A beverage delivery system including a dispensing column and a tap unit with a spout, wherein the tap unit is releasably connectable to the dispensing column. The dispensing column includes an elongated post and a removable elongated cladding component, the elongated cladding component receiving the elongated pos, wherein connecting the tap unit to the elongated post secures the cladding component to the elongated post and wherein disconnecting and removing the tap unit from the elongated post allows removal of the cladding component from the elongated post.

Embodiments are described of a beverage dispensing system configured to give the illusion it dispenses aquarium water.

There is described a wine supply system. The wine supply system generally has a tank in a source building, the tank containing wine; a plurality of ducts extending between the tank and a corresponding plurality of dispensing buildings remote from the source building and from one another, at least some wine being forcingly guided from the tank to the dispensing buildings via the plurality of ducts; and a temperature maintaining device disposed along the plurality of ducts outside of the source building and the plurality of dispensing buildings, the temperature maintaining device configured for at least one of heating and cooling said ducts to maintain the wine within a given temperature range.

A beverage dispenser includes a plurality of dispensing heads. A cold plate includes a plurality of fluid lines running therethrough. An ice bin is in thermal contact with the cold plate. A carbonator extends vertically from the cold plate with a lower end of the carbonator in thermal contact with the cold plate. A plurality of fluid lines extend from the cold plate to the plurality of dispensing heads.

The invention relates to an appliance for the automated preparation of beverages, comprising a dispensing element (1), which comprises a plurality of dispensing openings (2) for dispensing individual beverage ingredients, and also comprising a washing device (3) for dispensing a washing fluid, wherein the washing device (3) is arranged in a retaining region (5) at a location remote from the dispensing element (1), wherein the washing device (3) can be removed from the retaining region (5), and wherein an accommodating region (4), which is designed to accommodate at least part of the washing device (3), is provided on the dispensing element (1), wherein a valve element (2) is provided, said valve element comprising a flushing-fluid inlet (23), an ingredients inlet (24) and a fluid outlet (25), which is connected to at least one dispensing opening (2), wherein the flushing-fluid inlet (23) opens out into a flushing-fluid channel and the ingredients inlet (24) opens out into an ingredients channel, and wherein the flushing-fluid channel and the ingredients channel come together to form a common fluid channel, which opens out into the fluid outlet (25).