Comments on: Heineken Draughtkeg Review

By: Walter Cain

Walter Cain — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:55:54 +0000

I would just like to say that the Krups cooler is nice. The keg is twice as expensive per ounce as bottled Heineken and thats a shame and totally unacceptable.
The beer doesn’t stay fresh despite the claims and most of the time the kegs have been handled so roughly that the pressure cartridge or whatever keeps the foam down is dislodged and its all head and no beer. This has happened several times and its difficult to find a keg that doesnt rattle when shaken, which means it will be mostly foam. If the per ounce cost was equivalent to bottles, I would be happy. As it is, this beerkeeper is at the end of its use. Its not worth the money. Anyone want to buy one cheap??

By: richstacy

richstacy — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:06:12 +0000

BTW, My daughter bought me a draught keg and the Beerkeeper for father’s day. It works quite nicely, except there is a bit too much of a head, especially at first. And it would be really nice if other kegs would fit into it. Why can’t these tiny kegs be standardized?

By: richstacy

richstacy — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:02:26 +0000

OK friends down under, Yank here. What’s a ’slab?’

By: RoBB

RoBB — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:11:15 +0000

I like the option to pour your own beer for sure. Its nice and cold in the Keg and its quite neat. BUT… just 1 week and a half, and only two sessions using it including this one I can surely say that it definitely doesn’t hold up its freshness, in fact i’d like to know how they actually hold up that guarantee!?!? Where do I go now that it hasn;t held up its freshness.?

By: poedgirl

poedgirl — Mon, 11 May 2009 02:06:08 +0000

I will never buy one of these again, almost the entire glass was head every single time. We even tried different tilting, but the way the nozzle is bent just makes that retardedly hard.

By: Brendan

Brendan — Sun, 10 May 2009 23:31:29 +0000

Yes a James Squire Amber Ale keg would be tops

By: Sam

Sam — Sun, 10 May 2009 02:24:07 +0000

I’m a fan of the DraughtKeg too…polished off one with a mate on a recent Saturday arvo – went down well ;-)

By: Drvec

Drvec — Sat, 09 May 2009 10:37:12 +0000

Ah yes, James Squires Amber Ale. It would seem we have something in common.

Reviewing a beer keg... you have a sweet job.

By: Luke

Luke — Fri, 08 May 2009 14:30:08 +0000

As much as I love Heineken, it's my favourite beer when I'm not drinking Pure Blonde, this draught keg doesn't work out for price.

ie. I can buy a 9L case for $40-45 most weeks.
OR I can buy a 5L draught keg for $35+ (normally ++)

To me it doesn't work out.
These recession times makes me consider such factors. I went to the heineken brewery in Amsterdam but they were "closed for refurbishment" and I love on tap heineken, but if I can get close to double the amount of beer for $5 more then there's not much comparison.

By: Hamish

Hamish — Fri, 08 May 2009 07:37:49 +0000

OR, you could buy a slab (9L for 375mL) for not too much more, not have to waste beer in the initial pours that seem to be more head than anything else.

P.S. Get some heavy duty cable ties and a hills hoist. Best goon of fortune ever.