Schäfer Container Systems has launched draft2go, a new mobile unit that can dispense draft beer without the need for electricity or gas for cooling and dispense.

The beer is dispensed from a reusable keg with a standard flat fitting.

Schäfer said this makes draft2go a genuine alternative to fixed, stationary dispensing equipment, owing to its mobile capabilities.

A 10-litre keg with stainless steel liner and integrated CO2 supply operating on the proven dual-chamber principle forms the core of the draft2go unit.

A 3-part EPP insulator jacket shields the keg from thermal influences: at an ambient temperature of 25 °C and a beer temperature of 3 °C, draft2go will keep the beer chilled for at least eight hours (max. 8 °C).

Once the keg is opened, the beer quality is maintained for up to 30 days.

There are also benefits in the details: for instance, the tap handle, insulator jacket and the keg are ideal for branding and the unit’s practical handling comes without any additional cleaning.

This was very important for the manufacturers and is why the draft2go dispense head is connected to the standard flat fitting by a one-way supply line.

This line also allows the keg to be filled manually as well as mechanically on existing filling lines, by attaching an adapter.

In addition, the draft2go-keg can be drained of its contents in conventional dispensing systems. Rounding off the mobile unit is a dishwasher-safe drip tray and stainless steel drip tray grille.

Tobias Wirth, head of sales at Schäfer Container Systems KEG, explained: “You can always serve full draught flavour anywhere.

“The product is aimed primarily at breweries that want to offer their customers a highly mobile, self-sufficient dispensing unit.

“That’s something that both breweries and enterprising commercial customers can benefit from equally.”