How to Attach a Beer Coupler to the Wall

A beer coupler, also called a keg coupler or beer shank, allows you to dispense a keg of beer in a convenient, easy way. It consists of a tap, to allow the beer to come out, attached to a metal shank, which carries the beer to the tap. A hose connects to the outlet of the keg. Install a beer coupler into a wall so you can serve beer at a standing height, without having to bend down and balance your cup below the tap. Does this Spark an idea?

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Wall beer coupler
1 1/8-inch hole saw
Wrench

Instructions

- 1
  
  Locate and mark the spot where you want to attach the beer coupler. Install it above a countertop or work surface, if possible, so there is a place to rest glasses under the coupler.
- 2
  
  Make a hole in the wall at the mark you made for the installation site of the coupler. You may need to drill through more than one layer of wall, depending on what type of inner wall you have. Use a 1 1/8-inch hole saw to make the hole. Keep the saw straight while you saw to make sure the hole is clean and even.
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  Screw the black handle onto the tap. The handle is attached to the threaded head sticking out of the top of the tap and is on the movable part of the tap.
- 4
  
  Slide the shaft of the coupler into the hole in the wall. Position the tap and handle on the side of the wall you want to reach the beer from, with the shaft pointing in towards to room where the beer will be kept.
- 5
  
  Slip a washer over the shank and tighten it into place from the other side of the wall with the included hardware and a wrench.
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  Slide the end of the hose onto the end of the shank and secure it with the metal clamp that came with the coupler.
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  Attach the other end of the hose to the keg of beer and tighten the lug nut to keep it on. Wrench-tighten the nut until it is firmly in place.

Tips & Warnings

Install a beer coupler through the front wall of a refrigerator so you can always have a supply of cold beer.
Make sure that you have access to whatever room is on the other side of the wall you have chosen for installation, or you will not be able to connect the coupler to anything.

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eltrickster Aug 02, 2010
GENIOUS!

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