A beer-making device according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise: a chamber; a keg containing wort and mounted in the chamber; a keg cap integrated with a yeast capsule, which closes the inside of the keg by being coupled to the keg and is provided with a wort discharge passage for discharging the wort contained in the keg, a gas discharge passage for discharging a gas inside the keg, and a wort hose coupled to a lower portion of the wort discharge passage and extended to the inner bottom surface of the keg, and in which a yeast capsule, containing yeast to be supplied to the wort contained in the keg, is mounted to the wort discharge passage; a coupler which is fixedly installed in the chamber, and is provided with a wort passage connected to the wort discharge passage when the keg cap is coupled, and a gas passage connected to the gas discharge passage when the keg cap is coupled; a passage unit for connecting the wort passage and the gas passage of the coupler; a pump connected to the passage unit; and a control unit for controlling the operation of the pump so that the yeast contained in the yeast capsule is supplied to the wort contained in the keg.

A spirit dispenser that includes a cabinet that includes a back panel facing an interior of the cabinet, and a plurality of shelves, each shelf being able to support thereon a plurality of spirit containers; at least one spirit dispenser system integrated with the cabinet; and a plurality of pumps residing on an interior surface of the pack panel of the cabinet, each pump being connected to a first tube that includes a tap connector configured for connection to a tap of a spirit container supportable on one of the shelves of the cabinet, and a second tube that is connected to the spirit dispenser.

Examples herein relate generally to reservoirs for use in water distribution systems within an appliance. The reservoir herein allows for the combination of various components prepared by separate manufacturing processes and for reducing waste of those manufacturing components. Specifically, the reservoir herein provides a stopper separable from and for use with a container and a cap.

Systems for filling and dispensing free-flowing contents into and out of a container, the container comprising: a top and a bottom, a plurality of vertical walls extending between the bottom and the top, an ice portal disposed in the top, the ice portal having a removable cap for filling an ice chamber with ice, a removable container cap, a tube vertically disposed in the container cap, the tube extending between a beverage bag and a gate valve above the container cap, an air hose disposed in the container cap parallel with the tube, an air bag attached to a bottom end of the air hose, the air bag being adjacent to the beverage bag, such that a volume between the bags and an interior of the plurality of vertical walls is the ice chamber, and a beverage flow portal protruding longitudinally from a side of the gate valve.

A beverage dispenser for dispensing beverage from one or more beverage units. Each of the beverage units includes a respective beverage unit outlet, and a respective support structure supporting beverage and orienting the respective beverage unit outlet. The dispenser includes a refrigerator in which the beverage unit(s) are receivable; a respective inlet, within the refrigerator, for each of the beverage units; at least one a dispensing outlet for dispensing beverage into drinking vessels; one or more fluid paths from the inlet(s) to the dispensing outlet(s); a guide arrangement co-operable with the support structure(s) to guide the beverage unit(s) so that each respective beverage unit outlet co-operates with its respective inlet to form a respective dry break connection through which beverage is conveyable on route to the dispensing outlet(s) via the fluid path(s).

Systems for filling and dispensing free-flowing contents into and out of a container, the container comprising: a top and a bottom, a plurality of vertical walls extending between the bottom and the top, an ice portal disposed in the top, the ice portal having a removable cap for filling an ice chamber with ice, a removable container cap, a tube vertically disposed in the container cap, the tube extending between a beverage bag and a gate valve above the container cap, an air hose disposed in the container cap parallel with the tube, an air bag attached to a bottom end of the air hose, the air bag being adjacent to the beverage bag, such that a volume between the bags and an interior of the plurality of vertical walls is the ice chamber, and a beverage flow portal protruding longitudinally from a side of the gate valve.

Automatic identification and pairing authentication systems, devices, and methods capable of identifying and verifying the pairing of kegs and taps regardless of the position of a tap relative to a keg on which it is installed. Such a system includes an identification (ID) unit integrated onto a keg and a pairing device integrated onto a tap, wherein the ID unit and the pairing device communicate through a wireless connection.

A liquid dispensing device includes a needle. The needle is adapted to penetrate a container without tearing out a portion of the container. The portion of the container is near a point of penetration on the container. The liquid dispensing device includes a motion control system. The motion control system is configured to rotate the needle while the needle penetrates the container.

A beer-making device according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise: a chamber; a keg containing wort and mounted in the chamber; a keg cap integrated with a yeast capsule, which closes the inside of the keg by being coupled to the keg and is provided with a wort discharge passage for discharging the wort contained in the keg, a gas discharge passage for discharging a gas inside the keg, and a wort hose coupled to a lower portion of the wort discharge passage and extended to the inner bottom surface of the keg, and in which a yeast capsule, containing yeast to be supplied to the wort contained in the keg, is mounted to the wort discharge passage; a coupler which is fixedly installed in the chamber, and is provided with a wort passage connected to the wort discharge passage when the keg cap is coupled, and a gas passage connected to the gas discharge passage when the keg cap is coupled; a passage unit for connecting the wort passage and the gas passage of the coupler; a pump connected to the passage unit; and a control unit for controlling the operation of the pump so that the yeast contained in the yeast capsule is supplied to the wort contained in the keg.

A remote regulator adjustment tool that can be used to adjust an output pressure of a remote regulator. The remote regulator adjustment tool comprises a housing defining a first bore extending therethrough, an adjustor piston movably disposed within the first bore, and an adjustment knob attached to the adjustor piston.