Who owns beer kegs

One way in which MicroStar appeals to breweries is through its ability to make the cumbersome process of transporting kegs less taxing on their carbon footprint.

Rather than, say, having to get an Avery Brewing keg that the Boulder County beer-maker may have shipped to San Diego and truck it all the way back to Colorado, MicroStar will repair and maintain it and then deliver it onto its nearest partner instead.

This saves its customers 3 million kilograms of carbon equivalents — about 3 million pounds of used coal — each year, estimated vice president of marketing and business development Dan Vorlage. For that, it sends the beer in cold-controlled-temperature containers where it can be packaged overseas, preserving its freshness weeks beyond that of some of its key competitors. If you are sourcing containers for brewing purposes, please contact a manufacturer. Please do not purchase kegs or casks for anything other than brewing.

Call Keg Watch on or email us at admin kegwatch. We will arrange a free collection and return it to the owning company. Contact Keg Watch on or email us at admin kegwatch. The containers are not part of the sale and should be returned to the owning companies. It would be helpful if you could provide a list of the quantities and owning brewers to speed up the process of arranging for a collection.

Call Keg Watch on or email admin kegwatch. Thieves have been stealing everything from cemetery urns to manhole covers to copper wiring from construction sites. The beer industry has worked with scrap metal dealers to educate them that accepting a stolen keg is illegal. If a keg is reported stolen, metal dealers in the region are notified to be on the lookout.

Working with other industries being hit by metal theft, brewers have pushed for legislation to increase penalties and to expand the recordkeeping needed to buy or sell scrap metal. In , at least 35 states considered metal theft legislation, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

At least 24 states passed laws. Some of the states, including Hawaii, Georgia, Ohio and West Virginia, specifically mentioned kegs in the legislation.

A few states have raised the keg deposits, which are sometimes set by the state, so they're higher than the keg's scrap value. Continue reading your article with a WSJ membership. Resume Subscription We are delighted that you'd like to resume your subscription. Please click confirm to resume now. Sponsored Offers. Most Popular News.