For those who are thinking about converting a Sanke keg into a kettle

[iaefebs]

those are awesome!! I need one of those when I get my mancave built.

I'd suggest you get hold of the OP and see if Polarware is in the urinal business first, otherwise I see a new rant coming.

 

[beernutz]

Seriously this debate is still going on?

Texas average price of stainless steel regardless of grade is $0.45 per lb 29.7lb 15.5gal keg is equal to ~11.88/keg.

Most scrap places will not take a non punctured keg or an intact keg with spear, they will seize it locally, I have asked.

Home brewers are not the problem, unemployed scrappers are the problem. Copper thieves and crack heads are the problem.

Someone needs to lock this thread already 6 pages is too much to read.

You can set your forum preferences to show up to 40 posts per page instead of just 10.

 

[KurtB]

This may be the longest I have seen this topic go before the thread gets locked.

As for "brew in a bag", until they can figure out how to make 'concentrated beer syrup' that will still taste correct when diluted with local filtered water, I cannot see ti happening.

Single use kegs already exist, it is just a matter of time before the manufacture costs are low enough or the cost of steel kegs becomes high enough that BMC will be able to make more profit from disposable kegs as multi-use kegs and then they will make the switch.

It is all about $$$. Like has been stated in multiple threads on this topic, if the breweries wanted to stop the theft, they would raise the price charged to the distributor (or lean heavily on the governing body that sets the deposit price) and have that increase price passed down the line ultimately to the consumer. Would I pay $150 deposit on a keg? Sure, if I knew that regardless of when I returned the keg I would get my money back. This would probably involve paying the deposit to some government agency, or the brewery directly, as stores can go out of business between the time I purchase the keg and the time I finally am done using it.

 

[thatjonguy]

Or write into the new deposit rules that if you make a good faith effort to return the keg to the place of purchase, you may keep the keg if you are denied a refund of the deposit.

I think it would fall under abondoned property laws (but I am not an attorney).

 

[TNGabe]

Speaking of abandoned, looks like the OP has abandoned HBT or had it done for him.

 

[CCBrewer]

I think this thread has been off topic'd enough to die already...

As a side note, I found out my favorite draft Shiner Bock (non-Craft) is kegged in pony kegs, but not available by either special order or any other means in the state of Texas.


How sucky is that

 

[one-L]

'Bout tree fiddy.

'tree fiddy? And that's about the time I realized that the OP was THAT GOD DAMNED LOCK NESS MONSTA!!!

 

[Beernik]

How many kegs will you find lying around a recycler? Maybe a dozen. How many at a home brewers house? Maybe the same.

When they went after music piracy, they went after Napster, not the downloaders. If they go after anyone, it will be the distributors, bars, etc. with a history of not returning the kegs. That's where you'll find a quantity of theft worth going after.

Ultimately, they will probably just raise the price of the deposit or charge it like a rental. If you are getting charged $/day, you'll return it.