Valve for a beverage container

A valve for a beverage container,

• the valve comprising a mounting element for mounting the valve in a container opening of the beverage container,
• the mounting element radially extending from an inner side defining a fluid passage through the mounting element to an outer peripheral side for sealing against a container edge at the container opening,
• the mounting element coupled to a valve housing comprising a housing side wall extending axially from a housing top wall sealed against the mounting element to a housing bottom wall,
• the housing top wall having a beverage outlet opening aligned with the fluid passage and the housing side wall having a beverage inlet opening,
• wherein a valve body is axially moveable inside the valve housing from a first position closing off the beverage outlet opening to a second position opening a fluid connection through the beverage outlet opening,
• wherein the valve body comprises a closed upper end section which is shaped to clampingly fit in the beverage outlet opening and which is fixedly received in the beverage outlet opening in the first position and operable to be moved away from the beverage outlet opening to the second position axially past at least a part of the beverage inlet opening in the side wall, and
• a lower end section extending axially from the closed upper end section in the direction of the housing bottom wall, the lower end section arranged to contact an inner surface of the valve housing at least in the second position.