Keg Registration:
A Prevention Strategy
Trudy Higgins-Edison, MAOM
February 9, 2009
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Keg Servings & Costs
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LARGE KEG 15.5 GALLONS = 175 12 OZ CUPS
ALSO CALLED (1/2 KEG)
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IMPORTED LARGE KEG 13.2 GALLONS = 135
12 OZ CUPS
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SMALL KEG 7.75 GALLONS = 85 12OZ CUPS
(1/4 KEG)
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PONY KEG 5 GALLONS = 55 12OZ CUPS (1/6 KEG)
http://caseandkeg.com/_wsn/page2.html
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PARTYBALL 5 GALLONS = 55 12OZ CUPS (BEER BALL)
BRAND
NAME
Budweise
Bud
Light
r
Busch
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1/2
KEG
80.99
80.99
67.99
1/4
KEG
46.99
46.99
PARTY
BALL
30.99
30.99
Prices in Pittsburgh, PA.
Keg vs. Case
http://www.cockeyed.com/inside/keg/keg.html
Beer Keg Volume
keg size
1/2 keg
1/4 keg
1/6 keg
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cases
7
3 1/2
2 1/2
• Keg registration allows tracking of beer kegs from the time of purchase to
the time the empty keg is returned to the vendor.
Limiting Access
• The purpose of these laws is to deter adults from providing
keg beer to minors (limit access) and to identify and punish
those who do (assist law enforcement).
Assist Law Enforcement
• The laws are also designed to protect distributors from being accused of
selling kegs to underage consumers.
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Keg registration is about limiting
access to teens... those under 21.
TEENS
KEGS
Forbidden Fruit
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Assist Law Enforcement
Adult suppliers of teen parties. When teen parties are discovered, a high priority
should be placed on penalizing adult suppliers and enablers. This priority requires substantial resources, vigilance, and
persistence to be effective, but major dividends are realized. The goal is to send a clear message to the community that
adult involvement in large teen parties is unacceptable, and any adult who assists or permits large teen parties will face
a substantial penalty.
Keg licensing ordinances provide an important
enforcement tool to meet this goal.
http://www.udetc.org/documents/accesslaws.pdf
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Assist Law Enforcement
Adult suppliers of teen parties. When teen parties are discovered, a high priority
should be placed on penalizing adult suppliers and enablers. This priority requires substantial resources, vigilance, and
persistence to be effective, but major dividends are realized. The goal is to send a clear message to the community that
adult involvement in large teen parties is unacceptable, and any adult who assists or permits large teen parties will face
a substantial penalty.
Keg licensing ordinances provide an important
enforcement tool to meet this goal.
http://www.udetc.org/documents/accesslaws.pdf
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Limit Access to Teens / Assist Law Enforcement
http://www.mhmr.ky.gov/MHSAS/files/sa_kegreg.pdf
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Why
“Pick”
on
Teens?
Limit Access to Teens / Assist Law Enforcement
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Texas ranks 22nd
(highest for the cost per youth)
Limit Access to Teens / Assist Law Enforcement
http://www.udetc.org/factsheets/Texas.pdf
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$$$ In Millions of Dollars $$$
Limit Access to Teens / Assist Law Enforcement
http://www.udetc.org/factsheets/Texas.pdf
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Percent of US Population Favoring Policies
to Reduce Alcohol Problems Among Youth
http://www.udetc.org/documents/Drinking_in_America.pdf
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Federal Laws
• No Federal Law
• States
– Require wholesalers or retailers to attach a
tag, sticker or engraving with an identification
number to kegs that exceed a specified
amount.
– Records identifying information about the
purchaser, such as name, address, telephone
number and driver's license.
http://www.drinkiq.com/en-US/Pages/laws-and-regulations.aspx?me=4ham2m45wzwj5gaukoo0p5e0
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Keg Registration Laws
as of January 1, 2008
http://alcoholpolicy.niaaa.nih.gov/index.asp?Type=BAS_APIS&SEC={3BE2B98E-76F7-442B-8DE6-B4F36DB0CB1A}&DE={0C3D5D7A-1D0E-468E-9A30-050C6246D933}
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States with Keg Registration Laws
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A Prevention Strategy…
Sound Good?
But…
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Anti-Keg Registration…
Make it a Prohibition Play
April, 2004
Kegs: Weapons of Mass Drinking?
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I'm talking about keg registration, the latest bit of feel-good, do-nothing, antialcohol legislative legerdemain to come out of booze-bashing think-tanks (man, just
look at all those hyphens!) like the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. It's an evil
rule-a-rama that is sweeping the nation -- 23 states have keg registration laws of
one kind or another, along with local communities in other states...by God, it sounds
like Prohibition! It's a truly ham-handed approach to underage drinking that once
again punishes everyone in an attempt to stop behavior that's only illegal because
of poorly reasoned, arbitrary laws.
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Keg registration is about "control of access," an anti-alcohol buzzword that
means making it a pain in the ass to buy booze. These hurdles are ostensibly to
make buying booze more difficult for underage adults -- all those 18 to 20 year, 11
month, and 29 day olds who have jobs, are fighting in Iraq, are raising children, and
voting in national elections. But the real aim is to make it harder for everyone to get
a drink.
"Stop the kegger!" may be the battlecry, but stop
http://www.lewbryson.com/buzz404.htm
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Keg Reg Is Not Prohibition
Limit Access to Teens / Assist Law Enforcement
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Not Effective…
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The Iowa beer distributors are committed to curbing underage drinking. The distributors have long been promoters and have assisted in the implementation of
alcohol awareness and responsible drinking programs, as well as promoters of responsible events, training servers, designated driver and free taxi programs.
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Their efforts to fight underage drinking have not included keg registration because
way to deter underage drinking.
they don't believe keg registration is an effective
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The adults who buy teenagers alcohol beverages and the teens who drink it already have shown a lack of respect for the law.
There is no reason why either would be deterred simply because the keg is registered.
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Part of the reason that keg registration laws don't work is that they are so easy to
circumvent. Under-aged offenders simply switch to other containers.
•
Iowa beer distributors and their suppliers urge policy leaders to focus on proven methods to fight underage drinking. These measures include
stricter enforcement of
existing laws, more educational activities to help teens make smart decisions about whether to drink or not, and
efforts to help parents talk with their children about alcohol beverages.
[ IN EFFECT… PASS THE BUCK TO LAW
ENFORCEMENT, SCHOOLS, AND PARENTS ]
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Be Proactive Not Reactive
Limit Access to Teens / Assist Law Enforcement
http://www.nbwa.org/downloads/Responsibility.pdf
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The We Want Data Crowd
“While, in theory, the keg registration should allow
authorities to track down the buyer of kegs
found at parties with underage drinking present,
there have been few if any reports of this law
working to curb underage drinking.”
Anyone understanding validity in research
knows the difficulty in proving a
causal relationship.
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Some Positive Support
• Significant and negative correlation with
traffic fatality rates (Cohen et al., 2001).
• 32% drop in drunk driving & an 18%
reduction in fatal crashes since
implementing keg tracking in the early
1980s (Budig, 2001).
• Identified as a measure to reduce alcohol
consumption (“Keg Tracking Legislation Trend Continues,” 2003).
http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=10729&page=176
http://www.illinoishec.org/frames/pages/documents/kegregpolicy_000.doc
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• Considerations for Implementation
– Deposit fees
– Identification tags
– Local implementation
– Liability fears
– Other alcohol sources
A Party Balls hold appx. 55 serving of 12 oz cups per ball. It holds 5.1 gallons
of beer, weights 45 lbs full and is appx. 2.2 cases of 12 oz beer.
http://legistar.cityofgainesville.org/attachments/2335.pdf
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http://www.udetc.org/documents/NLC2008/SeriesA/Lake%20County%20Forges%20their%20Future%20-%20McIntyre,%20Humphrey,%20Stubbs.pdf
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http://www.udetc.org/documents/NLC2008/SeriesA/Lake%20County%20Forges%20their%20Future%20-%20McIntyre,%20Humphrey,%20Stubbs.pdf
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Thank You!
Limit Access to Teens / Assist Law Enforcement
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