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Photos: Self-serve beer on tap

Zpizza franchise owner Maurice Ehrencron, left, watches Lainie Byerly pour herself a beer as Mike Corley does likewise in the Tap Room at Zpizza in Los Angeles.

Zpizza franchise owner Maurice Ehrencron, left, watches Lainie Byerly pour herself a beer as Mike Corley does likewise in the Tap Room at Zpizza in Los Angeles.

  (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

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A small but growing number of gastropubs and fast-casual restaurants are offering self-serve beer, installing systems that enable drinkers to draw their own taps, similar to the soda fountain at McDonald’s but far more sophisticated.

Self-serve beer on tap

Mike Corley, left, and Bret Wells pour their own beers at Zpizza in Los Angeles. The chain wants to sign leases for 20 new self-pour beer locations in Southern California by early next year.

  (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

Self-serve beer on tap

Mike Corley taps his wristband before choosing the beer he would like to pour himself at Zpizza in Los Angeles. Customers are given a wristband registered to their credit card to use the self-serve beer system.

  (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

Self-serve beer on tap

Lainie Byerly pours herself a beer at Zpizza in Los Angeles. Self-serve beer systems not only cut labor costs but also boost revenue.

  (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

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Self-serve beer on tap

Bret Wells, left, Mike Corley, Lainie Byerly and Marc Crandell drink beer at Zpizza in Los Angeles. Self-serve beer systems can measure and charge literally by the sip.

  (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

Self-serve beer on tap

A line of beers and taps wait for customers in the Tap Room at Zpizza in Los Angeles. A wall-mounted, 20-tap system runs about $25,000.

  (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

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