At home there’s a certain amount of comfort to placing a keg in a tub and filling it up with ice. The tradition of it just makes a party more fun. Unfortunately that tub becomes quite the pain when tailgating. If you have any distance to cover, hauling a tub, 6-8 bags of ice, and a keg requires a herculean effort. Luckily, Keg Works has created a koozie for your keg
. Now for the brilliant part, the koozie is actually just a neoprene jacket that holds an ice blanket in place. The ice blanket is supposed to keep the keg at the same temperature for 3-4 hours and you can also purchase additional blankets. The koozie costs $110 and an additional blanket is $32.50. So if you figure you spend about $10 on ice each time you get a keg, this thing would pay for itself after 15 drunken tailgates. So unless you have wheels on your kegerator, this isn’t a bad option for the adventurous kegger.
(HT: TailgateLot)
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Thermos has finally thrown their hat in the beer insulation ring with a stainless steel koozie. Vat19.com sent me over one of these stainless steel can insulators for a test drive. It uses vacuum insulation that has been developed for other Thermax technology products. So with out getting into details, it’s going to keep your beer colder than a cheap piece of fabric. On the product page on Vat19 you can see a video on the comparative temperature change. Tailgating Ideas also tested the change over a koozieless can.
But in reality, it shouldn’t take you longer than 20-30 minutes to finish most of your beers. So temperature change is actually pretty low on my priorities list for a koozie. I’m more worried about practicality and appearance.
Pros:
- The hard metal design and rubber bottom makes this koozie quite sturdy when sitting on a flat surface. When using a cloth koozie at home I often get a little anxious when I sit my beer down on a table. As the beer gets lighter is more likely to flip over. It takes a pretty strong effort to tip over the Thermos insulator.
- Fits a can snugly. It’s slim enough that my hand fits around it well. The outside of the insulator stays at room temperature and doesn’t get wet so you maintain a good grip.
- Sleek and unique look
Cons:
- This is more of a koozie for around the house. The main issue for tailgating is that you can’t fit this in your pocket. Which isn’t always a problem but it could be. Also at this price you don’t really want to lose it when you get drunk.
- It doesn’t hold bottles well. They jostle around quite a bit which makes it a can only situation.
Overall: It gets the Drunken Tailgate seal of approval. I’ve been using it for three months now and I’m very satisfied. I use it every time I’m drinking a beer from a can inside my house.
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