jack13
Well-Known Member
So I found some old threads on this, but nothing jumped out as an elegant solution. The problem is the potential for a cat to push a tap handle. Unless you have an unusually smart and considerate cat, this would result in an empty keg and a very, very wet floor.
Solutions fell into 3 basic categories:
1-kill the cat or otherwise render it physically incapable of pushing a tap handle or anything else
2-train the cat to not jump on keezer
3-rig the taps so a cat would be incapable of accidentally (let's assume) opening the tap
My preference happens to be in reverse order. Ignoring option #1, I'm sure I could do #2, but for peace of mind I'd like to go with strategy #3.
As a quick fix when I (very recently) realized my cat has been messing about on top of the keezer for some reason, I just unscrewed the tap handles. But that's a bit of a PITA. The only other thing I can think of that fits the bill is to attach a 2x4 (or whatever size works) to the lip of the lid, which would thus be behind the taps.
What I'm looking for is a not-too-ugly solution that requires no, or at least very minimal, work when pouring a pint. I don't care if it's a lot of one-time work; just don't want to have to, for example, screw on and off tap handles all the time.
NOTE: I don't care about the cat being ON the keezer. I normally use a chalk magic marker rather than regular chalk, which doesn't lead to pawprints. I used regular chalk this time just to see how much she was on the keezer while I was away.
Solutions fell into 3 basic categories:
1-kill the cat or otherwise render it physically incapable of pushing a tap handle or anything else
2-train the cat to not jump on keezer
3-rig the taps so a cat would be incapable of accidentally (let's assume) opening the tap
My preference happens to be in reverse order. Ignoring option #1, I'm sure I could do #2, but for peace of mind I'd like to go with strategy #3.
As a quick fix when I (very recently) realized my cat has been messing about on top of the keezer for some reason, I just unscrewed the tap handles. But that's a bit of a PITA. The only other thing I can think of that fits the bill is to attach a 2x4 (or whatever size works) to the lip of the lid, which would thus be behind the taps.
What I'm looking for is a not-too-ugly solution that requires no, or at least very minimal, work when pouring a pint. I don't care if it's a lot of one-time work; just don't want to have to, for example, screw on and off tap handles all the time.
NOTE: I don't care about the cat being ON the keezer. I normally use a chalk magic marker rather than regular chalk, which doesn't lead to pawprints. I used regular chalk this time just to see how much she was on the keezer while I was away.