How to Set Up a Draught Beer Keg
- 1). Bring your keg home from the store and keep it cold. You could place it in a walk-in fridge or in a large tub filled with ice.
- 2). Allow the keg to sit for 20 to 30 minutes before tapping it. This will allow the foam, which has accumulated from moving the keg, to settle for a better tap and for less head on the beer.
- 3). Remove the plastic cap from the top of the keg. This cap is usually included to keep the top of the tap clean and usually can be snapped off.
- 4). Grab the tap, which can also be rented from most liquor stores, and line up the notches on the end of the tap up with the holes and the ball bearing on the top of the keg. Line up the notches on the tab with the holes in the keg and push down. The keg is not difficult to open, but does require a little bit of pressure when pushing.
- 5). Continue pushing once you have pierced the top of the keg and turn the tap into place so that the notches lock into the slits in the keg. You must keep pushing as you turn or the pressure of the beer will push the tap out.
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