Beverage dispense font incorporating portable cooling device

A method of freezing a dispense font secured to a dispense reservoir, said method comprising the steps of:

• (a) providing a beverage dispense system comprising:
• (i) a housing having a central opening and an interior cavity defined by an inner surface, said housing including an interior shell and said interior shell having an exterior face with an exterior cavity formed thereon;
• (ii) a base secured to said housing;
• (iii) cooling means including at least one cooling line routed through said interior cavity and placed in a heat exchange relationship with said housing in order to cool said housing;
• (iv) a portable cooling unit connected to said cooling line wherein a coolant circulates through said cooling line from said portable cooling unit;
• (v) providing a dispense reservoir and a tap for dispensing a beverage, said dispense reservoir placed in engagement with said interior cavity of said interior shell;
• (b) operating said portable cooling unit to cool an exterior surface of said housing causing condensation to form on said exterior surface of said housing;
• (c) further operating said portable cooling unit causing the condensation to freeze on said exterior surface;
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• (d) dispensing a beverage by operating said tap.

A method of dispensing a beverage from a dispense font and

• simultaneously freezing an exterior surface of said dispense font, said method comprising the steps of:
• (a) providing a dispense font comprising:
• (i) a housing having a central opening and a first interior cavity defined by an inner surface;
• (ii) a cooling line routed through said interior cavity and placed in a heat exchange relationship with said housing to cool said housing;
• (iii) a portable cooling unit connected to said cooling line wherein a coolant circulates through said cooling line from said portable cooling unit;
• providing a beverage dispense system comprising:
• (1) a reservoir holding an amount of a beverage to be dispensed;
• (2) a beverage supply line providing a supply of beverage to the reservoir;
• (3) a heat exchanger for cooling the beverage supply line, thereby placing the beverage supply to the reservoir at a desired temperature;
• (b) dispensing the beverage from the reservoir by a tap communicating with said reservoir, said reservoir being separated from said housing within said first cavity and placed in engagement with a second cavity formed on an exterior face of said housing;
• (c) operating the portable cooling unit to cool an exterior surface of the housing causing condensation to form on the exterior surface of the housing;
• and
• (d) further operating the portable cooling unit causing the condensation to freeze on the exterior surface.