ORATORS ON EMPTY BEER-KEGS. Share full article. Oct. 27, 1883. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from October 27, 1883, Page 2 Buy Reprints.

Earlier this year, empty kegs were worth even more, ... Approximately 10% of the 625 million gallons of beer annually sold in the USA is in kegs, which are owned by brewers.

When a beer keg in Houston … or Portland … or any city … runs dry, it needs to go back to the brewer to be refilled. Formerly, beer distributors would collect their empties, then arrange to ...

The kegs could have been worth $1,000. Dumb Thieves Proudly Stole Empty Beer Kegs They Thought Were Full. The kegs could have been worth $1,000.