Laser-welded stainless steel kegs – the alternative in the draught beer section
Versatile stainless steel keg | Formerly, beer was stored and transported exclusively in wooden barrels and dispensed from same. As wood has many drawbacks for product and handling, the first cylindrical stainless steel keg with a screwed-in riser pipe was invented in Great Britain in 1964. It took many years until it became established in Germany and replaced the bellied wooden – and later aluminium – kegs. The stainless steel keg has hardly changed for decades and, as returnable container, is the golden standard in gastronomy.