Summer is here, and everyone knows that summer means barbecues - and more importantly; barbecues mean beer! Half the Joy of Home-Brewing is sharing your brews with friends and family. While it's your choice if you share or not - this week we'll be looking at some great ways to take your beer on the road with you.

If you're kegging your beer, one of the coolest ways to take your brew on the road is with a Jockey Box. These neat cooler setups house a cold plate on the inside which allows you to feed warm beer into the back and have cold beer pour out the faucets in the front. Growlers are great, but having a mobile bar is pretty snazzy too!

Not everyone kegs their beer, and that's ok. The Party Star system is a small scale kegging set up that uses four 1.25 gallon kegs to carbonate, store, and serve your beer. Simply add your priming sugar as you would normally and fill these mini kegs instead of bottles. This set up comes with the Party Star tap that will allow you to dispense your beer with CO2; keeping your beer fresh!