Patent ID: 9162863
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: B67D

Abstract:
1. A method of handling beverage kegs, said method comprising the steps of: storing a beverage keg in a storage arrangement; connecting said beverage keg, via a product line arrangement, to at least one dispenser tap configured to be opened to permit dispensing of beverage into a container, and configured to be closed to stop dispensing of beverage into a container; reading beverage-specific data from a transponder disposed on or in said beverage keg; controlling, according to said beverage-specific data, dispensing of beverage and/or storage conditions of said beverage keg; variably adjusting, according to said beverage-specific data, a throttle unit in said product line arrangement, through which throttle unit the beverage from said beverage keg flows, to reduce pressure from a pressure in said beverage keg to a tapping pressure at which the beverage is dispensed out of said at least one dispenser tap, before the beverage flows into said at least one dispenser tap; heating or cooling the beverage exiting said throttle unit in said product line arrangement, according to said beverage-specific data, using a heat exchanger adjacent said at least one dispenser tap; and sensing the temperature of the beverage exiting said heat exchanger prior to dispensing the beverage.