European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 8, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse July 2007 stars and stripes Page is Beer Kings kegs must be saved by Emily Fredrix the associated press Milwaukee tap dont scrap with Metal prices Beer makers say they expect to lose hundreds of thousands of kegs and millions of dollars this year As those stainless steel holders of brew Are stolen and sold for the Beer Industry is coupling with the scrap Metal recycling Industry to let Metal buyers know they cant accept kegs unless there sold by the breweries that own there also pushing for legislation that would require scrap Metal recyclers to ask for identification and proof of ownership from would be the Beer Industry main Trade the Beer noticed the problem in the past few years As it saw More Brewers reporting missing resulting in an Industry wide loss of up to million a said Jeff Beck president of the Beer it really got Peoples attention because that a significant flow of our kegs that Well never see Becker we know some of its very innocent but some of its the theft problem is he some average Keg buying customers opt to forgo their which can sometimes Range from to because they can cover that and then if they sell to scrap he could not say How much kegs go be cause prices change but Given prices Metal trading prices in the past a Keg Morry lakefront brewery president Russ Kliscka stands near empty kegs june 28 in with Metal prices Beer makers say they expect to lose hundreds of thousands of could fetch from to or More at scrap but he said thieves know Metal prices Are on the Rise and Are on the prowl for they often find empty kegs unsecured in alleys and anywhere else bars or distributors might store them and sell them at scrap while Only about 12 percent of the nations Beer is sold in kegs each it costs Brewers As much As to replace each so the thefts have a big in the past few breweries have collectively lost about kegs a Becker out of an estimated million in Craft Brewers Are anxious to solve the theft problem because As much As 40 percent of their business is tied up in Keg triple the Indus try said Ken founder and owner of Sierra Nevada brewing the thefts come at a worse time be cause the Craft Beer segment has outpaced growth in the Domestic he if you cant meet the youre not going to grow much Grossman Milwaukee based Miller brewing said it has millions invested in which typically last 20 wholesalers and distributors Are being encouraged to let their customers know to keep their kegs in More secure said spokesman Julian weve heard there Are people out there that will drive around just to look for he Molson Coors brewing is studying its thefts and working with distributors to keep better track of said Al vice president for government the Den ver based Brewer saw its Keg losses double from 2005 to last the company has about kegs in circulation at any time and did not want to say How Many kegs it expects to lose this the Bottom line is its a big Tim Othy Idaho Bear 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