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Perfect solution for transporting & pouring craft beer - NO MORE GROWLERS!
By Dave on Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2017
Stop using growlers! This mini keg from Keg Smith is the only way to buy beer from local breweries to take home with you! With a growler, you have to drink the beer that day before it goes flat. With Keg Smith & the CO2, I have poured beers up to 5 days later that was still fresh and NOT flat. Here is the process and why I love my mini keg: -Show up to the brewery with the 128oz mini keg. Its marked on the bottom with "128oz" making it legal to purchase beer and transport in CA, along with the sealable cap (included). The brewery fills it (128oz = 2 growlers = 8 pints) and tags the mini keg with a paper tag. Because Keg Smith is not a brewery themselves, its legal to fill the mini Keg. Breweries cannot fill other breweries containers, but they can fill Keg Smiths. I have 4 local breweries near me, I have not even be questioned or refused from them, they just always talk how cool the mini keg is! -Get home, remove cap, screw on top tap (with foam blocker in tab) on mini keg. -Screw in the Keg Smith 4 Banger 16 gram CO2 cartridges Keg Smiths 4 Banger 16 Gram C02 Pack - Four Threaded Food Grade 16 Gram CO2 Cartridges (4) -Turn the flow regulator to 8-10 psi, and pull the Tap. Beer will now be flowing! -When you are done for the night, simply turn the regulator off, leave the mini keg pressurized to preserve the beer and prevent it from going flat. (Growlers cannot do that!) Place the mini keg in the fridge to keep the beer cold. -Once the beer is gone, simply fill the mini keg with hot water and drop a Keg Smiths Mini Keg Tablets cleaning tablet (1 per 64oz) and let it sit for 10 minutes and pour out, air dry. I recommend getting the Keg Smiths Keg Kooler - 1 Gallon Keg Kooler Jacket - Keep your Keg Cold Longer Kooler Jacket, it will protect the mini keg and hold extra CO2 cartridges, but more importantly it will keep your mini keg cold longer. I had it on the patio at all afternoon into the night 80 degrees going down to 73 degrees outside air temp, and the beer remained cold! Its the perfect solution for transporting beer, even wine and other beverages that need to be carbonated, keeping it cold, and bringing enough for everyone to enjoy. Your buddies will be impressed on easy and functional it is and you will love the convenience of just one mini keg & easy flow of beer a lot more than legging 2 glass growers that break if dropped, not stay cold and let the beer go flat. Note - There is plastic round part in the tap called a "foam blocker" that keeps foam from spewing out the keg. It preserving your beer along with saving you time waiting for foam head to reside. Great little feature on the tap! Bottomline - If you are buying beer in growlers, step up and get the Keg Smith mini keg system.
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14 people found this helpful
Does not perform as advertised
By AC on Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2019
I purchased this product with expectation that I could keep local brewery beer fresh and on tap for about five days. The product totally failed to live up to my expectations. First, when I put the tap into the keg, all the components leaked and spilled beer over my kitchen counter. Second, when I pulled the tap, so much foam came out that I could not enjoy my beer. I followed the manufacturer's instructions to keep the PSI at around 5-8. Either the PSI indicator was defective or the product just agitates the beer too much. I thought that the foam would be temporary because I had just put the tap into the keg, but I was wrong. For the next three days, the keg continued to produce a ton of foam until I finished the beer. To make matters worse, by the third day, the beer did not taste fresh. Despite having a foamy head, the beer lacked carbonation and tasted off. So, if you are expecting your beer to stay fresh for up to five days as advertised, this product will not meet your expectations. Finally, storing this product is very hard. It is so tall that it does not fit in normal refrigerators unless you remove several shelves. The tap is also very loose. When I tried to put the beer keg into my fridge, the tap came down and spilled beer all over my refrigerator and garage. On the whole, I wasted probably two pints of beer between the foamy head, leaking components, and tap spilling. I am returning this product. I suggest that you spend your money on a normal growler. This product will not perform any better and just creates a headache.

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