Walking through Clinton Hill the other day in the full sun and the glint of metal caught my eye. I took a picture of this balcony (on Washington Avenue?) thinking these might be some cool metal planters someone had on their terrace. It wasn't until I got home and enlarged the picture that I realized what these were - check out the close-up after the jump!
These are kegs that have had the tops/bottoms opened up. I have no idea how they did this (torches? big can opener?) but they seem to make great planters. I don't know many people who have a stack of these lying around, and they can't be cheap - but it was a fun surprise to realize what these actually were - and the design has handles, so they could potentially be moved around.
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I haven't thrown parties in the city that have required a keg, but back in college in Michigan the deposit for a keg was usually $20 which seems pretty reasonable for a large planter...
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What a great idea!! I work at a brewery, so I will be looking into this, for sure! Thanks for the photo!
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Yeah, the deposit for the keg may be $20, but that doesn't mean you own the keg. Not returning the keg is basically a crime, not to mention the fact that every keg that doesn't get returned basically just makes it more expensive for little breweries that don't have much money for new kegs.
Check ebay. They cost about $100 most of the time. Make sure that the one you buy is not under pressure (or whoever cuts the lid will probably get severly injured), and then you'll need someone to cut the lid off. Or if you have a dremel tool, and some string and you can do it yourself.
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I bet it was some Pratt kids...
Probably industrial design majors as well...
They have access to all sorts of tools and like to throw keggers...
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Moonpearl, is there any truth to some workers on the bottling line placing a glove on a bottle as it travels by ala Laverne did in the opening credits of Laverne & Shirley?
Back to the post at hand, this is further proof as to the many many merits of beer and ale.
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