What is that keg doing in Goodwill?

[Denny]

I see kegs on Craigs all the time, not stolen I'm sure........This whole thing with kegs is just stupid. I've heard the argument over & over, It's just a piece of metal..........

If they are not returned to the brewery, they are stolen. A car is just a piece of metal, too.

 

[dstranger99]

If they are not returned to the brewery, they are stolen. A car is just a piece of metal, too.

A car requires a title.......

 

[Toga]

silly thread.

+1

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

If you see a kegs on Craigslist, it IS stolen.

So if I sell all of my legally obtained kegs on Craigslist, they are all stolen?

Get real. And get off your pedastal.

 

[KGB09]

If they are not returned to the brewery, they are stolen. A car is just a piece of metal, too.

I got a keg of Black Cat Porter from Mac and Jacks for my wedding. If I had lost the receipt and the distributor would not take it back, no way in hell I'm driving for 5 hours to drop off a keg. I don't care if at that point its stolen. There is the way it should be and there is the way it is. A system that places all responsability on the user is always going to have problems.

 

[zach976]

I'm sorry but this is a stupid thread. All I hear is whining. If you buy or obtain a keg from anywhere but the brewery or distributor you are not a felon and the keg is not stolen. Lets focus our energy on making useful threads that everyone can benefit from and stop the whining.

 

[Rhumbline]

I'm not going to support theft, but it does seem over the top to suggest that every used keg that is offered for sale is stolen.

Can't I buy a new keg from some place like this?
http://www.beveragefactory.com/draftbeer/commercial/kegs/index.html?utm_source=msn&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Kegs&utm_term=commercial+beer+kegs&CAPCID=2079013882&CA_6C15C=1831596724

and assuming that I did buy it, could I not sell it legally? I didn't see anything to suggest that they omly sell to the trade.

I'm sure if I search I can find other suppliers that will sell retail.

 

[zach976]

I'm not supporting theft either but I think this topic has been beaten to death. If the breweries cared that much about it, they would make you leave a deposit for the replacement cost of the keg.

 

[Yooper]

I'm not supporting theft either but I think this topic has been beaten to death. If the breweries cared that much about it, they would make you leave a deposit for the replacement cost of the keg.

Ah, but the problem with the deposit is that the deposit amount is set by the state- NOT by the brewery! If a keg cost $150 for the brewery to replace, in Michigan they can still only get $50 for a deposit. That's set by state law.

I do agree that this has been beaten to death though!

 

[the_trout]

Ah, but the problem with the deposit is that the deposit amount is set by the state- NOT by the brewery! If a keg cost $150 for the brewery to replace, in Michigan they can still only get $50 for a deposit. That's set by state law.

I do agree that this has been beaten to death though!

Well, that is interesting. Beer lobbies are pretty powerful politically. I wonder why they don't work harder to correct this governmental tampering. If this was left up to free market economics the problem would be solved pretty easily I would imagine.

 

[LandoLincoln]

What is that Keg doing at a Goodwill store

Good article and a reminder that ALL kegs are property of a brewery. If you see a keg for sale on Craigslist or in a Goodwill store, it IS stolen. Return all kegs to the store, distributor or brewery.

You are purchasing the contents of the keg. Not the keg itself.

No. Make me.

 

[bob1852]

Well, that is interesting. Beer lobbies are pretty powerful politically. I wonder why they don't work harder to correct this governmental tampering. If this was left up to free market economics the problem would be solved pretty easily I would imagine.

If it was up to free market economics, every keg out there really would be stolen.

 

[LandoLincoln]

Please look at http://www.kegreturn.com/ set up by the Brewers Association

I love that web site. That was sarcasm, by the way.

The FAQ section does not contain the question: "Where can I buy a used keg for my own use?"

Which is probably the most FAQ of homebrewers looking at that site.

 

[BrewFrick]

Seems like all the problem is at the distributor level. If the breweries have to pay $150 for them new and then the deposit is only $50 then basically the "street value" of the keg is $50 or less. Does not matter what the breweries have to pay new. And sorry but no one cares who's property it "legally" is after they lost $50 on a deposit, it's theirs, they have it in their posssession and as I once heard that's 9/10 of the law.
Kind of hard to strike a balance here, require $150 for a deposit taht will recoup the total cost if not claimed and lose a ton of sales due to the high deposit cost, or maybe make the return system easier to facilitate more kegs coming back. Maybe a brewery buy-back program to give anyone returning one $50 each, that would save the breweries $100 on a new keg.
And to the OP, you sound like a rabid dog supporter of each brewery out there, no one cares that much, really, no one. Take that lawful-good alignment on outta here, no one's listening cleric. That's why the keg is at the goodwill, no one knows or cares about the law, even those who should be enforcing it.

 

[sikkingj]

I guess I should have sympathy for the small craft brewers, et. Al., but I don't. $10 a six Mack equals a free keg if you want it.


Boohoo if your lose 20% of your kegs per year, you will wrap that charge into your product, go out of business or make less profit.

 

[Malted_hops]

Paid a little less than $15 for the keg I converted to a keggle at the scrap yard. Bought it as bulk metal. It was the best of the other 6 laying beside it. Both end rings dented in, would not fit my burner without major modification. Dented on the side, prolly only holds 14 gallon. If someone wants to pay me the deposit of $50.00 - 75.00 , I'll gladly give it to them for the cash. Don't know if it was originally stolen or not, know that I have a receipt that I bought it.

This doesn't help the topic, but not all available kegs are stolen. Even if the breweries name isn't ground off.

 

[Yooper]

I don't think there is anything new to say about this.