This Retro ‘Keg Fridge’ Comes With a Built-In Beer Tap

Take the edge off the summer heat and tap into a cold one.

Steve Huff

Jun 18, 2021

beer-fridge-red-black-blue — Elmira Stove Works

It’s the kind of thing Dads dream of getting for Father’s Day: A fridge that magically dispenses beer on tap. You don’t even have to pull out the bottle opener. Beats the hell out of a tie that was unfashionably narrow two years ago or new old stock Hai Karate cologne your kid got off eBay.

Northstar green keg fridge — Elmira Stove Works

The folks at Elmira Stove Works clearly understand the needs of the modern dad. They’ve come up with The Keg Fridge, a colorful appliance with an elegant midcentury-inspired design that features, according to the manufacturer, “a factory-installed Brewmaster draft system” that “comes complete with all of the necessary accessories, including a through-the-door tap dispenser, coupler, connections, CO² cylinder, retro-flame splash plate and drip tray – for always fresh, cold beer on tap.”

Northstar Keg Fridge - Model 1952_custom colors 2 — Elmira Stove Works

We’re pretty sure there is a space waiting for one of these in every man cave or garage in North America. Why not? If you’ve grown accustomed to the way the coronavirus pandemic enforced becoming a homebody, then what sounds cooler, especially on a hot summer day, than having — in the words of Elmira Stove Works PR — a “perfectly chilled microbrew” at hand?

Northstar Keg Fridge from Elmira Stove Works in Black — Elmira Stove Works

You get all the taste and a bit of a buzz without ever having to grab a $10 pint from the grubby hands of your local braided beard-wearing brew-loving hipster.

The Keg Fridge from Elmira Stove Works comes in three Northstar models, and nine colors, as well as custom colors. It also comes with the custom option of a wild flaming skull design that would look right at home in a biker clubhouse.