Abstract: The beer dispensed from barrel 29 is cooled by common cooling means 45 in the container before being dispensed and also while flow through the cold plate 61 as it is dispensed. The dispensing of beer which is predominantly foam, "picnic beer," is thus precluded. The cooling is effected through the thermally conducting base 49 of pan 47 which serves as floor for the ice chest 25 and as ceiling for compartment 23 that holds the beer barrel.

Abstract: A beer dispenser for use without electric power facilities. The dispenser includes a thermally insulated cabinet for receiving a beer barrel. The cabinet has an opening in the front provided with an insulated door through which the barrel is inserted. An ice chest is mounted above the cabinet. The partition between the ice chest and the cabinet serves in common as the base of the ice chest and a ceiling for the cabinet and is thermally conducting so that there is heat interchange between the interior of the cabinet and the ice chest. The ice chest contains a cold plate. The coil is connected to the barrel at the input and to a spigot at the level of the ice chest at the output. The dispenser is provided with a hand pump or with a CO.sub.2 tank for applying pressure to the beer in the barrel. The ice in the ice chest cools both the beer flowing through the coil and the beer in the barrel so that the formation of "picnic beer" is avoided.