BeerTender VB2158001 T-fal Home Beer-Tap System

Description

T-fal BeerTender is perfect for home entertainment and enjoying premium Heineken beer. Great for gift giving or have fun enjoying the ultimate at home draught beer experience yourself. Indicator lights up when beer has reached the ideal serving temperature. The DraughtKeg utilizes an internal carbonator pressure unit that releases Co2 each time the tap is opened. This innovative technology ensures beer remains fresh for us to 30 days. The BeerTender keeps the DraughtKeg chilled and allows for a crisp quality beer with the right head of foam and the right 'bite'. The BeerTender works exclusively with Heineken and Heineken Premium Light DraughtKegs which are sold separately.

Features

• Ready indicator light ensure ideal drinking temperature.
• Removable stainless steel drip tray.
• Detachable pouring spout for easy cleaning.
• Detachable tap handle.
• Lighted On/Off button

Customer Reviews

1. BeerTender review

   Date: 2010-07-07

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   This product is very well made and the price was quite reasonable.
   We have drank one keg of Heineken lite and loved the tap beer.
   We are very pleased with the product and would recommend anybody looking for a 5 Liter mini keg cooler to buy this brand.

2. T FAIL Beer Tender

   Date: 2010-06-23

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   I received my T-FAL beer tender as a gift for Christmas and now in June (6 months) it no longer cools the beer. So all I get is foam. I bought a Krups and it works a thousand times better for my other house. What a shame that T-Fal cant make an equally as great product. I will contact the manufacturer to see about a repair.

3. Great little "kegerator"

   Date: 2010-06-06

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   Having used this mini kegerator for a few months, it does as advertised. Beer is kept cold, takes up small space on the bar, easy to swap kegs.
   What more can you ask? I suppose buying replacement tubes is a necessity, but if you're careful removing the old one they can be reused maybe once.
   Use caution though, occasionally a reused tube will popoff filling the kegerator with beer...slightly messy.

4. Good System - Money Sucker

   Date: 2010-02-17

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   The novelty of having "draft beer" on my counter has been a nice edition. As some of the other reviewers have said, I am not a Heineken fan (though I am aiming to try Newcastle next) but this system made the experience much more enjoyable. My theory, and I am not alone on this, is that the bottled version is way over carbonated and this system seems to have the right balance.
   
   My biggest complaint is the lack of availability of accessories and beers. In order to extend beyond 6 rounds (which is typically less than a 12 pack of bottles each) I have to order tubes in packs of 6 at $9.45 per pack plus shipping. When you tack that cost on to the mini-keg cost (around $18-$20) your per beer cost has gone up to almost a bar price (ok, maybe at happy hour).
   
   Will I continue to use it? Probably, the "fresh" beer is too enticing.
   
   At the least Heineken should create a larger pack of these things so I don't have to keep adding up my shipping charges.

5. Great Product and Value

   Date: 2010-02-03

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   This BeerTender is a great value! My wife bought me one for a Christmas gift and I have to say it's one of the best gifts she has ever given me. I was even more impressed when I discovered that I could buy New Castle in the 5L keg for this machine. Nothing beats a fresh draft and with this machine you get a perfect one every time. I even found that although they recommend you use a new beer tube with each keg, if you are careful in removing the old one you can use it more than once without any leakage issues. Probably not a great idea from a microbial standpoint but if you go through a couple of kegs in a month, and the room temperature is not too high, you should be able to use the same tube two or three times.
   
   I highly recommend this item to all beer lovers!