Case of the disappearing kegs has brewers over a barrel (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
July 3rd, 2007MILWAUKEE - Tap it, don’t scrap it. With metal prices rising, beer makers say they expect to lose hundreds of thousands of kegs and ( Brew ), and millions of dollars this year as those stainless steel holders of brew are stolen and sold for scrap. The beer industry is ( Brew ) coupling with the scrap-metal recycling industry to let metal buyers know they can’t accept kegs unless they’re sold by the breweries that own …