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Great News... We've Revamped Our Website March 2010

Don’t be alarmed if it looks slightly different. We are still the same company, in the same premises, offering the same fantastic products at the same prices. We’ve just improved our website and added a few bits and pieces - you can now add any of our products to your Shopping Cart to purchase online, making it more convenient for you. It's all very safe as your payment will be processed via PayPal. However, you can still pay using more traditional methods – just contact us for payment options.

The Keg Party Pump Arrives November 2009

Draught Beer Online are delighted to offer our customers the high quality Keg Party Pump which is a great way to enjoy draught beer straight from a keg without the hassle of the expensive gas bottles, chillers and pipes. An innovative, American-style way of enjoying beer from the keg. But more importantly, it gives us the opportunity to offer our customers an affordable method of dispensing beer. The pump itself can be used as many times as you need and can fit the majority of kegs. Keg Party Pumps are generally used in single keg special event environments such as student house parties, picnics, BBQ's, beach parties, etc. It's so simple to operate. Simply utilize the pump to create a pressure inside your keg, which forces your beer out and into all your pint glasses ready to drink! No electricity needed, just a bit of pump action from those arm muscles! Its stainless steel construction ensures it's robust and sleek and the dispensing tap gives it that 'pubstyle' feel. With this method of dispensing the beer should be consumed within 18-24 hours. You do need to keep the keg cool yourself by placing it in a chest freezer or a large bucket of ice. A Keg Stand Invented by our neighbours across the pond (the USA), it has become synonymous with student frat parties. Firstly cool a keg of your favourite beer. Perform a headstand in front of the keg and get a couple of friends to hold you by the feet. Wrap your lips around the tap and get a third person to open it. The object is to keep drinking for as long as possible (do not forget to have a signal to tell the third person when to stop the beer!). After everyone has had their turn, compare times - the person who drank for the longest becomes the Keg Stand Champion!* For more drinking games and ideas visit www.studentdrinkinggames.com. Take a moment and order the right equipment Make sure you have the right keg party pump to match the keg you've purchased. Like all our other dispensers, not all brands of beer use the same type of connector to the keg. Each distinct "system" requires matching the appropriate keg connector to the keg valve. To check which keg connectors go with which brands of beer please visit our keg connector page. Our Price and Commitment to you You get all this for just £99! That's over 25% cheaper than most of our competitors. What's more, we are offering students £10 off with the run up to Christmas and all those sports society parties! Make it a house party to remember. So what are you waiting for? Order one for your next party TODAY!! *Draught Beer Online encourages our customers to drink responsibly and accepts no responsibility or liability for any injury caused by undertaking a keg stand.

The 31st Old Duke Jazz Festival September 2009

This year was the 31st Old Duke Jazz Festival. Every year it gets bigger and bigger, putting more and more demands on the resources and equipment at the Old Duke. As the event date on the August bank holiday weekend approached The Old Duke was looking for better methods of dispensing beer, something that was both easy to set up and portable. As a result, The Old Duke purchased two Kontakt 40/K portable beer dispensers from us for their outside bar to cater for the needs of their patrons. The Kontakt 40/K is proving to be our most popular beer dispenser for both hire and sales. With a built in compressor it can dispense beer chilled to 4°C at up to 50 litres per hour. The double fonts provided an ideal solution for the bar staff allowing two drinks to be poured at once satisfying the consistently thirsty crowd. Stuart from the Old Duke commented: "The machines were fantastic, very simple to set up and, after a little tweaking of the pressure, worked perfectly. I would be happy to recommend them". We thank Stuart and the Old Duke staff for their pictures and comments and wish them every success with next years' festival. The Old Duke pub is situated in Bristol's famous cobbled Kings Street and is renowned for its live Jazz. If you would like further information, please visit www.theoldduke.co.uk. If you want to read just how good the 31st Jazz Festival was, please read this article from This Is Bristol.

Belgian Beer now available September 2009

We know that some of you really like your beer. So we've gone the extra mile and sourced some specialised beer - Belgian in fact. This also enables us to sell 20 and 30 litre kegs for smaller occasions or slower drinkers so less of your beer is wasted. With some being up to 11% you'll be glad they come in smaller kegs!! The Belgian beer also allows us to use disposable kegs (KeyKegs). Yes...DISPOSABLE! So there is no need to return them. If you don't finish your keg of beer you can now keep it fresh for up to a month. Traditionally the stainless steel keg would have to be returned no matter how full it is in order to claim the deposit back. But now you get to keep your beer and the keg, plus the plastic keg is fully recyclable. So it's great for our customers and great for the environment. Fruit beers are very popular on the continent so it's no surprise that Belgium produces many varieties and we have found three flavours to really get the taste buds going. We have Raspberry, Cherry and Blackcurrant in 20 and 30 litre kegs. The Blackcurrant, called Ducassis, is particularly good and world renowned for its great taste due to the exceptionally high quality of the fruit juice they use.

New Accessories and Bundle Section now available August 2009

Draught Beer Online are pleased to announce the latest addition to their website - dispenser accessories and bundle. The accessories includes the four main types of keg connector within the UK and cleaning bottle helping to keep you beer dispenser in pristine condition. We have also decided to reward our customers by offering them a bundle of £60 if purchasing a beer dispenser from us or if they have purchased one previously. This includes a Sankey Keg Connector with all John Guest fittings supplied, a cleaning bottle with Sankey female connector and 3 metres of tubing - in our opinion one of the cheapest offers online at the moment. Whilst this section is currently limited to keg connectors and cleaning bottles, it will be expanded upon in the future incorporating different types of chrome/gold taps, drip trays for your beer dispenser, extra John Guest fittings, mini CO2 bottles and keg pumps. If there is anything that you would like added or you think it should definitely be included within the accessories section please contact us.

The Kontakt 55/Kprofi at the Chelmsford Summer Beer Festival July 2009

Draught Draught Beer Online had a thoroughly enjoyable and successful trip to the Chelmsford Summer Beer Festival from 7 - 11 July 2009, where we had one of our machines put to the test for the entire 5 days, in operation for up to 11 hours a day by Podge’s Belgian Beer bars. Without the help of Podge and their team this could not have been possible and we are indebted to them for their help and generosity. Visit www.podgebeer.co.uk. We are confident that our machines can work on any 20L, 30L and 50L keg within the UK but we have recently heard of a new keg system making huge progress right across Europe - the KeyKeg system. What are KeyKegs? Keykegs work by the ‘bag in ball’ concept , where the space between a beer filled bag and the outer spherical plastic container is pressurised (in this case by air pressure from our machine). This essentially squeezes the bag, pushing its contents out. This means it can be used for many different beverages, including wine, beer and real ale as no air or CO2 ever comes into contact with the beverage. This now means that the life of the beer can reach up to 9 months and the broach life up to 3 months! This makes them perfect for use with our dispensers and real ale distribution from microbreweries and of course any slow drinkers... shame on you. The Advantages It is fully recyclable and very cheap so no need for kegs to be sent back to the breweries anymore! Woohoo! Not to mention worrying about loss, theft or damage of your precious steel kegs. They come in 20L and 30L kegs and many European brewers have already been using them for a considerable amount of time as they are perfect for exporting to other countries. Due to the lightweight materials used 25% more beer can be transported at a time. There’s no storage of empty kegs, removing the need for an expensive extra keg pool. For more information visit: www.keykegbeer.keykeg.com/en. The Result The connectors are slightly different, so we had to purchase them for our K55 machine so it would be compatible. The result: A resounding success! All the Belgian beers (including some fruit beers like Ducassis, a beautiful blackberry beer) were poured ice cold at about 2.3 bar, which proved to be more than enough pressure. The weather was on and off all week, but this didn’t seem to put off the many people who attended this year, making it the biggest and best festival yet. We are looking forward to possibly demonstrating the machines at more beer festivals in the near future, with some exhibitions in early 2010.