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Just walk into an offy and do this...
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I doubt that you're going to get 88 pints (11 gallons) of draft beer for anywhere near £80.00.
You're looking at least £1.50 a pint I'd have thought.
Good luck!
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Many breweries will sell you kegs of beer direct, if you go for real ale you can tap the keg and let it settle then just pour it from the barrel with a tap peg:
Try Fuller's, some breweries will even sell it to you as sale or return.
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With lager you need a chiller and pump/dispenser
With Ale you can, as Bobbo says, tap the beer yourself. Much easier and lets be honest, real ale is far more preferable than fizzy continental lager!
Try your local brewery
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I like the idea of getting a keg of Ale so had a look at rent-a-keg
Starts off looking good value until you add a pump (NB Same price for a real ale tap!) Delivery and VAT.
Stacks back up to £3+ per pint
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11 gallon of Harp for £75 = 0.85p per pint.
But that's just for a barrel of Harp - you need to add all the other stuff before you can actually get it into a glass for drinking - gas, chiller, etc.
The price shown via that link is what a pub or bar can buy it for - they have all the other gear already - you don't.
Cheers
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If you're friendly with your local landlord it might be worth having a quiet word (and I mean quiet). If he's so inclined, it wouldn't make much difference to him to let you have one at cost. You've got to know the guy well though as it would be super cheeky if not.
reckon this would work in Wales, with any pub?
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Often your local landlord may have external bar kit (chiller sleeve, pump, even a gas cannister) which he could conceivably lend you to make the keg hire thing a bit more economical. They keep all this shit kicking about for fetes and footy matches and weddings and stuff.
But as I said, you have to be their pal or as WjPrince points out, you will be told to get to fuck.
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You could try a mini keg or 10
About £17.00 for 5 litres which is around what 8.5 pints
here: http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/#/tesco-price-comparison/beer/heineken_draught_keg_5l.html
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^ You do not need a pump for real ale, a tap peg and four wedges will suffice.
Tap the cask (it is not a keg as it is not pressurised), if you are using a tap peg ensure that the tap is open when you drive it home to guarantee a good seal, close the tap and put it on its side using the wedges to ensure that it is horizontal and will not move, depending on the type of cask you are using you may need to vent the side bung with a wooden peg. The beer must be left in this state for at least 24 hours to let it settle, it won't harm you if you drink it before but will be cloudy (and give you the shits). As the cask starts to get empty gently ease the rear wedges forward to tilt the cask down slightly.
I used to run an annual beer festival that was not associated with CAMRA but found that it was easy to get hold of the stuff, phone up the brewery and ask to speak to someone in sales they will help you. A couple of tips; it will be cheaper if you pick it up yourself, you should be able to fit three 9s in the boot of a medium sized hatchback, sometimes you can do a deal by taking beer off their hands that is nearing the end of its shelf life and not ideal for selling to bars, if the beer is being consumed in one night it will not be a problem for you, once or twice by doing this I got the beer for pennies and just paid a deposit on the cask.
As far as cooling goes just wet an old towel and drape it over the top of the cask, you will be surprised how effective this is.
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I need a beer keg!
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@singspeed
We're holding a frat party in a couple of weeks and would like an authentic keg of beer with free flowing beer for less than £80. Not too fussed about what type of lager, something like Leffe would be ideal.
Is this possible?
Cheers!