Procurement" of kegs.

[Kegs]

Admin edit I copied this post from another topic and gave it a sticky Hi All,
I just came across this tread and thought I would chime in on the "Procurement" of kegs. Generally speaking, most of the the kegs that are being spoken about here are probably being bought illegally, either unknowingly or knowingly. Kegs that are obtained from sources other than legitimate sales from Keg manufacturers or bought directly from the brewery whose name is on the kegs, usually (99% of the time) would be considered stolen property by their rightful owner.

New 15.5 Gal kegs from manufacturers today run $130-150 (US). Keg conversion/theft is a huge problem today for brewers all over the world. In most states in the US there are laws that the monster brewers (AB-Inbev & Miller Coors) helped create to try to protect their assets. As more and more small craft brewers establish themselves in the market, more of the kegs being discussed here are from very small businesses who are just starting up and can ill afford to lose kegs.

If you look at this single thread alone there are about 11 kegs being discussed here. That is over $1,540 (US) of cost of kegs to replace for the owners. I would encourage you to purchase kegs from manufacturers or legitimate sales outlets for kegs and not knowing be a part of a huge problem.

Here are a few places to legitimately buy kegs:

Franke Bev Systems http://www.franke.com/beveragesystems/d ... iners.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow
Sabco http://www.brew-magic.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow
Tosca http://www.toscaltd.com/industriesservedbeerkegs.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow
Schaefer http://usedbeerkegs.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow

I write this as an owner of a small company that rents beer kegs to micro-brewers and also suffers through loss thru theft of kegs. So, I would encourage you to do the right thing going forward now that you have more information on the subject. If you were in the keg owners shoes I am pretty sure you would share our opinion.

Thanks for reading an having an open mind.

Ben Shipper
KegCraft Keg Management Services
http://www.KegCraft.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow