Dispense heads

Which type of dispense head do you need? 

If you want to enjoy a good draft beer, you need a beer tap installation at first. You also need a dispense head with that beer tap installation. The type of dispense head that you need is depending on the beer brand that you are going to poor. Most of the bigger and famous beer breweries need their own type of dispense head. In this blog you learn about the several typs fo dispense heads that are available and als which one you need to have for pooring your favourite beer brand. 

S-type dispense head 

The S-type dispense head also known as sankey dispense head. The S-type dispense head is a quiet popular dispense head. If you are going to poor beers from Heineken, the S-type dispense head is the one you need. 

Beer brands:

  • Heineken
  • Amstel
  • Brand 

Also 50 liter kegs from Inbev use the S-type dispense head. Below the beer brands from Inbev that use the S-type dispense head. 

  • Hertog Jan 50 liters
  • Dommelsch 50 liters
  • Jupiler 50 liters

A-type dispense head

The A-type dispense head is also a popular type of dispense head. You will need the A-type dispense head if you are going to poor beers from Grolsch and also if you are going to poor 20 liter kegs from Inbev. 

Beer brands: 

  • Grolsch
  • De Klok 
  • Hertog Jan 20 liters
  • Dommelsch 20 liters
  • Jupiler 20 liters

M-type dispense head

The M-type dispense head is less popular that the other ones. From the big and famous beer brands only Bavaria is uses the M-type dispense head. 

NOTE: The M-type dispense heads looks almost the same as the A-type dispense head. There is a difference in diameter from the inner part of the dispense head. The diameter of the inner part from the A-type dispense head is bigger than from the M-type. Please have a look at the photos below to see the difference between the M-type and the A-type dispense head. 

G-type dispense head

This dispense head is also less popular than the S-type or A-type dispense head. From the big and famous breweries Gulpener uses the G-type dispense head. The G-type dispense head looks almost the same as the keykeg dispense head but are different. The inner part of the keykeg coupler is conisch which means that it goes from wide to small. For more information between the difference in these types of dispense heads just look at the photos below. 

The keykeg dispense head is a dispense head that you need for the plastic recycable one way kegs. These kegs are mostly used by local craft breweries. Although they look like the G-type dispense head the keykeg dispense head is different and only fits on the plastic one way kegs. 

D-type and U-type dispense heads for UK markets

In the UK and Ireland there are several beer brands that make use of D-type and U-type dispense heads. The dispense heads as described above are heavily used for West European markets such as the Netherlands, Belgium France and Germany. 

Beer brands for which you need a D-type or U-type dispense head are Guinness, Coors and Murphy's. 

Several dispense heads for your beer tap installation

If you want to poor several beer brands with your beer tap installation you definitely need several dispense heads. Normally you can easily swap the type of dispense heads by connecting the beer tube and CO2 / air tube to another dispense head. 

We have an overview for you in which you can see which type of dispense head you need with a concerning beer brand. This overview is made of beer brands from West European markets. If you want to know which type of dispense head you need with a UK or Irish beer brand. Just contact us and we will find out for you.