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DOWN WITH OVERPAYING!

Stop ordering expensive beers every time you go out to the bar! Pour ‘em at home!

“I’m telling you, Bill, it feels so good to not depend on local bars and big box chains for my beer. Now that we’re pouring beer at home out of our Magic Beer Machine we picked up, I feel like we’re making a difference.”

“By dispensing beer?”

“Yeah, by dispensing beer! These things are perfect for us; they don’t take up a lot of space, cost per beer is lower, and we can also use it as a fermentation chamber for making our own beer at home!”

“Well that’s a great way to save some money and help ease the burden on the local bars in this country.”

“PLUS we get to stick it to Wally World and the like! No more overpriced tasteless brews! Hell no, BYO! Keep your rice out of my life!”

“Right. The companies responsible for bringing the lowest possible prices to customers in human history. Those are the guys we want to stick it to.”

“Don’t you read the Internet? THEY’RE EVIL!

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KC2000 EdgeStar KegeratorKC2000 EdgeStar Kegerator

 

Low, Low, Low Price ($339.00) on this new 6 Cu. ft. Igloo Kegerator with free shipping to the nearest store for pickup

 

Great refrigerator for a DIY kegerator conversion, Danby Compact Refrigerator DAR440BL has a new low price of  under $200 w/ free shipping.  Add the Double Tap Stainless Tower or add the double tap tower Kegerator Conversion Kit for a complete home draft system.

 

Not really a deal, but who wouldn’t want this in their home. The Beer Cave Kegerator is a complete walk-in beer bottle cooler and keg storage cave with beer dispensing tap. Go ahead and drool…

Housewarming Parties and Portable Kegerators

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Welcome To The Neighborhood!

Welcome To The Neighborhood!
Looking for a great way to welcome in the new neighbors down the street? Host a housewarming party for them! You can invite a bunch of people from the neighborhood so that the new family can feel welcomed and can get to know the people that live on their street.

Another way to welcome new neighbors to the neighborhood is to plan the party at their house (with their permission, of course!) and have each person in the neighborhood bring some food or drinks so that the new family is more the guest than a host.

If you want to plan a housewarming party at either your own home or the home of a new neighbor, having a portable mini kegerator (and bringing the mini keg with you to the party) is a great way to add to the festivities. A portable kegerator is basically a small sized appliance, about the size of a coffee maker, which houses a mini-sized keg of beer and dispenses it from a tap. Because of its small size, it is easily transportable, so you can take it with you when the party is somewhere other than your own home. And since a mini kegerator holds as much beer as a bunch of cans or bottles, it is an easy way to show up with the beer for the party, and also serves as a gathering spot for guests during the party.

By setting up a portable kegerator at a housewarming party, it serves as a place where people can gather and can get to know the new neighbors. For some reason, the kegerator becomes the spot to “hang out”, much like you would sit around the bar in a restaurant. Maybe it’s just the great tasting draft beer than no one wants to be far from or maybe it’s just the fact that a mini kegerator is a cool conversation piece that draws attention to a crowd. Whatever it is, having a mini kegerator to gather round is very different than if everyone just takes his or her own can or bottle of beer from a cooler and then disperses. Even better? If you neighbor has a keezer (freezer converted to hold kegs) then you my friend have hit the jackpot!

KeezerA Keezer in its natural habitat

If your neighborhood is extremely social and generous, and always enjoys having a good party, you and your neighbors may even want to consider chipping in a few dollars apiece to buy the new neighbors a mini kegerator as a housewarming gift from the rest of the neighborhood. Check out a cool service call Pay It Square. You can collect/pool money online for a gift.

Of course, before you do so, you should try to find out if the new neighbors even enjoy drinking beer, because if not, this gift may not be very well received. But if they do, it can be a rather unique gift that says “Welcome to the neighborhood! We look forward to spending fun times with you in the future.”

If you’re looking to buy a mini or portable kegerator for the new neighbors as a housewarming gift, you can find models that range in price from around $100 or so to upwards of $300 or more. Mini kegerators often come in a sleek, stainless steel design, so they are sure to go with most any décor and look great on a home bar or kitchen counter. Most can be plugged into a standard electrical outlet at home or can be converted to an adaptor that plugs into a car, truck or RV for those that like to take their party on the road.

Housewarming parties are a great way to welcome new neighbors to the neighborhood, while also being a great way for old neighbors to catch up with one another. Gathering around the portable kegerator – or chipping in to supply the new neighbors with their very own mini kegerator as a housewarming gift – can really be a thoughtful way to let your new neighbors know that you are happy to have them in your neighborhood.

Surprise Party Necessities: Food, Friends, Beer

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What’s the  secret to throwing a good surprise party? The secret is that the best parties are all about who’s on the guest list. Good food and good beer are certainly an added bonus, but they’re not the most important thing. I know. I know. This is a blog about kegerators and beer, but good friends and close family are “Numéro Uno” without a doubt.

Kegerator Surprise Party

Decorations and gifts are nice, but they don’t solely make for a good party. So, if you are thinking about planning a surprise party for someone close to you, the most important thing is to make sure that the most important people in their life are present – and that those they don’t like are not.

Once the guest list for your surprise party is taken care of, then you want to think about things like food, drinks and entertainment. If the party is for adults, then alcoholic beverages are usually part of the game plan.

If the host of the party has a home bar, complete with a home kegerator that serves delicious, authentic-tasting draught beer, then you’re in luck because kegerators offer a great option for serving the beverages at the party. If you don’t have an authentic beer dispenser like a kegerator, that doesn’t mean your party is ruined, however. You can see if someone you know has a mini kegerator that you can borrow for the evening, which will still dispense great tasting draught beer. The mini kegerator’s size will allow someone else to easily bring it to the party, and then all you’ll need to do is buy a few 5 liter size mini kegs to put in the beer dispenser to keep the beer flowing all night.

If you can’t get your hands on a kegerator for the surprise party, have no fear. A beer cooler filled with some of the guest of honor’s favorite brand of beer in cans or bottles will do the trick just fine. If there are wine drinkers at the party, you can also make sure to have a few bottles of wine on hand as well. You can even opt to have a fully stocked bar, complete with hard liquor, but doing so can get expensive and is a better option if you’re also hiring a professional bartender.

Aside from beer and other alcoholic drinks, you’ll also want to consider food for your surprise party. The type of food you offer will depend in part on how formal or informal you want your party to be, what type of food your guest of honor and his or her friends prefer, and your budget. You can throw a surprise party with a light menu of just chips and snacks or can have a full meal served. You can be as informal as pizza and wings or can have a fully catered affair with upscale appetizers and decadent desserts. You can plan the whole menu and buy all the food yourself, or you can ask each guest at the surprise party to bring a dish and make the party a pot-luck event. The point is, you have a ton of different options when it comes to the food being served at a surprise party, and you’ll find that whatever option you choose will not change the level of fun the party delivers.

So, if you are planning a surprise party for someone, your first order of business should be to make sure you get the guest list right – don’t leave important people off the invitation list and don’t have people on there that don’t belong. Then take care of things like drinks and food – try to find a kegerator or ask if any guests have a mini kegerator so you can all enjoy some great tasting draught beer throughout the party or stock the cooler full of cans or bottles of beer.

Or, if you have more of a wine drinking crowd, make sure you have enough wine on hand. Then choose a menu that suits the overall mood of the party crowd and your budget. After that, if you are interested and still have time and money left over, you can worry about things like decorations, paper goods, invitations and the like. The truth is that the guest of honor is usually so happy that someone took the time out to plan a party just for them, that their gratitude is in the thought and planning that goes into the party, not the little details that serve as “extras” to make the party a bit more special.

Religious Celebrations and Keg Dispensers: What's The Connection?

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Have you ever wondered if there’s a logical connection between religious celebrations and kegerators? Probably not, but in fact, there are many religious celebrations where having a kegerator on hand can add to the festivities. You see, when a bunch of people get together to celebrate a major event, such as a religious celebration, there is often alcoholic beverages, or at least beer and wine present. And if there’s beer, what better way to dispense it than from a keg, housed in an attractive looking kegerator that does the job of keeping it cold and keeping the keg out of sight?

beer churchA church bar/pub that mixes religion and the art of beer making.

Some religious celebrations that you may find kegerators at include bar and bat mitzvahs, christenings, baptisms, holy communions and such. It is not the religious part of the celebration that warrants the use of a kegerator, but the fact that most of these religious events are accompanied by large gatherings of family and friends to celebrate the religious milestones. So, if you are throwing a party with adults in attendance for any type of special event, having a kegerator on hand to dispense the beer can be a highlight of the party.

For some, planning a celebration tied to a religious event includes selecting a professional catering venue to hold and coordinate the event. This means that your religious celebration may take place in a catering hall, restaurant, club or hotel ballroom. Often when an event is held at a formal catering facility, the facility takes care of all food and beverages served at the event, and also supplies servers and bartenders. If this is the case and beer is being served, chances are that behind the bar sits a commercial kegerator, which houses one or more kegs of beer that will then be dispensed to guests on request.

Commercial kegerators are the types seen behind bars at restaurants and pubs (actually, they’re usually not seen because they’re under the counter and out of sight, but you know that they’re there). These types of kegerators can have one or two taps or more and can allow the dining establishment to offer multiple types of draught beer on tap to its patrons.

If you are coordinating the planning of the festivities for your own religious celebration and it will not be occurring at a restaurant or formal catering facility, you may have to arrange to have your own tables and chairs on hand and to set up an area for food and beverages. You can rent the items you need from a party rental company, complete with the long tables required to set up a buffet of food (along with the sterno and serving dishes) and a bar (along with a kegerator full of beer). You can hire your own servers and bartenders, or sometimes the rental company can even provide them for you so you can save yourself the extra step of having to hire wait staff separately.

However you choose to celebrate a religious milestone with your family and friends, you will find that having a keg dispenser can be a handy accompaniment to your celebration. You might never have thought before about the connection between religious celebrations and kegerators – and you might never again – but when it comes to planning a party or celebration, you will quickly see the benefits of having a beer dispenser on hand, if you choose to serve alcoholic beverages at the event.

Movie Night: Grab Some Popcorn, Candy and Beer?

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Want a great excuse to hang out at home and enjoy some good entertainment and good company? Plan a movie night! Movie nights can consist of just you and your honey, the whole family or a bunch of friends that you invite over for a more social gathering. Then, all you need is a good movie to watch that everyone agrees on, and some food and drinks and you’ve got yourself an “official” movie night party!

Kegerator Movie Night

When most people think of movie night, they think of some of the treats they would otherwise get in their local movie theater. This means that there’s usually plenty of popcorn and possibly an assortment of favorite movie candy, such as Twizzlers, Sno-Caps or whatever people like. But, the nice thing about having movie night at home, rather than heading to the local theater (aside from the big difference in price!) is that you can also have a drink or two while enjoying a good flick – something you can’t do at most theaters, amidst all the popcorn and candy.

For those that have a home kegerator, grabbing a couple of draft beers along with some buttery and salty popcorn is a good combination to enjoy while watching a good movie. Home beer kegerators supply great tasting, cold frosty beer on tap, just like the local bar or pub, or the bar at your favorite restaurant. So, if you have a beer or two from your kegerator, along with some good movie treats while watching a first run movie that you rent, you can enjoy all the benefits of a night out without the hefty cost.

Opting to plan a movie night, either as an intimate evening for two or a group get-together, can save you loads of money over a night out. For one, renting a movie can be a really cheap form of entertainment. You can rent a movie on demand for usually $4 – $6, depending on how new the movie is, can head to a store that rents movies (which will cost you about the same amount as renting them from your cable or satellite provider), can plan ahead to get the movie you want from NetFlix, or you can even find one of those Red Box machines at your local supermarket or other location, which allows you to rent a movie for just $1, if you bring it back the next day. If you’re willing to watch a movie that’s not a first run release, you may even be able to rent the movie for free, so the entertainment portion of your evening will cost you nothing.

Then you’ll continue to save on food and drinks. Rather than a bag of popcorn and a drink costing you an arm and a leg at the theatre, you can probably pop a bag of microwave popcorn for about $1 or less, can eat all the candy your sweet tooth can handle for the price of just one movie-sized box of candy at the theater, and can add in pizza, Chinese food or almost any other type of food you want, and you’ll still probably be ahead of the game financially compared with a night out at the local movie theatre. If you also consider having a few draft beers from your home kegerator rather than making a stop at the local bar after the movie, you’re really starting to add up the savings compared to what it would cost if you headed out.

In addition to all the money you can save by planning a movie night at home, complete with favorite munchy foods and draft beer from your own kegerator, you can enjoy some other benefits as well. You’ll have the privacy of being in your own home, so you can talk with friends if you’re in a group or snuggle up on the couch under a blanket if the evening is just planned for two. You can avoid long lines at the theater, nasty weather outside (the best time to plan a movie night is when the weather isn’t so great anyway), and the need to get dressed to impress.

So the next time you’re in the mood to see a good movie, grab some popcorn, candy and great tasting draft beer, choose a good movie and some good company, and have some fun!

Planning an Oscar Party? Don't Forget The Kegerator!

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Once a year, Oscar night is a much anticipated event for movie lovers. What better way to celebrate your favorite movies and movie stars than with an Oscar party? Oscar parties can be the perfect reason to get together with friends and take in the glam of Hollywood. So, if you’re planning an Oscar party this year, what should you have on your “must-have” list? Champagne? Canapes? Beer?

Oscar Party with Kegerator

If your crowd is more interested in drinking beer than champagne, or it’s simply a more practical and economical choice for your Oscar party, then you may want to break out your mini kegerator or tap into your home kegerator, if you have one.

Sure, it’s nice to have free-flowing champagne to get into the Hollywood mood at an Oscar night party, but the fact is that many people don’t like drinking champagne, and even if they do, it gets pretty expensive to supply champagne for a crowd for an entire evening. Instead, you can set up the mini kegerator and let people help themselves throughout the party to great tasting, draft beer. It may not be champagne, but chances are it will be enjoyed by your guests more than the bubbly stuff (and won’t leave you with a nasty hangover the next day!).

Beer in champagne glass

If you want to make your party more glam, you can serve the beer out of champagne flutes rather than beer mugs or simply plastic red cups. You can even find plastic ‘throw-away’ champagne flutes so that you can easily have enough for the whole crowd. Then your “bubbly” can just be fresh, draft beer from the kegerator, rather than expensive champagne, but your beverage choice will stay consistent with your party theme.

Drinks aren’t the only thing to think of when planning your Oscar night party, however. Food is also a big draw at parties such as these. You may want to skip the casual chips, wings and beer for something a bit more upscale to get into the Hollywood theme, but you can easily do so with some easy-to-make appetizers and finger foods that are as fun to eat as they are easy to make.

If you want to make the party really easy on yourself, you can just supply the kegerator filled with beer and ask each guest to bring an appetizer or dessert to the shindig. By doing this, it makes it easy for you to organize the party, and everyone is usually more than happy to show up with a dish to share with friends.

Of course, what’s Oscar night without some glamorous clothes and hairdos? To really get everyone in the mood for your Oscar party, make your party a dress-up night. You can put info on the invitations about what style of dress is most appropriate – you can make the party dress semi-formal, formal attire, or can even suggest that your guests come dressed as their favorite Hollywood actors. Some people prefer to have a more casual party, but if you want to immerse yourself in the Oscar night theme, dressing up can really set the mood.

However you decide to plan your Oscar night party, it is sure to be a fun event that will give everyone a reason to get out of their house on what may be a cold, February night, and enjoy good food and drink with friends while rooting for their favorite flicks and stars.

Kegerator Engagement Party: Say "I do" with Brew

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Engagement Party and Kegerators

So, he finally popped the question! You, as well as all who know you well, are so excited and your days are filled with wedding plans and thoughts of what your future will hold. But, before you get carried away, your friends and family want to throw an engagement party for you and your fiancé to celebrate the exciting news.

That means the person in charge of planning the party will need a guest list, a location that will fit all the guests, and some good food and drinks. To take care of the drink department, the party planner may want to consider buying or renting a kegerator.

Why a kegerator you might ask? At an engagement party? Because kegerators are a great way to offer cold, great tasting beer that makes sense for a large crowd. They are an economical option – and one that’s eco-friendly, too. Most kegerators fit a half keg of beer, which holds as much as 165 cans of beer. The cost of buying a keg of beer is cheaper than buying those 165 cans. And if you have a big crowd at your engagement party, you can easily go through that much beer. [Use our Beer Calculator to see how much beer you will need]

Also, since there are no individual cans housing the beer that each of your guests drink, there is less waste – and less mess – with a kegerator. No need to be cleaning up dozens of empty or half empty beer cans at the end of the party. And no need to be wasting nearly five pounds of aluminum (or glass if you would otherwise buy bottles – an even more expensive option). You can fill pitchers or growlers of beer from the kegerator, so it will be easy to pour if you have table set up for your guests.

Most people that plan an engagement party keep the party relatively informal – at least not as involved as the actual wedding reception will be. That means that having a kegerator set up in a corner so that guests can help themselves to cold beer is a great way to take care of the “bar”.

You can also have some soda and ice set up nearby for those that prefer soft drinks. Another way to keep the party informal is to have a buffet set up for the food, rather than a sit down meal. This keeps people up and mingling more and keeps the atmosphere relaxed and fun. If you don’t want to offer a full meal, finger foods that are passed around are another good option.  [Try our Guinness Slider recipe]

If you don’t like the idea of having a kegerator set up in the corner because it reminds you of old fraternity parties back in the day, don’t worry about it. For one, a kegerator is actually a refrigerator that houses the keg of beer to keep it cold, so all you will be looking at is something that looks like a mini refrigerator with a tap on top. This is a lot different than your younger days when someone might have grabbed a keg, threw it in a bucket full of ice (or a bathtub!), where there was melted ice mixing with beer all over the floor.

Instead, a kegerator offers a much more refined way to keep the beer cold and keep the keg out of sight. If you want, you can even buy a vinyl wrap to decorate the kegerator for the engagement party, or you can decorate around it yourself.

Getting engaged is an exciting time in anyone’s life and should be met with some type of celebration. Engagement parties can be lots of fun – especially if there is a kegerator placed in a strategic location to supply some great tasting, cold draft beer throughout the party. Just remember to have a great time as you celebrate the beginning of your new life together – and to drink responsibly!

Super Bowl Kegerator Parties

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Super Bowl Kegerator Parties

The Super Bowl. Not simply another day of football, it has turned into a national pastime that is noted for the specific foods that are served and the fact that it is the biggest beer-drinking day of the year. Super Bowl parties are a great way to hang out with friends to watch the game and the much anticipated commercials between breaks, while also enjoying great munchie food like pizza, wings and nachos, and of course, beer.

If you’re headed to a Super Bowl party at someone’s house that has a home kegerator, you can be sure that the gathering place will be around the kegerator while people watch the game. Most people that own a home kegerator also have a home bar, or some type of area in a family room or game room that they enjoy using for entertaining. This area is usually the “hang out spot” when friends gather for social occasions. People love to hang out near the kegerator because they have easy access to refill their cup of beer and it just seems to be the place that everyone gathers around throughout the party.

It doesn’t need to be Super Bowl Sunday to get together a bunch of friends for a party around the kegerator and to order a bunch of pizzas and wings while watching football. Any weekend in the fall or winter is the perfect time to have a group of friends over for a football watch party.

Just gather together some of your buddies that enjoy watching football (or just enjoy hanging out and eating and drinking while others watch football!), make sure your kegerator has enough beer in the keg to get you through the game, and make or order some good food and you’ve got yourself a party. Saturdays are great for college football watch parties, while Sunday is the day you’ll want to plan your football watch party if pro football is more your speed.

If you don’t want to have to supply all the food and drinks for the event, simply organize an informal get together, either at your house or somewhere else, and have everyone agree to bring something to the party. If you’ve got the kegerator, you can be sure that everyone will want the party to be at your house, but if someone has a portable kegerator or a mini kegerator, it’s very easy to take the beer to wherever the party will be. If no one has a kegerator or you want to have the party somewhere else, the alternative is simply to buy some cans or bottles of beer for the party instead. It won’t provide you with the authentic draft beer taste and feel that you’ll get at the local sports bar or pub, like a beer from a keg will, but it should suffice to get you through the party just as well.

Having a home kegerator is the perfect excuse to get family and friends together over a game of football. So, whether your favorite day of the football viewing year is the college championship game, the Super Bowl, or simply any day that your favorite team plays, call your buddies, grab some chips and dip or order a few pizzas, and then tap the kegerator and enjoy the game!

Dinner Parties Around The Kegerator

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Having a dinner party? You may want to start or end the get-together around your home bar, especially if you have a kegerator. This can make for a fun and informal night.

Beer Tasting Flight

Dinner parties have always notoriously been a more formal way to get together with friends. They often include the invitation of a few select people or couples and a somewhat formal procession to the evening. Dinner parties typically start with a drink or two, so people can get to know one another if they don’t already or catch up with old friends if they do, followed by a sit-down meal in the dining room.

After the main meal has been served, the party can become a bit more relaxed, with guests adjourning to the living room, family room or game room. A few more drinks, or coffee and dessert, can end the evening – or the dinner party can transition into a whole night of more informal fun.

If you want to add a bit of fun and informality to your next dinner party, start or end the evening around your home bar and tap into the kegerator. Nothing sets the tone for a more casual and enjoyable night like a few draft beers shared around the bar. If you don’t have a home bar, complete with an under counter kegerator filled with beer, have no fear. A glamorous stainless steel mini kegerator set up on a counter or table serves the purpose well, too. Mini kegerators fit small 5 liter beer barrels, which should be enough beer to serve to a dinner party crowd, and they dispense the beer through a tap, just like a real bar.

One increasingly popular method of planning a dinner party these days is to plan a progressive dinner party. This works well if all the people at the party live fairly close by and works especially well if you are planning the party with neighbors. In a progressive dinner party, each phase of the dinner is hosted by a different person, in a different house.

So, you can start with appetizers in one person’s house, have drinks in another, the main meal in a third, and dessert at yet another home. If you have more people than that, or want to keep the party going longer, you can then head to another home for more drinks and socializing. Progressive dinner parties are a great way to spend a fun evening and equally spread around the work of entertaining a crowd.

When planning progressive dinners, everyone usually volunteers to host the portion of the dinner that they feel most comfortable with. That means that, if you’re lucky, the person with the best stocked bar or a full kegerator of beer, will be the one to host the pre-dinner or post-dinner drinks. [Use our beer calculator to see how much beer you will need for your dinner party] If you’re the type of crowd that likes to split your time a bit after the formal portion of the dinner is over so that the guys can hang out and shoot the breeze, maybe play some pool and throw back a few beers while the ladies open a couple of bottles of wine and catch up, then it makes sense that the guys head to the house with the kegerator while the women head to the house with the fully stocked wine refrigerator.

Having a kegerator or a mini kegerator is certainly not a necessity when planning a dinner party, but if you or one of your dinner party guests happens to own a kegerator, it can certainly add to the enjoyment of the evening.

Does A Kegerator Belong At A Baby Shower?

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Baby showers have always been a popular celebration for moms-to-be, filled with pastel hues of pink and blue and roomfuls of women crooning over adorable little outfits for the impending new arrival.

Kegerator Baby Shower

Recently, couples baby showers have become the rage – a new type of baby shower celebration that includes both the mom and dad-to-be, along with their friends and family members of both sexes. These celebrations have become more about celebrating the couple and the new life they are bringing into the world, and in some cases, the celebration has turned into a full blown party.

So, with all of the celebrating going on, does the idea of having a kegerator at a baby shower sound enticing? Moms-to-be can’t drink beer, or at least shouldn’t drink beer, so why have a kegerator at the celebration? Well, because it is a celebration! Many baby showers, even those that are ladies-only shindigs, offer alcoholic beverages to guests, even though the soon-to-be mom can’t imbibe.

When the ladies get together, there may be champagne, wine, or other mixed drinks, although there is often also beer for those that enjoy drinking beer. Once men enter the picture, there is a natural tendency to want to include food and beverages that will appeal to the dad-to-be’s guests, so having a kegerator on hand makes sense.

Home kegerators are basically beer fridges that house and cool a keg or half keg of beer. Unless you’re having an all-out, blow-out baby shower, or you’re inviting a ton of people, chances are pretty good that you will not go through that much beer at the party. But, if you are hosting the party at someone’s house that already has a home bar kegerator, then it makes sense to offer beer from the appliance, rather than running out and buying cans or bottles of the malt beverage. {Use our Beer Calculator to see how much beer you will need for your baby shower!}

If, on the other hand, the host or hostess does not own a kegerator, someone that has a mini kegerator might want to bring it along to the celebration so that there is cold, fresh beer available to the men in the room (and ladies who like beer!), without there being a ton of beer on hand (mini kegerators hold just a small 5 liter mini keg of beer).

When you think of a baby shower, surely the first thing that comes to mind is not a keg of beer sitting front and center amidst baby clothes, strollers and car seats. But, since baby showers are about celebrating, and since many people enjoy celebrating with a celebratory drink or two, kegerators can have their place at a baby shower too.

So, as long as the mom-to-be is not hanging around the keg (or at least is not drinking around the keg!), there is almost always a place for an adult beverage or two to celebrate new life and the promise of new opportunities. Of course, as with any type of celebration, it is important to make sure that guests drink responsibly. Baby showers are certainly not the place to overindulge, but rather to enjoy time spent with family and friends while getting excited about the new baby and helping to outfit the new arrival in style.