Tonight's bar score

[Mongrel]

The keezer build is set for the end of the summer (currently the fermentation chamber), but got really lucky and picked up the first tap handle tonight. Just as the final keg of Red Chair kicked for the season, and as the handle was being exchanged for Deschutes' summer seasonal Twilight, the waitress took off to the back room. I asked the owner what he wanted for the tap handle, and he ran after her, and came back and gave it to me. Sorry chica, no ebay for joo

 

[MaltnHops]

Nice score! I'll have to ask next time. I didn't know it was that easy...

 

[Mongrel]

It helps to be a regular

 

[elpenoso]

Damn that stuff is good, one of my new favs they need to brew it year round.

 

[Vance71975]

Damn that stuff is good, one of my new favs they need to brew it year round.

EVERYTHING that they make at Dechutes is AWESOME!

 

[dunnright00]

EVERYTHING that they make at Dechutes is AWESOME!

+1

 

[carnevoodoo]

Nice score! I'll have to ask next time. I didn't know it was that easy...

It isn't. Those things cost 30 or so bucks, so not everyone gives them away.

 

[olllllo]

It isn't. Those things cost 30 or so bucks, so not everyone gives them away.

And it's not the bars to give away. It belongs to the brewery.

 

[jlestos]

technically I believe it would belong to the distributor.

 

[bluemoose]

And it's not the bars to give away. It belongs to the brewery.

When I worked for a distributor the breweries would send boxes of taps. Some we gave to the bars, others (the real nice ones) were lent to the bar. Depending on the distributor and breweries they might give them away when the keg kicks.
I had a ton of tap handles, but got rid of them years ago.
"What will I ever use these for?" Doh!

 

[NordeastBrewer77]

Nice take!! Sure beats the promo pinty's and coasters I get from time to time at my local watering hole.
And +1 on deschute's. Those guys make some great beer!!!

 

[unionrdr]

Put them on display with your beer bottle/stein collection.

 

[davefleck]

Need to build me keezer. Got several vintage taps from when my dad tended bar in boulder in the early 70s

 

[olllllo]

When I worked for a distributor the breweries would send boxes of taps. Some we gave to the bars, others (the real nice ones) were lent to the bar. Depending on the distributor and breweries they might give them away when the keg kicks.
I had a ton of tap handles, but got rid of them years ago.
"What will I ever use these for?" Doh!

Yea. That's a better answer. The point I would make is that the more desirable ones are probably from smaller breweries or ones that the brewery (or distro) values and would not want the bar to give away.

 

[Mongrel]

Deschutes sells them new for $25. Seeing as this one is dinged up a little, I don't think they'll miss it.

 

[IrregularPulse]

Nice score for display. I don't understand using tap handles like this for serving though. You aren't serving Deschutes Red Chair, so why label the tap as such?

 

[Mongrel]

Looks better than the standard black plastic ones. But, I might end up going with blank Rogue tap handles when I build the keezer.