Yet another reason to drink Guiness ...

[azwildcat96]

I always carry a few cans on hunting trips for evenings around the fire.

[jason10mm]

Hmm... I wonder though. What would be the a) cost and b) feasibility of installing a Guinness draught tap in my house?

Pretty easy, actually. Any kegerator can be converted to run Guinness. You will need the euro tap (different locking mechanism than american kegs) and the two way spout that does the "slow pour" finisher unique to Guinness. But MOST IMPORTANTLY you will need "guinness (beer) gas" which is mostly nitrogen, rather than the mostly CO2 gas that drives most other beers. The nitrogen is what gives that creamy head. Nitrogen tanks are run at much higher PSI than CO2 tanks so you need different pressure guages. I just have two different set-ups. Beer gas can be difficult to come by as most bars running Guinness use a system that extracts nitrogen from the atmosphere, so the old trick of getting the Guinness distributor to get you a tank doesn't work so well any more and welding shops may be resistant to filling small nitrogen tanks. So if Guinness is your prime concern, better to buy a kegerator (or system if you are converting an old frige) ready to go with Guinness (Boddingtons also uses this set-up), then you can swap out parts for other beer as needed.

The final issue is that in the US at least getting Guinness in less than the half barrel keg = ~15 GALLONS(!!) is difficult, which means you have around 3 months or so to kill off an entire keg. I would love it if the pony kegs or 1/6 barrel kegs were available with Guinness. Very challenging for a solo drinker and despite the lower alcohol content of Guinness (which translates to fewer calories) it will still impact the wasteline. I used to ring the keg with Harp or Smithwicks bottles so I could have Half&Half on demand. Very awesome, but oh so fattening!

I won my kegerator from Guinness one year, came with a bar table, some stools, dart board, pint glasses, a whole bunch of stuff. This is kilt related because I used a pic of some fine kilted chaps enjoying Guinness to win the contest