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Cocktails on tap

A cocktail served by the glass from a tap, out of a reusable keg — the same ECOFASS system as wine on tap, at the bar or at an event.

Cocktails on tap

What are cocktails on tap?

Serving a cocktail from a tap, like a beer or a wine on tap: the drink is held in a flexible pouch inside a reusable keg, and the dispensing gas pushes the pouch without ever coming into contact with it. The keg connects to the standard coupler heads used across the hospitality trade — at the bar or at an event, every glass is poured with a single motion, identical from the first to the last.

Cocktails on tap

Common misconceptions

"Taps are for beer", "the gas alters the drink", "it needs a dedicated installation": the objections are the same as for wine on tap, and so are the answers — in an ECOFASS keg, the gas never meets the drink.

The gas never touches the drink

The oxygen-barrier pouch separates the drink from the dispensing gas: it compresses the pouch without ever coming into contact with the contents.

A standard installation

The kegs work with type "A" or "S" coupler heads and connect to the standard taps used in bars and restaurants.

A fresh pouch for every keg

The pouch is single-use: the inside of the keg never touches the drink, and there is no cleaning to plan for.

Cocktails on tap

Comparison: cocktail by the glass or on tap

Made glass by glass at the counter, or poured from a tap: the difference is not the recipe, it is the motion and the container. The detailed format comparison — keeping time, glass equivalence, packaging — is published on the Comparisons page; here is what changes at service.

Criterion Cocktail by the glass Cocktail on tap
Service motion Mix every glass to order Pour by the glass from the tap
Air contact At every preparation Never — oxygen-barrier pouch
Container Opened ingredient bottles Deposit-based reusable keg, single-use pouch

See the comparisons

Cocktails on tap

Frequently asked questions

The two questions professionals ask when they discover the format: how the system works, and what it changes at service. Each answer stands on its own.

An ECOFASS system holds the drink in a flexible pouch placed inside a reusable keg, then serves it by the glass from a tap: the gas compresses the pouch without ever touching the contents. For cocktails the principle is the same as for wine — the keg connects to a standard type "A" or "S" coupler head, and every glass is poured like a draught beer. The single-use pouch retracts as service goes on and removes any keg cleaning.

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