A few weeks ago, an old building in downtown New Albany was being emptied, and an old "Golden Gate" keg was among the flotsam. It bore an Anheuser-Busch engraving, poor thing. In the early days of the Public House two decades ago, these already were becoming rare. As shown in the photo below, there was a separate coupler for the CO2 and draft lines (not visible in my hurried photo) and a bung for filling. The kegs stood upright. CO2 went in the top, and beer came out the bottom. I seem to recall Rogue XS series ales, like the immortal '96 Old Crustacean, as the ones we saw most often in these kegs. Are any still out there?
i got one of these from my father-in-law for xmas. no one i talk to can tell me much about it/ never seen anything like it. i have a tap that has hose from bottom to pump at top. could post pics if ur interested.
ReplyDeleteYep. Archaic isn't the word but they were still fairly common in the 90s when some craft brewers used them instead of buying new.
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