A common mistake made by many kegerator owners is forgetting to make sure the air tank has enough juice to power the keg. We call this dancing with CO2 gods. There comes a time in every kegerator owner’s life when he dances with CO2 gods and loses.

The solution, be proactive and order the right equipment:

Having a backup beer keg pump will allow you to save the party and manually push the beer out of the keg. The keg pump simply uses a hand pump to push air into the keg for the beer to be dispensed. Make sure you have the right beer keg pump to match the keg you’ve bought. The keg coupler and beer keg pump are a matching system and will lock together to allow the remaining keg beer to be served.

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