We take our Cornelius Kegs very much for granted, but I wonder what the worldwide supply is like? Have we reached Peak Cornie?
So originally post mix syrup was delivered to the bar / counter from Cornies under CO2 pressure, but in recent years this has been superceded by Bag-in-a-box system that sends the syrup to the bar by pumps.
Hundreds of thousands of obsolete Cornies. However they haven't been melted down because they actually have an intrinsic value as a home brew keg, so those recycling companies that have a stash of Cornies realise that instead of melting a Cornie for a dollar in metal value, they can sell it for ten bucks or whatever is the price at the bottom of the food chain before we get our $60 keg. Good, this has actually saved the arses of the existing Cornies which are stacked up in warehouses and dispatched in container loads to the likes of Rosscoe.
Looking at the USA, ten times our population and presumably Cornies all over the place in the old days, cafes, bars, roadhouses, cinemas - masses and masses of the lovely cylinders. I wonder how many, how many have been reborn as home brew kegs and how many are actually left out there? And when we will reach the End of Cornie?
So originally post mix syrup was delivered to the bar / counter from Cornies under CO2 pressure, but in recent years this has been superceded by Bag-in-a-box system that sends the syrup to the bar by pumps.
Hundreds of thousands of obsolete Cornies. However they haven't been melted down because they actually have an intrinsic value as a home brew keg, so those recycling companies that have a stash of Cornies realise that instead of melting a Cornie for a dollar in metal value, they can sell it for ten bucks or whatever is the price at the bottom of the food chain before we get our $60 keg. Good, this has actually saved the arses of the existing Cornies which are stacked up in warehouses and dispatched in container loads to the likes of Rosscoe.
Looking at the USA, ten times our population and presumably Cornies all over the place in the old days, cafes, bars, roadhouses, cinemas - masses and masses of the lovely cylinders. I wonder how many, how many have been reborn as home brew kegs and how many are actually left out there? And when we will reach the End of Cornie?