Leland CO2 FridgeTap(TM) Product Gives New Life to Clunker Fridges

SOUTH PLAINFIELD, N.J., Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- As tax refund checks arrive in homes later this year, many will put that money to good use and remodel their kitchen. The first appliance eyed to be replaced is usually the refrigerator. Although President Obama has put together a "cash for clunker refrigerator" program, many will choose to keep their older refrigerator, but not necessarily just for the storage of food.

Some will add a beverage dispensing system like the one offered by Leland Gas Technologies. They call it the Leland CO2 FridgeTap(TM), a complete kit to install a draft dispensing faucet on the outside of a refrigerator door to "push" beer or soda in a keg from the inside. The device is powered by a simple CO2 cartridge, which has enough gas in it to dispense over 80 12oz glasses of beverage.

Aside from the novelty of having draft beverages at one's fingertips, users will realize a real benefit: equipment payback. The cost of beer in a keg is far less expensive than bottled beer. On average, a 12oz bottle of beer costs $1.15 compared to $0.45 per 12oz glass of draft beer from a keg.

Leland did not create their CO2 FridgeTap(TM) product for that reason though. They are beer geeks, the ones who know about beverage quality, like how many grams of CO2 are in an ounce of beer and which hops smell better. They follow microbreweries in North America, sending their gas products to those Brewmasters so that the beer is "treated right" with Leland's clean CO2 TapGas(R) cylinders.

Unlike bottled or canned beverages, brewers of beer and soda typically do not add preservatives when they package their beverage in a keg. The beverage is kept cold from the brewery to the retail store and no UV light can penetrate the metal keg. All draft beverages are preserved and "pushed" by CO2, also a key ingredient in the recipe. Lack of CO2 pressure allows any carbonated beverage to go flat, but the CO2 FridgeTap has a unique pressure regulator which keeps the beverage in the keg effervescent and fresh for 6 weeks or more.

Available for $329, the complete kit comes with the hardware, hose and regulator pre-connected for ease of installation. The company also includes a professional hole saw so that the faucet can be mounted perfectly on the refrigerator door. All of the components, including the stainless steel drip tray, are commercial restaurant grade. Two filled CO2 cylinders top off the kit so that all you need to do is grab your electric drill, a wrench and you favorite keg of beer. The product will be available at refrigerator and beer retailers and online at http://www.MrFizz.com.

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About Leland

Since 1965 Leland has been making high pressure disposable gas filled cylinders filled with CO2, N20 and N2 for the beverage, safety and medical industries. Leland is ISO9001:2008 Registered.

Contact: Lee Stanford, President Leland Limited, Inc. 908-561-2000 [email protected]

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SOURCE Leland Limited, Inc.