Here's an interesting article from MSNBC regarding the NY keg law, hopefully it will change.
Don't forget to send an email to your legislator if this affects you:
Thanks, cheers, Walt
I think I might have even asked this before, but how exactly does losing one's $75 deposit on a keg after 30 days PREVENT or FIGHT underage and/or drunk driving? I suppose upping the deposit could be seen as a deterrent to underage buyers (altho' coughing up twice as money up front probably wouldn't slow many kids down) but how does losing the deposit help? Seems it would only encourage people to drink faster. It would make more sense (note to NY State Legislators- I am being ironic here, do not enact this suggestion into law) if they said you couldn't return the keg until 30 days are up and/or you wouldn't get your deposit back until 30 days after the keg's returned.
All that being said, the thought of drinking the same beer for 30 or more days still sounds like hell to me...
Jess (drinking a Red Seal Ale now, after having a Jever when I got home and a HopDevil with dinner...).
Other comments made about this law leads me to believe that it has more to do with breweries losing money when consumers don't return the keg, than it does with trying to prevent underage drinking or drunk driving. Those last two are just thrown in as justifications so they can get the law to pass.
John.
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