r/Anticonsumption • u/Specialist_enviroTX • 16h ago
What to do w an old keg? Sustainability
Shiner keg. Just ended up w it and not a gen sure how long is been in my garage. I do not want it any longer. I’m in Texas
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u/IronDuck117 15h ago
Seen some places make chairs / stools out of them by just putting some wood & a cushion on top
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u/Specialist_enviroTX 15h ago
I have enough chairs and stools. Just want this thing gone and put to better use.
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u/Jacktheforkie 14h ago
Stick it on Facebook if the company won’t buy it off you
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u/Specialist_enviroTX 12h ago
I don’t have Facebook
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u/Jacktheforkie 12h ago
EBay, gumtree, Craigslist etc, get a friend to post it he’ll even call up a pub supply company and ask if they take empty kegs
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u/SrGrimey 15h ago
But that’s literally the answer, look for any place or person that transforms them to chairs or stools and gift it.
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u/Specialist_enviroTX 12h ago
I’d like for it to continue as a keg again. I’m trying to find a place where they’ll take the keg back. I’m too far from shiner brewery. All else fails I’ll definitely let it be repurposed
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u/Rommie557 11h ago
I’d like for it to continue as a keg again. I’m trying to find a place where they’ll take the keg back.
Soooo.... You know what you want to do with it, then. We don't K ow where you are other than state, and you're in a big one. I'm not sure how you expect us to help.
Start calling local breweries and bars, and see if anyone wants it.
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u/SailTheWorldWithMe 15h ago
Put it out on a free group. Will be gone in minutes.
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u/Specialist_enviroTX 12h ago
What group? I don’t have Facebook or any social media aside from this..
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u/Financial_Use1991 12h ago
Depending on where you live, put it in the curb with a free sign then if you can't return it.
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u/SailTheWorldWithMe 11h ago
Well, Facebook has a lot of free stuff groups.
Craigslist has a "free" section.
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u/BigFluff_LittleFluff 11h ago
Freecycle or Gumtree.
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u/Specialist_enviroTX 11h ago
Thank you! Might be the only good suggestion aside from back to a brewery
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u/BarrelFullOfWeasels 4h ago
Craigslist is great. It's not social media, and it's really easy to use.
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u/Dingyoung 15h ago
A buddy of mine makes them into outside stoves. He welds a pipe on it and some legs under it
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u/carrburritoid 15h ago
It is property of the brewery. Minimal effort, drop it off behind a taproom or place that sells kegged beer.. Or just set it on the street and it will be scooped up quick by someone. It belongs full of beer again.
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u/stewajt 14h ago
This. The keg deposit doesn’t mean it’s yours. Half bbl legs like this one cost the brewery around $150 each. This needs to find its way back to Spoetzl aka Shiner Breweing
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u/Specialist_enviroTX 12h ago
I’m in Katy Texas. I’ll hand it to you and you can hand it to them
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u/Rawrs_sometimes 12h ago
No need to be snarky.
You should just be able to take it to a liquor store. They should be able to get it back to the distributor who can send it back to the brewery. In Indiana we have to put a label on the keg that says where it came from. There might be something like that that would tell you where it came from originally.
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u/Specialist_enviroTX 12h ago
Lmao snarky? Okay lady. Chill.
Thanks for the suggestion tho!
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u/Rawrs_sometimes 12h ago
Imma dude. And I ain’t worked up.
Also maybe a bar. I guess really wherever has/sells kegs would be a place to take it.
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u/Specialist_enviroTX 12h ago
I apologize Sir, I truly appreciate your suggestions, and they’ve been duly noted.
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u/Specialist_enviroTX 12h ago
I agree! That’s why I’m tryna get her used again as intended. Not chopped in half or turned into scrap metal. Shiner brewery is far from me.
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u/cassinonorth 10h ago
Any liquor store will send it back to their distributor for you. It's totally normal.
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u/MotoCult- 16h ago
Trade it in for a new keg?
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u/Specialist_enviroTX 15h ago
I have no use for this keg, let alone a new one.
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u/RunawayHobbit 15h ago
Well, the ability to trade it in for a new one implies that the company will take back old used ones— so maybe you can take it to a place that does trade ins and say, keep it, I don’t need an exchange?
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u/skwilson3 13h ago
There seems to be a misunderstanding. The new one will have beer in it.
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u/Specialist_enviroTX 12h ago
Perhaps if I was a shiner fan… I’m an IPA (and Texas) girlie and they don’t hit the mark for me on anything
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u/indratera 15h ago
Cut open the top, clear it out, and make a rainwater sill, maybe collect rainwater and stuff! Idk if it's rainy there but it's a great way to save on say water for watering plants or whatevs
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u/audaciousmonk 15h ago
Return it, post it on Craigslist or r/homebrewing for free
Someone will take it
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u/weedhuffer 14h ago
The brewery would for sure want it back for reuse. Might even come pick it up for you.
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u/Kottepalm 15h ago
If returning is not an option I'd make holes in the bottom and use it as a planter. You could grow a small berry bush in it.
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u/Embarrassed_Lock234 14h ago
Had a buddy cut the top off and use it with a propane burner to boil peanuts we sold at FSU football games to raise money for our sailing club. Was a lot of fun.
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u/Specialist_enviroTX 14h ago
There’s still beer in it, so I imagine it’s still pressurized. And I don’t have a torch to cut it. Sounds like fun tho
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u/send_n0odles 13h ago edited 13h ago
To add to what others have said re: returning the keg to the brewery or at least trying to get it back into the bar circuit: a worrying number of breweries are turning to "recyclable" (* with a non-recyclable bag inside) keg types because returnable steel kegs like this go missing so often. As anticonsumptionists we should be aggressively discouraging people from repurposing any steel kegs as planters/coffee tables/chairs, because it gives the impression that it's totally okay to nick empty kegs from bars to do the same!
TL;DR please stop telling OP to turn this into furniture!!
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u/Uphill-Mathlete 5h ago
Sounds like you want it gone, but want to do nothing about it. Best of luck to you.
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u/ValidOpossum 15h ago
Get the deposit.
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u/Specialist_enviroTX 15h ago
I didn’t rent this keg, so I cannot claim a deposit from a random keg in my possession
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u/No_Welcome_7182 15h ago
Could you paint it and make it an end table? With a round wooden top? Or cut the top of, sand down the sharp edges, put a round top in hinges and use one storage ?
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u/Northern_Gypsy 15h ago
I cut a pice of timber to fit the top, and routed the underside to fit nicely. Works as a good stool or little table.
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u/Zelic234 14h ago
Brian Oltrogge on YouTube turned one into a metal melting foundry. Metal Melting Furnace
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u/BacknaTron 14h ago
Train with it
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u/luvslegumes 14h ago
What I was gonna say! Fill this fucker up with water and get good at picking it up off the floor and putting it on your shoulder.
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u/BacknaTron 4h ago
You can also leave it empty and throw IT, Farmer Walls If your mit that strong or for Long distances, would Love to have one, or a big tire.
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u/Specialist_enviroTX 12h ago
I’m 130lbs. This thing weighs about 80lbs. Might not be the Pilates routine I can keep up w
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u/virus5877 14h ago
neatest upcycle I've ever seen is cutting it in half down the long axis and making it into a BBQ grill.
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u/Pristine_Pudding6824 14h ago
Find a local Strongman gym. I promise, there is someone there who will take it.
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u/KenyerJani98 14h ago
If you have an angle grinder, a welding kit and some metalworking skills you can make a lot of things out of it. I mean i see a lot of usable scrap metal in that thing.
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u/Repulsive_Draft_9081 13h ago
Grills smokers or whisky stills also usa just recently legalized home distilling
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u/agangofoldwomen 13h ago
You can repurpose it to roll your lawn to even it out or make sweet lookin lines
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u/Usuallyinmygarden 13h ago
I think it would make a super cool plant stand - picturing it with vines trailing down.
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u/Surferbro 13h ago
You can turn it into a still if you want to take your homebrew to another, legally grey area.
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u/doggo_whirwind 12h ago
Return to the brewery or reach out to the local wholesaler/distributor to see if they could have it picked up or you can drop it off.
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u/Fluid-Tip-5964 11h ago
Call places that sell keg beer. Ask for a keg of Shiner. If they sell it or can get it...
In theory, the system wants the keg if it isn't damaged and getting a deposit refund shouldn't be a big deal if it is obviously old and not stolen from a local bar or frat house.
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u/RunningTowardDreams 9h ago
Donate it to a strongman gym, cut it open and use it as a planter, paint a landscape on it and sell it at a local art coop
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u/JustMeOldDad 8h ago
I put stuff out on my curb, and most of the time, someone will stop and pick it up
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u/BrixaBargerd 4h ago
If you have the tools, saw in half lengthwise so you have 2 half cylinders, they make excellent bbqs if you have a frame for them. My grandfather did this for Portuguese BBQ.
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u/manofathousandnames 1h ago
Paint it black, put it somewhere it will get sunlight, fill it with water. You now have a solar heater. We use old water jugs mostly, but I imagine it's just as effective with a metal keg. Alternatively, you could probably take it to a brewer, have it cleaned and refilled.
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u/uxo_geo_cart_puller 16h ago
Sell it for the scrap steel
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u/mycoandbio 16h ago
Do not do this. Kegs are the property of the brewery. You pay a $50 deposit to rent the keg but in reality, kegs cost the brewery about $150.
Also, it’s likely pressurized and could really hurt somebody if they tried to cut it open without properly discharging it.
Return the keg to the brewery.
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u/Specialist_enviroTX 15h ago
It’s from the shiner brewery. And I’m no where near the brewery, but I truly appreciate your suggestion. I’ll call them up and see what they say to do. This keg ended up in my garage, in an inherited house (Houston area) so I’m just trying to be as responsible as possible.
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u/Ambivalent_Witch 15h ago
Ask your local bar or restaurant. They can probably return it through their distributor.
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u/TjokkSnik 14h ago
So I'm based in Europe, and I used to be a brewer, still working in the brewing industry. I bet you have some similarities over there, so here is my advice.
These kegs are property of the breweries. You really wouldn't end up with one unless someone took it home (not saying you did, but someone didn't return it). These kegs are reusable and expensive.
In most countries I've worked in, there's something like a "Keg watch", meaning if you drop this at a bar, the bar turns it in to whatever equalent you guys have of kegwatch, and then say kegwatch UK redistributes it back to the brewery. If the keg is not from the UK, then it would be sent to the company that deals with kegs in whatever county it's from.
If you want anti consumption and the keg gone. That would be my best guess.
Also, the keg is almost guaranteed to be under pressure so don't go drilling holes or cutting it without emptying it out first - if that's what you want to do.
English is not my native language, sorry for any errors.
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u/WastingMyLifeOnSocMd 15h ago
If you can’t get it to the original could you call around and see if any local brewery would like to purchase for a very minimal cost?
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u/Hardlife91 14h ago
Donate to a local scout group.. we use to cut them in half and use them for fires
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u/Talshan 16h ago
It may still be returned for reuse.