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Wholesale Beer in Kegs

Draught supply serves a different channel from packaged beer, and carries the specification questions that channel brings with it.
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Background: Number Six (6) · Flickr · CC BY 2.0

Beer Kegs in international trade

Stainless steel kegs stacked on pallets in a yard
Number Six (6) · Flickr · CC BY 2.0

Keg supply is driven by on-trade demand — hotel groups, hospitality operators, cruise and travel retail — rather than by shelf retail. That changes the commercial shape of the enquiry: volumes per line are smaller, the coupler type has to match the destination dispense equipment, and cold-chain handling is more likely to be part of the specification.

Coupler compatibility is the single most common source of error in an international keg order. A keg fitting is not universal, and a load that arrives with the wrong coupler type cannot be dispensed. The fitting is confirmed against the destination before any keg quotation is issued.

One-way kegs avoid the return logistics that make steel kegs impractical over long distances, and are usually the right specification for export outside Europe. Returnable steel kegs remain viable for shorter intra-European movements where a return leg can be organised.

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Trade questions

Which keg coupler types can you supply?
Coupler type depends on the brand and the production origin, and it is not interchangeable — a keg with the wrong fitting cannot be dispensed at the destination. We confirm the fitting against your dispense equipment before issuing a keg quotation rather than assuming a regional default.
Can kegs be exported outside Europe?
Yes, and one-way kegs are normally the right specification for that, since they remove the return leg that makes steel kegs impractical over long distances. Returnable steel kegs are better suited to shorter intra-European movements where the empties can be returned economically.
Can kegs be combined with bottles and cans in one container?
Where the lines are available from the same consolidation point, yes. Kegs load differently from cased goods and change the weight and floor calculation for the container, so a mixed keg and packaged load is planned rather than estimated. The container builder accounts for the pallet configuration recorded against each line.
Product availability is subject to stock, destination, packaging specification, applicable trademark rights and territorial distribution restrictions.