 great foam machine!!! |
| Review Date: July 17, 2010 |
| Reviewer: John, |
No matter what I try, I get 80%-90% foam. I have tried trouble shootig, from letting it sit 48hours to over a week. temp is good, hoses are tight, it just likes to put out foam.
so if you don't mind pulling a glass of foam, this machine is for you. otherwise, just spend the mone and get a real kegorator. |
Nice for small parties
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| Review Date: June 27, 2010 |
| Reviewer: John "retired", |
| I ordered one of these when they were priced at $95.00 from one of Amazon's suppliers. It works fine, and holds just about enough beer to get you through a small party, provided there are not too many heavy beerdrinkers in attendance. If you have guests that really savor draft beer, though, it's no big deal to keep a spare keg in the refrig. The unit looks good on the kitchen counter as well. The downside is that they are now offered at $199.95 and are no longer a smart buy at that price, because there's now less costly alternatives being sold. Also, you need to order the tubes, and Amazon offers a few alternatives. Beware, though, that some involve paying over $60 for a pack of 10 of these one-use tubes. Since the tubes are plastic, not solid gold, be sure to get the ones priced at $9, and not $69. These units take only one style of keg. The range of choices may be improving, though. My supermarket now stocks Heineken regular and light, as well as Newcastle dark ale. I suspect that if Budweiser and/or Coors Light were available in these kegs, both this type of unit as well as the kegs would fly off the sellers' shelves. I'm glad I've got mine. I only wish I had bought another before the price doubled. |
USM 79
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| Review Date: June 26, 2010 |
| Reviewer: J. Pearson, |
| This is a great small "keg a rator" if you understand it's limitations. Only three beers make mini kegs to fit it. Heineken, Heineken Light and Newcastle. Newcastle kegs are very hard to find. It only works in an air conditioned place. Above 76 degrees and it reads "orange" or the beer is not cool enought. You have to mail order the special tubes needed to use it. I buy mine from Amazon. It's best to keep the replacement keg in a refrigerator as it takes forever to cool one in the Beer Tender. I like mine but Krups needs to do some work and get other beer companies to support the draught keg. And last but not least, mine keeps running out of beer! Especially, during the summer, college football games, baseball games, the superbowl and other thirsty events. |
Very nice countertop kegerator
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| Review Date: June 23, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Wayne Smith, NJ, USA |
I have been wanting a kegerator for my basement for a while but couldn't justify spending $600+. My wife surprised me with the Krups B90 mini kegerator as a fathers day gift. I had seen these units at the stores and I was not impressed with what I saw. The main thing that I was put off by was that it only works with Heineken mini kegs. I am a die hard Sam Adams fan and did not want to waste my money on a system designed only for Heineken.
Well I got my 1st Heineken mini keg and set up the BeerTender on my kitchen counter top. I was impressed with how it looked, but still not sure about how I would like it. I got the mini keg chilled, so it only took a few hours to get a green light (beer is correct temp) on the BeerTender unit. Poured my 1st glass and got a lot of foam. Read some reviews and found out this is normal for the 1st pour. Still has trouble with the next couple of pours, but had a lot of fun trying to get it right. Finally found the correct combination that works for me. Use a pint glass and run it under cold water a few seconds before filling. Hold at a 45 degree angle and pull the tap completely open. When the beer starts getting full, slowly tilt the glass to an upright position. RESULT...Perfecly poured pint of Heineken with a 1" head of foam. GREAT!
To my surprise, I like Heineken on tap. No skunky flavor like you get in the bottles. The foam does have a slight metallic taste, but once you get to the beer, it's great! Yes, this is a novelty item, but I'm all about beer and having fun. Glad my wife got this for me. |
beertender
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| Review Date: May 9, 2010 |
| Reviewer: N. Corwin, Weston, CT |
| I have had a beertender for close to two years with no problems. Foam can be negated through the use of chilled glasses as well as the proper "tilt' to the glass when filling. In the northeast, there are now two other beer brands which can be used-one some type of Mexican lager and the other a British brown beer |
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