We are a family company that introduced the 5 litre mini kegs to the UK and Ireland :-). 5 litre mini kegs are a tin plate steel recyclable package with built in tap. Mini kegs (aka mini casks, party kegs, party barrels) are perfect for serving draught beer & cider at home and sharing with friends at BBQ's, parties and sporting events. A mini keg contains just under 9 pints and can either be filled with real ale, lager & keg craft beers and ciders. More recently they have also been filled with pre-mixed cocktails.
We are the supplier of empty mini kegs to the British and Irish breweries and cider makers. Made in Germany by Envases. We are the UK and Ireland representatives for Envases. Find out more from www.europeanmalt.com
This dispensing system is cheap plastic shot. A robust continuous cooler is a little more expensive, but it saves a lot of trouble. You also don't have to pre-cool the kegs and have nice cool, fresh beer after 3 minutes. Instead of the expensive CO2 cartridges, you can use a cheaper 2 kg CO2 bottle.
I bought mine last year from here www.klarstein.co.uk/Home-appliances/Drinks-dispenser/Beer-tap-dispenser/Skal-Beer-Tap-Dispenser-Beer-Cooler-5-l-Kegs-CO2-Stainless-Steel-Silver.html?ref=lp-biersaison_cta_pdp-10030663
I have also created a group on facebook called 'mini kegs and mini keg machines / dispensers / kegerators' to share experiences and tips as the instruction manual it comes with is not very good ( perhaps they have improved it since )