Aug 19th, 2008 · An Iowa college town is protecting itself from the effects of drinking. People in Ames — home of Iowa State University — noticed a concrete sidewalk cracking in the area where beer distributors unload hundreds of beer kegs for local bars. Some of the kegs get dropped. The city installed a sidewalk made of recycled rubber. Now the kegs will bounce — and with any luck, so will students stumbling back to the dorm.
Nov 30th, 2007 · Irish pub goers surely raised many pints of Guinness to a ruling by the European Parliament not to impose the metric system on Britain and Ireland. Meanwhile, a thief drove into the Guinness brewery in Dublin and drove out with a trailer full of the stuff, including 180 kegs of Budweiser.
Jul 3rd, 2007 · Apparently many wily beer drinkers are returning the kegs to scrap metal dealers instead of the liquor store. Rising metal prices mean a keg can fetch as much as $50 as scrap. That's a lot more than most beer vendors require in deposit for the kegs. The Beer Institute estimates the disappearing kegs cost the industry $50 million a year.