Whether you entertain guests frequently in your home, or simply just like the taste of a great beer, you might want to consider getting yourself a kegerator.
Very simply, a kegerator is a refrigerator unit specifically designed to store kegs of beer. Typically, these keg coolers are also connected to a tap, so you can serve draft beer directly from the unit to a glass. As an example, there’s the sbc 500b single tap kegerator from Summit.
There are 3 key reasons why using a kegerator at home is extremely beneficial:
The first of these reasons is that a keg refrigerator helps retain the flavor and quality of beer. In terms of numbers, the beer will normally continue to taste perfect as much as two months later. And owing to how the flavor of a beer depends hugely on its temperature, using a kegerator makes a lot of sense because you can accurately influence how cool it is when it’s poured.
The second major advantage is that the beer itself becomes less expensive to buy. The summit sbc 500b and similar kegerators have the capacity to store a 15.5 gallon keg, and when you buy beer in these kinds of quantities they tend to be far less expensive than buy buying the can or bottle. (Be aware that you don’t have to stick with these half-barrel sized kegs – you can also use a ¼ or mini 5 gallon keg if you prefer).
Third and finally, one of the greatest benefits about having cold beer on tap is the spontaneity with which you can entertain people in your home or garden. For instance, the summit kegerator sbc 500b is mounted on 4 swivel casters, which makes moving it from one room to the next an absolute cinch. Of course, most people don’t own kegerators, so having one with which to entertain guests always helps in kick-starting conversations and getting the party started.