Beverage Tap Installation

A beverage tap installation comprising:

• a tap housing defining an inner cavity;
• a tap head defining a liquid channel having an inlet and an outlet and a valve receiving slot defined in said liquid channel, the tap head comprises a valve actuator and a valve actuator operating mechanism;
• a removable flexible dispense tube having a beverage inlet and a beverage outlet, the flexible dispense tube comprises a liquid valve lodged in the valve receiving slot and cooperates with the valve actuator of the tap head;
• a locking mechanism allowing removably mounting of the tap head on the tap housing, the flexible dispense tube comprises an abutment surface in proximity of the valve and the tap installation comprises an engaging member provided on the tap head or the tap installation and abuts the abutment surface of the dispense tube when the valve is lodged in the valve receiving slot and the tap head is mounted on the tap housing and in that the engaging member is provided on the tap housing.