Abstract: The invention is a dispense head for use with a metal beer keg to supply beer under carbon dioxide gas pressure, the keg being of the type having a standard neck fitting including co-axial gas and beer valves operated by insertion of a probe into the neck. The dispense head can be attached to the keg with the probe raised and in this condition a gas shut-off valve closes the gas passageway. This is opened automatically on the lowering of the probe into the neck of the keg which also opens the keg valves. The gas shut-off valve prevents foaming of beer when the dispense head is attached and spraying out of beer dregs when the dispense head is removed from an empty keg.