Top chime for a beverage keg

A top chime configured to be mounted to a keg, the top chime having a mounting portion for mounting the top chime to the keg in use;

• wherein the mounting portion comprises a plurality of resiliently deformable contact elements that are circumferentially spaced apart around the mounting portion and that are configured to be resiliently deformed and to bear against an upper shoulder portion of the keg when the top chime is mounted to the keg.

A kit of parts for forming a keg assembly, the kit comprising:

• a keg or a preform for forming a keg, and a top chime that is configured to be mounted to the keg;
• wherein the top chime comprises a mounting portion for mounting the top chime to the keg in use;
• wherein the mounting portion defines an aperture that is configured to receive a neck portion of the keg and comprises a plurality of resiliently flexible tines that extend radially inwardly into the aperture, the configuration being such that the tines permit manual removal of the top chime from the keg after the top chime has been mounted to the keg and wherein the tines are configured to permit removal of the top chime from the keg without damaging the top chime.