CK Distributors UK Ltd has launched the Cooler Keg, a US-designed twin-tap portable draught unit, in this country.
The company is targeting breweries, event operators, venues, and drinks brands that need draught away from a fixed bar.
The Cooler Keg is a stainless steel coolbox holding an insulated twin-tap draught tower and two seven-litre stainless steel Corny kegs. Operators fill the kegs with their own product, keg-to-keg through a push-fit connection or poured directly through the wide neck.
Four custom freezer blocks keep it cold for eight to 10 hours, and a 74g CO2 cylinder (sold separately) gives a proper draught pour. A full fill gives about 24 pints, or up to 144 cocktails, and the tower packs away inside the coolbox for transport.
With no plumbing to install and no power to find, it is built for places a draught bar can’t usually go. As well as beer, cider, wine, batched cocktails, and soft drinks can be poured. The unit can carry a brand’s livery.
Cooler Keg UK has also launched a UK Beer Map, listing breweries and taprooms that sell cans or bottles, do growler or crowler fills, sell bag-in-box, or will fill a Cooler Keg 7-litre keg.
“For a brewery, the Cooler Keg puts two taps of your own beer wherever the drinkers are, from a festival field to a buyer’s office, without hunting for a plug socket,” said Jon Ryan, director of CK Distributors UK Ltd.
“You fill it yourself, so you’re not tied to anyone else’s kegs and the switchout for a new keg is super-simple, with pushfit connectors.”
