摘要 |
<p>A machine dimensioned so as to be placed on the countertop of a bar for dispensing chilled alcoholic beverage includes a housing forming an enclosure with a beverage faucet having a handle mounted on its front outer surface. The enclosure provides a cooled interior section and a noncooled interior section. Heat-generating portions of a refrigeration cooling unit are contained in the noncooled interior portion. The cooled interior portion provides a beverage container mount configured to removably receive a stopper shaft of a bottle stopper which is fluidly connected via a manifold so an inclined beverage container can supply beverage to a beverage storage tank. A portion of an evaporator coil of the refrigeration cooling unit is located within the beverage storage tank for further cooling the alcoholic beverage. Chilled alcoholic beverage is transferred from the beverage storage tank to the beverage faucet via a beverage delivery tube fluidly connecting the beverage storage tank to the beverage faucet.</p> |