Beer Tap Handles and Accessories
Beer Tap Handles
Beer tap handles used to be just a device that helps pour out beer from kegs. Eventually, it gained usefulness as a promotional tool for breweries of their products. But, with the launching of kegerators in the market and the increasing popularity of home draft beer system, these beer tap handles has also developed into a prolific business on its own.
Nowadays, beer tap handles are manufactured for purposes other than being a tap handle or a promotional tool. Although equally durable, they now come in different designs and themes to match your personality, establish a lifestyle, or simply to liven up a party and have fun.
Half the fun of beer tap handles is learning to attach it to the beer tap or beer faucet. Actually, it is a no brainer and fairly simple if you know how to follow these simple instructions:
- Screw the beer tap handle into the beer faucet clockwise until it is just hand tight.
- Locate the adjusting handle on the beer faucet lever. This adjusting handle will help you set the beer tap handle to the desired location, whether straight up or sideways.
- In changing the position of the beer tap handle, turn the beer faucet adjusting handle counter-clockwise until it is tight and in the desired position. Take note that when adjusting the handle, it should only be hand tight.
As an added tip, beer tap handles must face the bartender. The purpose of which is for the bartender to be able to see the logo or read the brand of beer on tap.
The other half of fun that beer tap handles provide is the skill of using it to pour beer. It does not require much mastery really. You only need to consider the following tips:
- Never grab the beer tap handle from the top and yank it. This will not only pour out foamy beer, this could also seriously damage the faucet component because of the excessive force.
- The right way of working with the beer tap handle is to hold the handle from the bottom and pull it towards you in one smooth motion using your index and middle fingers. The same procedure applies for closing the faucet.
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