Bottled Beer or Draught Beer

[Robbo]

I'm led to believe the " kit" includes everything ie chiller, pump, tap & gas. The 30 litre barrells are €70 each, not sure what beer it is, but hey after a while, who cares!!
They sell beers from around europe, so we are contemplating a barrell (or 3)  from each country each day!!

[Lorry]

They sell beers from around europe, so we are contemplating a barrell (or 3)  from each country each day!!

Brilliant - they must have Watneys Red Barrel

[Neal]

Of course you could save yourselves a lot of trouble, by sticking to red wine & whiskey. No need for any form of coolant

[Robbo]

Well...... after 2005 race and the chest freezer had finally cried off, we did spend the early evening submerged in the pool quaffing a fabulous Bordeaux that was on offer in Carrefour!!!

[Robbo]

Gilles could you possibly help me out with the rental of the draught system from Le Palais de la Biere ??

I have breifly spoken to them earlier in the year, my French is rubbish-their English is equally as bad! Please could you double check what the kit consists of and how much it is to rent? Also could you find out what the power consumption of the unit is so I can plan for either a generator or some sort of solar power configuration.

Many thanks in advance (obviously a cold one will be waiting for you LM2006!!)

[smokie]

As this info may be of interest to many, please could you make sure you drop me a note with details - we'll look at putting it in the sticky Help thread.

[Robbo]

Sure thing

[Gilles]

O, it justify a complete and serious investigation !!!

Please wait a few days however... 

[Piglet]

Sounds like a great idea and reasonably priced!  BUT.....how what about the bottle mountain?  Would we all have to work together and build a keg mountain!! 

[Robbo]

O, it justify a complete and serious investigation !!!

Please wait a few days however... 

Many thanks Gilles, you're a star

[rcutler]

Sounds like a great idea and reasonably priced!  BUT.....how what about the bottle mountain?  Would we all have to work together and build a keg mountain!! 

PaddyNL made a very good start on a Keg mountain this year.

[Paddy_NL]

I'm led to believe the " kit" includes everything ie chiller, pump, tap & gas. The 30 litre barrells are €70 each, not sure what beer it is, but hey after a while, who cares!!
They sell beers from around europe, so we are contemplating a barrell (or 3)  from each country each day!!

Sounds pretty reasonable pricewise. We paid €105,- per 50 litres this year. However, we're looking at cheaper prices for '06. I found a supplier which will sell German beer for € 46,- per 50 litres. We're planning on bringing 1000 litres next year, and so the price difference becomes worth considering. We're having a meeting in January, will test the beer then.

Whatever you do, make sure the coupplings are okay. Back in '04 we had a few beerbarrels from a different brand next to the Heineken, but couldn't drink it because the couplings didn't fit
(should be alright though if you rent from one place)

[Paddy_NL]

Sounds like a great idea and reasonably priced!  BUT.....how what about the bottle mountain?  Would we all have to work together and build a keg mountain!! 

PaddyNL made a very good start on a Keg mountain this year.

a very neat row of kegs

[Lorry]

Paddy, thats a ton of beer, but at 35p a pint sound like a wise move.  Do be careful, as some cheap beer is like p!ss.  ALthough after a few it all tastes the same.

Round here, beer in the bars is about E4 a pint - about 8 times as much, no wonder I'm such a sober character

[Werner]

keg mountains are fine, much less hassle than the ones made out of bottles and you can even stumble over them without too much damage (to the keg mountain )

Here's a pic of our approach from 2002 (status: Sunday, about 2 pm, 9 people drinking for app. 72 hours):

Cheers

Werner