Trading Kegs?

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  1. ellswrth

    ellswrth Pundit (840) Oct 7, 2003 Oregon
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    So obviously the logistics would be a lot tougher, but is there a keg trading scene? Sure would be nice to get some of the harder-to-get on the West coast beers for my kegerator.
     
    #1 ellswrth, Dec 18, 2012
  2. drummermattie02

    drummermattie02 Initiate (0) May 10, 2009 Texas

    I recall seeing a picture of a keg of Veritas with a FedEx shipping label taped to it, so it's been done. Hopefully someone else can dig the picture up.
     
    #2 drummermattie02, Dec 18, 2012
  3. robinsmv

    robinsmv Initiate (0) Jun 24, 2010 Florida

    Shipping weight: 1lb :wink:
     
    #3 robinsmv, Dec 18, 2012
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  4. Johnnyramirez

    Johnnyramirez Initiate (0) Nov 17, 2012 California

    How much would the shipping on it be? It'd be safer than trading bottles but the price would be insane.
     
    #4 Johnnyramirez, Dec 18, 2012
  5. ellswrth

    ellswrth Pundit (840) Oct 7, 2003 Oregon
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    Yeah, it occurred to me that the best way to do it would be freight shipping - like if you knew a long-haul trucker.
     
    #5 ellswrth, Dec 18, 2012
  6. glitchedmind

    glitchedmind Initiate (0) May 8, 2012 California

    Like these yahoos?
     
    #6 glitchedmind, Dec 18, 2012
  7. JebediahScooter

    JebediahScooter Initiate (0) Sep 5, 2010 Vermont

    A much easier thing to do would be to take a keg with you next time you go on a road trip and try to set up a fill from a brewery in advance. I know a couple of guys who throw a keg in the back of the truck every time they go somewhere, email the brewer and make a pitch for a fill (some breweries do it no problem), and have returned on multiple occasions with badass beers filed by the breweries. Once they convinced the hotel manager to let them put it in the hotel restaurants walk-in overnight while they were staying there en route home because it was a particularly good hoppy beer.
     
    #7 JebediahScooter, Dec 19, 2012
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  8. stxSS07

    stxSS07 Initiate (0) Nov 23, 2010 Illinois

    ISO: Keg of Veri...

    Shit.
     
    #8 stxSS07, Dec 19, 2012
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  9. HopsJunkiedotcom

    HopsJunkiedotcom Initiate (0) Dec 24, 2010 Florida

    How in the what? Who the how? Rich people, I tell ya.
     
    #9 HopsJunkiedotcom, Dec 19, 2012
  10. HopsintheSack

    HopsintheSack Initiate (0) Apr 17, 2012 California

    Shipping a keg freight would we actually very easy. I used to ship motorcycle motors all the time strapped to pallets, wouldn't be much different.
     
    #10 HopsintheSack, Dec 19, 2012
  11. HopsJunkiedotcom

    HopsJunkiedotcom Initiate (0) Dec 24, 2010 Florida

    That's still a hell of a box. I wonder if they think you're shipping a body at that weight. Item shipped: chupacabra carcass.
     
    #11 HopsJunkiedotcom, Dec 19, 2012
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  12. Auror

    Auror Pooh-Bah (1,641) Jan 1, 2010 Massachusetts
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    How many boxes of mac 'n cheee would it take to mask the sloshing sound?
     
    #12 Auror, Dec 19, 2012
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  13. kscaldef

    kscaldef Initiate (0) Jun 11, 2010 Oregon

    A 5 gal corny doesn't actually weigh that much more than 12 750s.
     
    #13 kscaldef, Dec 19, 2012
  14. HopsJunkiedotcom

    HopsJunkiedotcom Initiate (0) Dec 24, 2010 Florida

    But corny vs. Industry 6th barrel does.
     
    #14 HopsJunkiedotcom, Dec 19, 2012
  15. ShawDeuce22

    ShawDeuce22 Crusader (457) Mar 17, 2009 Massachusetts

    I wouldn't assume that it has been done based on a picture of a keg with a shipping label on it. This possibly could have been taken by one of the Lost Abbey folks shipping the keg to an event (one of the BA festivals comes to mind) for them to pour for guests. Breweries usually have some form of license to ship beer through FedEx/UPS so they can get away with it.....or maybe not.
     
    #15 ShawDeuce22, Dec 19, 2012
  16. Bad_Trader

    Bad_Trader Initiate (0) Nov 8, 2012 Namibia

    You want a picture of a keg with a shipping label on it? No problem.


     
    #16 Bad_Trader, Dec 19, 2012
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  17. RC0032

    RC0032 Initiate (0) Mar 10, 2009 Illinois

    And by Keg you mean Cask them SOB's....
     
    #17 RC0032, Dec 19, 2012
  18. JebediahScooter

    JebediahScooter Initiate (0) Sep 5, 2010 Vermont

    Oh, they've rocked kegs and casks...
     
    #18 JebediahScooter, Dec 19, 2012
  19. RC0032

    RC0032 Initiate (0) Mar 10, 2009 Illinois

    :unamused:

    You get your brick BTW?
     
    #19 RC0032, Dec 19, 2012
  20. JebediahScooter

    JebediahScooter Initiate (0) Sep 5, 2010 Vermont

    Nah, busy week at school and beer expenditures have been high recently. I've had it a few times and have a buddy with one set aside for me...
     
    #20 JebediahScooter, Dec 19, 2012
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