Here's an interesting article from MSNBC regarding the NY keg law, hopefully
it will change.
http://www.msnbc.com/local/wbgh/D-71...9014C589BD.asp

Don't forget to send an email to your legislator if this affects you:
http://www.nykeglawsucks.com

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...).

On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 01:17:11 GMT, wrote:
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.

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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