Keg Deposits Going Up

Anheuser-Busch is quietly leading a charge to increase keg deposits in several states to help compensate for skyrocketing stainless steel prices and keg theft that is rampant, particularly where kegs are used to make everything from turkey fryers to boat docks.We've heard of deposits going from $12 to $20 or $25, with other brewers following. Of course retailers aren't happy about it, and there is some distributor grumbling about the hit in working capital, but we take the view that