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[edit] Dye in drip trays?
Can someone please clarify the comment about using dye in drip trays? Reactor12 (talk) 09:41, 27 October 2009 (UTC) There are rumours (urban legends?) about drip tray contents being poured back into beer barrels by unscrupulous landlords, may be relevant? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.85.137.195 (talk) 11:51, 1 September 2010 (UTC)
[edit] A keg was formerly something else?
Kegs are still used for many things besides beer. Pickled herring, wine, olives, industrial chemicals and many other things. I think the article too specifically focuses on beer kegs.Landroo (talk) 04:03, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
[edit] Deleted improbable "history" section.
In these two edits [1], Special:Contributions/214.13.163.133 inserted a "history of the keg" which suggests that it was invented by Texan bootleggers in the 1920s, and named as an acronym of the inventor's initials.
This is nonsense; the word "keg" has described a small barrel, including one used to store beer, since at least the 17th century if not earlier, and is derived from the Old Norse word for "barrel" [2]. The user (or at least IP) has been 7 times warned and once blocked for more than a dozen acts of vandalism in the space of a few months. Several of the vandalistic edits consisting of inserting false "historical facts."
Hence, I have deleted this edit. -- 202.63.39.58 (talk) 16:30, 25 June 2011 (UTC)
[edit] Initial description (<40L)
I can't see any real justification for the initial description qualifier "usually with a capacity of less than 40 L". This isn't supported by the rest of the article, which includes more plausible statements like "In European countries the most common keg size is 50 liters" and the most referred to size of US key is "half-barrel" which is 15.5 US gallon or 58.67 liters.
The citation on "less than 40 L" doesn't point directly to useful text. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.98.81.79 (talk) 08:47, 8 July 2011 (UTC)
