Beer dispensing apparatus

A tap adapter for use in dispensing an alcohol beverage from a keg having a self-contained bag filled with an alcohol beverage, the keg having a neck and a valve assembly mounted to the neck of the keg where the valve assembly has a first valve through which beverage is dispensed from the keg and one of the keg and valve assembly has a second valve through which pressurized air is feed into the keg against an outside wall of the bag;

• the tap adapter comprising:
• a hollow arm adapted for releasably mounting in sealed relation with the valve assembly in fluid flow communication with the first valve, the hollow arm having a first end portion and a second end portion remote therefrom, the first end portion adapted to connect to the first valve to open the valve;
• a tap connected to the remote end of the hollow arm, the tap being operable between a closed position shutting off flow of beverage through the hollow arm and an open position permitting beverage to flow through the hollow arm and out the tap;
• an air line passageway adapted to be connected to the second valve in sealed fluid flow communication therewith;
• and,
• a pump connected to the air line passageway for supplying pressurized air to the second valve.

A tap adapter for use in dispensing an alcohol beverage from a keg containing the alcohol beverage, the keg having a neck and a valve assembly mounted to the neck of the keg, the valve assembly having a first valve through which beverage is dispensed from the keg, the tap adapter comprising:

• a hollow arm adapted for releasably mounting in sealed relation with the valve assembly;
• a flexible dispensing tube supported in the hollow arm through which the beverage flows, the dispensing tube having a first end portion connected with the first valve for receiving the beverage, the dispensing tube having a second end portion from which the beverage is dispensed, and the dispensing tube having a relief valve located between the first and second end portions;
• and,
• a tap connected to the hollow arm and movable between an open position and a closed position, the tap in the open position permitting the beverage to flow through the dispense tube, and the tap in the closed position engaging the dispense tube upstream of the relief valve to pinch the dispense tube closed inhibiting flow of the beverage through the dispense tube and to open the relief valve allowing air to pass into the dispense tube upstream of the second end portion whereby the beverage in the discharge tube downstream of the relief valve continues to freely flow out the second end portion.