Beer Supplies
Picnic Pumps and Coolers
Picnic Pumps, Coil Coolers, Assembled Beer Line, and Keg Jackets or Blankets.
Long Draw Systems
Glycol Chillers, Ready-Made Trunklines, Air Shaft Blowers, Ducts, Tube Insulation and Accessories
Drip Pans
Drop-in, Wall Mount or Counter Top, Brass or Stainless. Drip Pans Complete Your Installation
Keg Tools & Hardware
Wrenches, Pliers, Pincers, Cutters and More. All the Tools to Maintain Your Beer System
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Rapids offers draft beer towers and tavern heads in designs from simple to sophisticated, with options from one to twenty faucets, including L-shaped, T-tower, and pass-thru.
Serve beer in style with Rapids Wholesale's faucets and tap handles! Choose from a wide selection to enhance your beer-dispensing system and add character to your bar, pub, tavern, or restaurant.
Beer drip pans and trays are both decorative and functional. Find the perfect style for your bar at Rapids Wholesale.
Explore our glycol chillers, trunklines, air shaft blowers, ducts, tube insulation, and accessories to optimize your refrigeration system and ensure efficient cooling.
With Rapids Wholesale's portable beer tappers and kegerators, you can bring kegged beer wherever you go. These portable keg tappers keep your beer chilled and at the perfect serving temperature. Our kegerators are from trusted brands like Beverage Air and True.
Discover our wide selection of keg beer dispensers, perfect for bars, clubs, taverns, pubs, and restaurants. We offer units from trusted brands like True, Beverage Air, and Turbo Air, ensuring you find the ideal beer dispenser to suit your establishment's needs.
Hosting an outdoor event? Keep beer cold with our picnic pumps, keg coolers, and keg jackets. Get the right gear at affordable prices for a successful party.
Transform your standard home refrigerator or pressurize your commercial kegerator with our range of kegerator supplies and beer tapping kits. We offer all the essential components, including fittings, regulators, hoses, and tap handles, to help you create an efficient beer-dispensing system at home. Whether you're looking for conversion kits, empty kegs, or gas cylinders, we have everything you need for a successful DIY project.
Need to clean beer lines? Pick from our cleaning kits, pumps, and chemicals to keep your system fresh and tasting great.
Turn to Rapids Wholesale for top-quality and competitively priced commercial beer regulators. We offer a wide range of single and dual gauge keg regulators from the most trusted brands and manufacturers in the industry. Find the perfect regulator to meet your needs and ensure reliable performance for your beer-dispensing system.
You’ve got the keg filled with beer—now you need the right keg coupler to complete your bar’s beer-dispensing system. At Rapids Wholesale, we provide a wide selection of keg couplers to suit various needs for bars, taverns, and pubs. Find the perfect coupler to ensure seamless beer dispensing and optimal performance for your establishment.
Say goodbye to empty beer lines with Rapids Wholesale's flow detectors. We know how frustrating it can be to repack beer lines after a keg runs dry. Our foam-on-beer (FOB) detectors help maintain a continuous flow of beer, ensuring your bar stays operational and your service remains seamless.
Find the perfect beer shank to complete any installation, available in brass or stainless steel. We offer a wide selection, from nipple shanks to complete assemblies and individual parts, ensuring you get the right fit for your beer delivery system. Enjoy top-quality options at the best prices.
At Rapids Wholesale, our beer hoses and beverage tubing are crafted to meet rigorous commercial standards. We provide a diverse selection of materials, including vinyl, braided vinyl, poly, and barrier tubing, ensuring durability and performance. You can choose from our own high-quality, manufactured beer tubing or opt for hoses from the reputable brand American Beverage, guaranteeing you get the best for your beer-dispensing system.
Discover a comprehensive selection of beer fittings and line connectors for both gas and beer sides. We provide everything you need to build, upgrade, or maintain beer-dispensing systems, whether for bars, taverns, pubs, or personal use. Our range ensures you have the right components for a seamless and efficient beer dispensing setup.
Move and store heavy beer kegs safely and efficiently with our high-quality, competitively priced equipment. Our extensive range includes beer hand trucks, stacking rings, bumpers, keg storage racks, and various other keg handling tools designed to simplify the management, transportation, and storage of your kegs. Each piece of equipment is crafted to ensure ease of use and enhance safety, allowing you to handle and store kegs with maximum efficiency and minimal effort.
We offer a variety of kegerator accessories to help you avoid repairs and maintain smooth operation. Ideal for assembling, repairing, and managing beer-dispensing systems in bars, taverns, pubs, or for personal use, our high-quality products ensure efficient performance.
Explore our extensive range of dispensing equipment and beer supplies, designed to meet all your needs. Our selection includes tools and components for assembling, repairing, and maintaining beer-dispensing systems. Whether for bars, taverns, pubs, or personal setups, we offer high-quality products to ensure optimal performance and smooth operation, enhancing the experience for your customers and patrons.
Comprehensive Beer Supplies for Every Need
At Rapids Wholesale, we provide a complete range of beer supplies designed to meet the needs of any bar, pub, tavern, or personal setup. From keg couplers and beer dispensers to keg conversion kits and cleaning supplies, we have everything you need to ensure a seamless beer-dispensing experience. Our selection includes high-quality components for building, maintaining, and optimizing your beer system, including fittings, hoses, and line connectors.
We also offer a variety of accessories such as glass chillers, drip trays, and keg handling equipment to enhance your operation's efficiency and presentation. Whether you need to cool, store, or serve beer, our products cater to all aspects of beer service, ensuring that every pour is perfect.
Need help finding the right beer supplies?
Our knowledgeable Sales Representatives, with their extensive experience in the food-service and beverage industries, are here to assist you. If you can't find what you're looking for on our website or in our catalogs, contact us directly, and we'll help you find the ideal products for your needs.
So What Is Draft Beer, Anyway?
Draft (or draught) beer is beer served from a cask or keg. Today, draft beer commonly refers to beer that is stored in a large container or pressurized beer dispenser that is usually five gallons or more. The old English word draft (which was spelled draught) meant "to pull" because, in taverns hundreds of years ago, beer was served directly from the barrel and carried to the customer. The act of bringing something to someone or to carry was referred to by the Old English word dragen, which evolved into a series of synonymous words that included drag, draw, and draught. In turn, the word for carrying or drawing beer via hand pumps also came to be known as draft and draught, and these words were eventually used to name the beer itself.
The start of the twentieth century saw the serving of draft beer coming from pressurized containers. This method of serving beer became popular in Europe and then spread to the rest of the world. Needless to say, by the early 1970s, draft beer worldwide was almost exclusively served from a pressurized container.
For many years now, Rapids Wholesale has been providing quality beer equipment supplies specifically targeted for bar owners who want to serve their customers perfectly poured, chilled draft beer.
The Long and Short of Long-Draw Systems
Long-draw systems help provide ice-cold beer to places relatively far from where the brew kegs are stored. Typically, there are three types of beer systems used to provide cold draft beer: forced-air systems, glycol systems, and picnic pumps and coolers. A forced-air system is one of the most common methods of chilling beer. In this system, cold air that is chilled from a cold box is forced through short to medium-length draft lines to chill the beer. On the other hand, in a glycol system, beer passes through tubes to a chiller plate and becomes cold. The chilling process works by forcing a cold liquid (glycol) along tubes to a chiller plate, which is usually cast aluminium, and then through the tap system, thereby keeping the beer cold. The glycol never actually comes in contact with the beer. Lastly, picnic pumps and coolers help serve beer direct from kegs especially during picnics and special events that are held outdoors.
Looking to Serve the Best Draft Beer? Tap into Rapids Wholesale!
So here's one obvious, undeniable fact: the best bars serve the best draft beer. Excellent draft beer is chilled, light and bubbly, with a good head of foam (which helps the beer drinker notice the flavors and aroma of the brew). And here at Rapids Wholesale, we provide you with the best brew hardware that will help you pour the perfect draft beer that your customers and patrons will enjoy. Choose from a wide selection of beer towers, beer faucets, brew kegs, keg supplies, beer shanks, beer dispensers, long-draw systems, hoses and tubing, drip pans, and other beer equipment at very competitive prices, from the foremost provider of wholesale beer supplies - Rapids Wholesale.
Need More Help? No Problem!
Many of our expert Sales Representatives have years of experience in the food-service and beer industries before coming to join us. If you can't find what you're looking for here in our website, at one of our convenient locations, or even in our frequently mailed catalogs, please feel free to contact us, and one of our knowledgeable Rapids Wholesale Sales Representatives will immediately assist you in locating the products that you need.
