A beverage dispensing assembly to be used in combination with a tapping head, said tapping head including a tapping head housing and a tap handle, said beverage dispensing assembly comprising: a dispensing line having a dispensing end and a keg connection end, said dispensing line being flexible and defining at said dispensing end an inner substantially circular flow area having a first diameter, an upstream valve part connected to said dispensing line adjacent said dispensing end, said upstream part having an outwardly oriented snap lock member, and a downstream valve part defining a beverage outlet at its downstream end, being flexible and having an inwardly oriented snap lock member capable of cooperating with said outwardly oriented snap lock member, said downstream valve part including a plug and defining a passage from said dispensing end past said plug to said beverage outlet, said plug defining a downstream section defining a second diameter being larger than said first diameter, said plug defining an upstream section connected to said downstream section and being substantially circular cylindrical defining a third diameter being equal to or slightly less than said first diameter, characterized in that, said downstream valve part being operable via said tap handle between a beverage dispensing position, an intermediate non-beverage dispensing position and a final non-beverage dispensing position, wherein when in said final non-beverage dispensing position, said outwardly oriented snap lock member engages with said inwardly oriented snap lock member and arresting said downstream valve part in relation to said upstream valve part, said upstream section of said plug being inserted into said dispensing end and said downstream section of said plug applying a sealing force onto said dispensing end, when in said intermediate non-beverage dispensing position, said outwardly oriented snap lock member disengages from said inwardly oriented snap lock member, said upstream section of said plug being inserted into said dispensing end and said downstream section of said plug being spaced apart from said dispensing end, and when in said beverage dispensing position, said outwardly oriented snap lock member disengages from said inwardly oriented snap lock member and both said upstream section of said plug and said downstream section of said plug being spaced apart from said dispensing end for allowing beverage to flow from said dispensing line to said beverage outlet. a dispensing line having a dispensing end and a keg connection end, said dispensing line being flexible and defining at said dispensing end an inner substantially circular flow area having a first diameter, an upstream valve part connected to said dispensing line adjacent said dispensing end, said upstream part having an outwardly oriented snap lock member, and a downstream valve part defining a beverage outlet at its downstream end, being flexible and having an inwardly oriented snap lock member capable of cooperating with said outwardly oriented snap lock member, said downstream valve part including a plug and defining a passage from said dispensing end past said plug to said beverage outlet, said plug defining a downstream section defining a second diameter being larger than said first diameter, said plug defining an upstream section connected to said downstream section and being substantially circular cylindrical defining a third diameter being equal to or slightly less than said first diameter, characterized in that, said downstream valve part being operable via said tap handle between a beverage dispensing position, an intermediate non-beverage dispensing position and a final non-beverage dispensing position, wherein when in said final non-beverage dispensing position, said outwardly oriented snap lock member engages with said inwardly oriented snap lock member and arresting said downstream valve part in relation to said upstream valve part, said upstream section of said plug being inserted into said dispensing end and said downstream section of said plug applying a sealing force onto said dispensing end, when in said intermediate non-beverage dispensing position, said outwardly oriented snap lock member disengages from said inwardly oriented snap lock member, said upstream section of said plug being inserted into said dispensing end and said downstream section of said plug being spaced apart from said dispensing end, and when in said beverage dispensing position, said outwardly oriented snap lock member disengages from said inwardly oriented snap lock member and both said upstream section of said plug and said downstream section of said plug being spaced apart from said dispensing end for allowing beverage to flow from said dispensing line to said beverage outlet.