kegerator emergency - can i tap a keg horizontally?

You cant be serious. the beer is brought up through a tube reaching to the bottom. It wont work. That teacher who told you there are no stupid questions lied; that is a stupid question.

Whatever is left after my Oktoberfest party I hope to have

You are a fool. You are not going to have beer of the same quality as a fresh keg after two months. You should buy bottles.

Hi Jeff,

Indeed I am serious in my question. Thank you so much for your insulting response. People like you are what make this world such a joy to live in. At least people like you make a good reason for drinking beer. Cheers to you!

By the way, I have had over half a dozen kegs served from this kegerator. Many spent a few months and tasted wonderful their entire life. The only beer that I had that tasted bad was Miller Lite after

Perhaps in the future you can refrain from answering messages if you feel that they are too far beneath your superior knowledge. I have had many kind responses to my past questions from participants of this group. I am glad that others are willing to help those with questions rather than put them down.

Thank *YOU* Jeff,

Chris

A little late now, but for the future you might consider building a collar like this...

Gives you a few more inches of height.

------------>Denny

You can pump out 1/2 of the keg this way. Then spin the keg 180° to get the other 1/2! :) (Let's see how many are reading this sober!)

Miller Lite has a bad taste after 5 nanoseconds!

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Response was a little harsh, although the initial question could have been interpreted as a troll posting.

Asking if you can tap a keg horizontally might seem like to a stupid question to a beer geek, BUT if you are relatively new to draught beer and are not familiar with the different types of kegs/casks available it is not a stupid question.

Unfortunately the most common keg type the straight sided sankey has an internal dip tube andmust be tapped in the vertical position, the same is true of the rarer Hoff Stevens keg. Golden Gate kegs, (very rare) and real ale casks are usually tapped in the horizontal position.

So Chirs, you warsteiner keg needs to be upright for dispense. As I see it, you can either try to fabricate collar like Denny which is pretty nufty, or try to fill the gap with insulation.

As for the life of a properly tapped keg, assuming CO2 used is of a good quality and correctly regulated, the beer should hold up well in the keg. Kegs are a good package, for beer. 100% lightproof, and if filled properly then there is minimum oxygen pick up during filling, obviously the keg needs to have been cleaned properly before filling. Where keg beer is tasting funny it is usually the result of the lines from the keg to the tap being dirty and full of contaminating bacteria. Tap the keg properly, keep it cold and clean the lines, the recipe for good tasting, stable keg beer.

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