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BottleBitch
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I have a few of these Ecokegs and can get a few more if need be, is anyone interested in buying a few off me.
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Brett
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Ross
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It's interesting,
They advertise them on the video as single use - No doubt they've since realised there is a potentialy lucrative homebrew market. My concern with them is the durability of the plastic bottle inside the case with it's resistance to hot liquids & cleaning agents. My experience of PET is it doesn't like boiling water. Hopefully it won't be an issue, but it obviously wasn't designed initially with the reuse market in mind.
cheers Ross
They advertise them on the video as single use - No doubt they've since realised there is a potentialy lucrative homebrew market. My concern with them is the durability of the plastic bottle inside the case with it's resistance to hot liquids & cleaning agents. My experience of PET is it doesn't like boiling water. Hopefully it won't be an issue, but it obviously wasn't designed initially with the reuse market in mind.
cheers Ross
Wortgames
'Draught' is not a beer style - it's a lifestyle
As I understand it the initial idea was designed to appeal to small to medium-scale breweries, who can't afford a full logistics network for return of assets, and those wanting to 'tap' new markets such as overseas and small, remote and slow-turnover outlets. The kegs were intended as a single-use device, simply so that there was no great value tied up in the container, and therefore the package price could be absorbed into the retail price of the contents.
The valves were kept standard to ensure compatibility with existing filling and tapping equipment - this just happens to suit homebrewers who intend to clean and refill them, but I don't think any commercial breweries would bother.
As far as 'eco' goes, well it is ecologically sound in many respects. Compared to local use of stainless kegs probably not, although the fuel involved in shipping heavier stainless containers (both ways) and then the energy and chemicals involved in cleaning them would not be insignificant. However, they were not really designed to compete with stainless kegs - they were designed so that beer could be shipped in bulk and then served on draught, rather than individually packaged in bottles and cans, which is the current alternative for 'one-way' transportation of beer.
I think they are a great idea and will hopefully encourage more diversity of beer on tap in all sorts of unexpected places.
I think the trick for us homebrewers though is to find these places and offer to 'recycle' the kegs on their behalf, rather than pay US$60 each!
The valves were kept standard to ensure compatibility with existing filling and tapping equipment - this just happens to suit homebrewers who intend to clean and refill them, but I don't think any commercial breweries would bother.
As far as 'eco' goes, well it is ecologically sound in many respects. Compared to local use of stainless kegs probably not, although the fuel involved in shipping heavier stainless containers (both ways) and then the energy and chemicals involved in cleaning them would not be insignificant. However, they were not really designed to compete with stainless kegs - they were designed so that beer could be shipped in bulk and then served on draught, rather than individually packaged in bottles and cans, which is the current alternative for 'one-way' transportation of beer.
I think they are a great idea and will hopefully encourage more diversity of beer on tap in all sorts of unexpected places.
I think the trick for us homebrewers though is to find these places and offer to 'recycle' the kegs on their behalf, rather than pay US$60 each!
