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Soda Fountains

From high-end restaurants to small-town diners, crowded bars, and convenience stores, serving ice-cold beverages is made so much easier with the right soda dispenser. Soda fountains have high profit margins, the instant gratification of quick dispensing, and a large variety of flavor options. It’s easy to see why they’re a favorite for owners and customers alike!

Soda Machine Mounting Style

The mounting style refers to more than how your machine is installed. The shape of the machine, where it’s placed, how ice is served, and how the machine functions are all linked to mounting style. That’s why we recommend that this is one of the first features you consider when shopping for a soda fountain.

Countertop Soda Machines

Countertop dispensers are ideal for front-of-house, self-serve operations. The ability to place the machine on almost any counter space makes countertop soda dispensers simple to install and easy for customers to access. And machine automated ice serving makes the process much more sanitary than an open-air scoop option. 

Drop-In Soda Machine

Drop-in dispensers are mostly below the countertop level, making them the perfect solution for seamless and spacious integration into your bar or counter. These are the most popular model for use by bartenders and servers. They are space-efficient and simple to operate.

Frozen Beverage Machines

Whether you’re looking for Frozen Carbonated Beverages (FCB) of Frozen Uncarbonated Beverages (FUB), out expertly manufactured frozen drink dispensers ensure that you’re serving your customers the highest quality frozen drinks. We offer new and used frozen beverage machines and we install and maintain them for you. 

Frozen beverage machines are incredibly versatile – you can blend frozen lemonades, coffees, smoothies, even cocktails. Upscale coffee shops can serve up frozen mochas and cappuccinos, while frozen lemonades and smoothies are perfect for health food stores and youth-centered businesses. 

Traditional Slushies

Traditional slushies are a blend of water, ice, and a flavored syrup or mix. Store your mix in the walk-in cooler to speed up your machine’s production time by eliminating the need for it to cool the liquid before freezing. Experiment with the ratio of water to sugar in your drinks before you serve them to guests – too much sugar slows freeze time and too little makes a coarser beverage with larger ice crystals, which can freeze up the machine.

Frozen Cocktails

If you want to make frozen cocktails, make sure that you are purchasing a machine equipped to handle alcoholic products. Alcohol slows freeze time, so make sure to factor that into your plans because it means less beverage per hour will be produced. You may need more than one machine if, for instance, you’re serving margaritas in a Mexican restaurant. 

Remember that you can also freeze your drinks and add the liquor separately to avoid pouring it into the machine. This also allows you to serve more combinations with different types of flavors and liquors!

Dairy-Based Drinks

Certain machines are certified to serve dairy-based drinks like smoothies or milkshake-like slushies. These machines require more cleaning more often to keep bacteria from contaminating the equipment. Check the manufacturer manual to make sure the machine you’re looking at it certified for serving dairy. 

Beer Systems 

Life is too short to drink warm beer! That’s why Tipton Equipment boasts the best selection of beer systems and enhancements in Central Arkansas. We’ll complete a survey, recommend the products for maximum profitability, install the equipment and maintain it for its lifetime afterward! Make your bar the place to frequent with custom speed rails, bottle coolers, and wine and mug chillers. We also have a selection of glycol chillers that will help you serve the coldest beer in town! 

Forced-Air Draft Beer Systems

Forced-air beer systems are the most common beer chilling method. Air is chilled in a cold box and then forced through short- or medium-length draft lines, which in turn chills your beer. 

Glycol Beer Systems

Glycol chilling systems, use a series of tubes to run beer over a chiller plate which chills the beer. Cold liquid glycol is forced along tubes to a cast aluminum chiller plate and then through the tap system. 

Important Note: When set up correctly, glycol should never come into contact with the beer – that would be highly toxic. If you ever see or suspect a leak, stop serving beer from that keg immediately.

Picnic Pump Beer Systems

Picnic pump systems and coolers serve beer directly from the keg. This is particularly useful for outdoor parties and picnics at which there are (obviously) no taps. 

Syrups

Tipton also offers a staggering array of beverage syrups and flavors. Grow your service offering with concentrated slush syrups, specialty cocktail syrups, and fountain flavor shots. All of our syrups are conveniently packaged and shelf-stable, guaranteeing the freshest flavors for your pickiest customers!

If you have any questions about beverage machines in Central Arkansas, contact Tipton Equipment. We’re here to help! We’ll even send someone out to recommend the unit that will best serve your space while maximizing profitability – free of charge.