7. Place the mini keg inside the mini kegerator and shut the door.
8. Pour your first glass of beer!
9. When the keg is floated, remove the Heineken-style tap from the keg by
squeezing the two tabs on top of it and pulling it off.
10. Detach the tap from the beer line by pressing the white/gray button and pulling
the line off.
11. Rinse the tap under running water. You should also clean it with a mild
detergent solution and rinse it thoroughly.
12. Clean the beer lines as noted above.
Note: Heineken says that a tapped Heineken brand DraughtKeg will remain fresh
for up to 30 days after tapping (provided it remains refrigerated).
Non-pressurized mini keg tapping instructions
Note that the following instructions refer to optional accessories. Call 866.319.5473
for more information or to order them.
All 5 Liter mini kegs except the above-mentioned Heineken DraughtKeg are “non-
pressurized”- though the kegs are shipped with minimal pressure inside to ensure the
freshness of the beer, once they are opened, all the pressure escapes and they must
be served with gravity (poured), or by re-pressurizing them (in this case, with CO
2
).
All non-pressurized mini kegs must use the optional non-pressurized mini keg tap,
shown following:
CO
2
line in connects
here (CO
2
flows in here)
Beer line connects here (beer
flows out this connector)
Piercing tube (goes into
the mini keg)
A few notes on usage of the above tap:
•
Before piercing the plug on the top of the keg, you must always follow the
instructions marked on the keg to eliminate the excess gas and ensure that
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