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Originally Posted by bg44
I've bought and returned kegs from different establishments for years and I've always been under the impression that if you do not return your keg you own it. Huhh. I've never had anyone track me down. I have 4 kegs in my basement (different sizes) and I always return the size that I plan to buy.
Geeze Chubby Swans, had no idea i was stealing.
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As long as you're returning them eventually, you're not stealing them. Many people have kept them, cut the tops off, and turned them into homebrew kettles. Many other people have stolen them and turned them into scrap yards. THAT is stealing. In Missouri, and apparently Indiana, and other states, the breweries have succesfully lobbied for keg tagging, so they know where their kegs are. At least one brewery, Bell's Brewery, quit selling kegged beer in this state because they were losing money on kegs not being returned. Now that Missouri has adopted the keg tagging, they are now selling here again. Kegs cost breweries over $150. Large breweries such as Bud can eat the cost a lot easier than smaller breweries. Smaller breweries can easily be crippled if they start losing kegs at $150 a piece.
Before Missouri adopted the keg tagging, you could return a keg from anywhere to anywhere and swap it out, but with the keg tagging, you have to take it back where you got it. If you don't they have your information on file and the brewery (or distributor maybe?) can come after you for the full cost of the keg.