Guinness Extra Cold on tap in a Warwick wedding marquee

Guinness Keg Hire for Weddings, Parties & Events

Hire Guinness on tap for your wedding, party or office event. Choose keg-only supply or a complete keg-and-tap setup with cooling and gas. Available in 30L and 50L sizes.

Tell us your event date, delivery postcode and whether you need equipment. We’ll help you choose a suitable setup and provide a quote.

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Wedding or party with 80 adults or more in England or Wales? We can bring a fully staffed cash bar for £150 instead. Guests pay at the bar and there is no minimum spend.

Choose a package

Two options. Both use a 30L or 50L Guinness keg. Gas and cooling are only on the complete setup.

Keg only

For customers with compatible equipment

Choose a 30L or 50L keg

The keg, delivered and collected. No tap, cooler, gas or installation.

  • Choose a 30L or 50L Guinness keg
  • Delivery and collection
  • Refund on unused sealed kegs
  • No tap, cooler or 70/30 gas
  • No installation

Your lines must already take a U-Type coupler and 70/30 mixed gas, with cooling in place. See the keg coupler guide if you are unsure.

Quoted from your brief

The figure depends on keg size, how many kegs, dates and the delivery postcode.

Enquire about keg only

Complete keg-and-tap setup

For customers who need the dispensing equipment

Choose a 30L or 50L keg

The keg plus the kit needed to pour it: tap, cooler, gas and installation.

  • Choose a 30L or 50L Guinness keg
  • Tap, beer lines and U-Type coupler
  • Flash cooler
  • 70/30 mixed gas bottle and regulator
  • Delivery, installation and a pour check
  • Refund on unused sealed kegs

Extras we can add on the same quote: more kegs, a portable bar, or glass hire.

Quoted from your brief

The figure depends on keg size, kit, dates and the delivery postcode. We do not publish a single national starting price on this page.

Enquire about a full setup

Hire duration

Standard hire is one week, with collection at the end of that period. Longer hire can be agreed on the quote. December packages on Christmas keg hire use a two-week hire.

VAT

The quote sets out the hire total and whether VAT applies. Corporate bookings are quoted ex VAT, with a VAT invoice.

Delivery

Delivery and collection are quoted against your postcode. Christmas keg packages list delivery as a separate charge.

This page is part of keg hire. Other brands sit on that hub rather than on this Guinness page.

Recent Guinness setups

A wedding, a garden party and an office job. More photographs are in the gallery below.

Guinness Extra Cold and Asahi Super Dry taps on a portable bar in a Warwick wedding marquee

Wedding marquee, Warwick

Guinness Extra Cold and Asahi Super Dry on chrome taps on a portable bar in a wedding marquee.

See this event · wedding bar hire · Warwickshire

Guinness harp font and Peroni font on a home garden bar in Coventry

Garden party, Coventry

Guinness and Peroni kegs connected to the customer’s own timber-roofed garden bar, with a harp font on the bar top and a cooler behind.

See this event · garden parties · Coventry

Slat-front portable bar with a Guinness chrome tap at an office in Soho

Office setup, Soho

Guinness on a chrome tap on a slat-front portable bar at Bumble’s Soho office. Equipment install, not a staffed service.

See this event · corporate events · London

Get a Guinness hire quote

This enquiry is for Guinness keg hire. The form below is the same Tally form used on the contact page.

Product selected: Guinness keg hire

Keg size or quantity

If you need more than one keg, say so in the message.

Setup

Date, delivery postcode, name and contact details are on the form. Keg size and setup are written into the message so the enquiry stays specific to Guinness.

The same form is also at /contact/#quote if you would rather send it from the contact page.

Prefer to message us

WhatsApp is fine for a short Guinness keg hire brief. Include the date and postcode if you have them.

WhatsApp Guinness keg hire 0800 861 1471

Booking questions

These are the details that decide the quote and whether a keg-only drop-off or a full setup is the right job.

We deliver to the event postcode and collect at the end of the hire. Delivery is quoted against that postcode. A complete keg-and-tap setup includes installation. Keg-only hire is a drop-off for customers who already have compatible equipment.

Standard hire is one week. Collection is arranged at the end of that period. Longer hire can be agreed on the quote. Christmas keg hire uses a two-week hire.

A complete keg-and-tap setup needs a worktop or bar for the tap, space beside or under the bar for the keg and cooler, and a standard 13-amp socket for the cooler. Keg-only hire uses the venue’s existing lines, gas and cooling. Tell us about stairs, long carries and parking when you enquire.

Yes on the complete keg-and-tap setup: tap, cooler, 70/30 gas, lines and a pour check. Keg-only hire does not include installation, gas or cooling.

Any unused keg that is still sealed at collection is refunded in full. Once a keg has been tapped, it cannot be refunded.

How it works

  1. Send the date, delivery postcode, keg size (or “not sure”) and keg-only or full setup.
  2. We confirm stock and quote the hire, VAT treatment and delivery.
  3. We deliver. Full setups are installed and checked before we leave.
  4. We collect at the end of the hire and refund any unused sealed kegs.

Guinness keg specifications

Choose a 30L or 50L keg. The coupler and gas mix stay the same on both sizes. They are included only on the complete keg-and-tap setup.

Specification Details
Keg size Choose a 30L or 50L keg
Pint count About 52 pints (30L) or 88 pints (50L)
Coupler U-Type
Gas 70/30 mixed gas (70% nitrogen, 30% CO2). Included on the complete setup only.
ABV 4.2%

Keg-only customers must already have a U-Type coupler, 70/30 gas and cooling. We do not send CO2 in place of 70/30 for Guinness.

Other Guinness options

Guinness MicroDraught hire is the compact unit for smaller functions, including Guinness 0.0.

30L Guinness 0.0 kegs are not in stock yet. Register interest on the Guinness 0.0 keg page if you specifically need a keg.

How to pour Guinness

Full setups include a short demonstration. The two-part pour is the usual method.

  1. Hold the glass at 45 degrees and pull the tap fully forward.
  2. Fill to about three-quarters, then stop.
  3. Let the surge settle before you top up.
  4. Push the handle backward to finish the head just proud of the rim.

Further Guinness questions

Guinness needs 70/30 mixed gas (70% nitrogen, 30% CO2). The complete keg-and-tap setup includes that bottle. Keg-only hire does not include gas.

Guinness uses the U-Type coupler. It is included on the complete setup. For keg-only hire, the venue’s coupler must already be U-Type. See the keg coupler guide.

Choose a 30L keg (about 52 pints) or a 50L keg (about 88 pints). The exact number can vary slightly depending on pour size and head.

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