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olllllo

07-02-2007 07:24 PM

Dead horse need beating...

enjoy!

Stolen kegs have beer makers feeling tapped out

Orfy	07-02-2007 07:25 PM

www.kegwatch.co.uk

I can buy legit kegs much cheaper than stolen ones;)

olllllo

07-02-2007 07:31 PM

A couple of telling points here.

Quoted for the intellectually/morally lazy:

Quote:

Craft brewers are anxious to solve the theft problem because as much as 40 percent of their business is tied up in keg sales, triple the industry average, said Ken Grossman, founder and owner of Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.

His company, based in Chico, Calif., expects to lose at least 3 percent of its kegs each year and often must wait months for replacements because it orders in smaller batches.

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While only about 12 percent of the nation’s beer is sold in kegs each year, it costs brewers as much as $150 to replace each keg, so the thefts have a big impact. In the past few years, breweries have collectively lost about 300,000 kegs a year, Becker said, out of an estimated 10.7 million in circulation.

WOP31

07-02-2007 07:31 PM

Just to stoke the flames a little,
Don't the people know that they could sell the kegs for twice what they will get at a scrap yard! i mean just look at how much un-modified kegs go for on e-bay. let alone if they wanted to cut a hole in the top.

Cheers

(Thwack!Twack! Die you stupid horse)

RadicalEd

07-02-2007 07:37 PM

Interesting little organization there, orfy. But how do you manage to get them cheaper?

Orfy	07-02-2007 07:55 PM

I buy them direct from kegwatch when they can't find an owner.
I get cheap legal kegs.

Orpheus

07-02-2007 08:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by olllllo

A couple of telling points here.

Quoted for the intellectually/morally lazy:

So we're agreed then! We must all 'appropriate' our kegs from BMC and leave the craft brewer's kegs alone!:cross:

SpamDog

07-03-2007 03:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Orpheus

So we're agreed then! We must all 'appropriate' our kegs from BMC and leave the craft brewer's kegs alone!:cross:

Problem is that someone has to drink the BMC that is in there... Tho I Guess that is what college students are for..

Oh Yea and http://mysite.verizon.net/vbspamdog/..._deadhorse.gif

SpamDog

Bobby_M

07-03-2007 05:32 AM

If we have one more long drawn out debate about keg ethics, I'm going to get a couple more grey market samples and start beating people over the head with them.

Anyone want to talk about claiming church donations on tax returns when you're an atheist? Me neither.

Cheesefood

07-03-2007 01:43 PM

No one blasts pot smokers, music stealers, or hooch makers. Hell, we even let Packer fans speak openly. Why is this issue so near and dear to some of your hearts?

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