mad as hell, not taking it any more
You don't offer a reward for good behavior. You punish bad behavior. God I hate the 21st century. This whole thing can be totally controlled at the distributor level. They should be responsible for making sure we get our kegs back. They deal with the accounts who are at fault. Who lets scumbag, Inc. steal the kegs? The guy at the bar who watched him walk out with it. If the distributor would then charge the bar owner $100 per stolen keg (that's right I said stolen), this would end. Why haven't the brewers guilds or the brewers association taken this up? I have certainly spoken with our Oregon Guild about it. None of 'em will touch it. Why?
The one thing I have enjoyed about this business is that brewers are a fraternity more than we are competitors. Why won't we all get together on this? It should be illegal for scrap yards to buy kegs the same as it's illegal for them to buy railroad rails, highway signs - guardrails, etc. Why won't any state take this on? I'm telling you folks, until we all band together and put our collective feet down, we can bitch all we want. This won't end.
I have not been able to secure a distributor because of this issue. Fine. I'll distribute the product myself. And If my kegs are stolen, the account owes me $100. It's on all the paperwork that they sign when I deliver. My kegs all come home! I have seen thread after thread about this. Let's all stop whining and do something.
Drink more beer,
Ken Johnson
Fearless Brewing Company
You don't offer a reward for good behavior. You punish bad behavior. God I hate the 21st century. This whole thing can be totally controlled at the distributor level. They should be responsible for making sure we get our kegs back. They deal with the accounts who are at fault. Who lets scumbag, Inc. steal the kegs? The guy at the bar who watched him walk out with it. If the distributor would then charge the bar owner $100 per stolen keg (that's right I said stolen), this would end. Why haven't the brewers guilds or the brewers association taken this up? I have certainly spoken with our Oregon Guild about it. None of 'em will touch it. Why?
The one thing I have enjoyed about this business is that brewers are a fraternity more than we are competitors. Why won't we all get together on this? It should be illegal for scrap yards to buy kegs the same as it's illegal for them to buy railroad rails, highway signs - guardrails, etc. Why won't any state take this on? I'm telling you folks, until we all band together and put our collective feet down, we can bitch all we want. This won't end.
I have not been able to secure a distributor because of this issue. Fine. I'll distribute the product myself. And If my kegs are stolen, the account owes me $100. It's on all the paperwork that they sign when I deliver. My kegs all come home! I have seen thread after thread about this. Let's all stop whining and do something.
Drink more beer,
Ken Johnson
Fearless Brewing Company
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