KeyKeg | Beverage distributors

KeyKeg offers beverage distributors a point-of-difference Keg that meets important beverage-packaging requirements. Pubs, bars, cafés, restaurants, hotels and events in domestic and export markets can be certain they’re pouring the freshest drinks to consumers.

KeyKeg is a clean, efficient, lightweight packaging solution for beverages that safeguards against spoilage and meets the safety requirements for Kegs for beverage distribution. It can reduce shipping costs and effortlessly optimise handling, transport and storage in warehouse and hospitality outlets, while also being better for the environment.

Keg range for distributors

The beer, wine, RTDs & cocktails, coffee and kombucha you distribute reach consumers all over the world as fresh as the day they were produced. Kegs for distribution offer maximum shelf life, stable handling, stackability and custom branding possibilities. A sustainable solution that allows distributed beverages to be served fresh from the tap.

All-round Kegs for beverage distribution

KeyKeg is ideal for beverage distributors. It is convenient, easy to handle and widely used around the world. KeyKeg can be filled with beer, wine, cocktails & RTDs, coffee, kombucha and cider. In fact, it is a very versatile beverage-packing solution.

  • Beverage distributors can save on transport costs
  • Respond with flexibility to business opportunities and market demand
  • Your customers can dispense beverages using non-sterile air
  • Business is not affected by CO2 shortages and gas-price fluctuations
  • Filled KeyKegs can be moved by hand and easily stacked and stored
  • Useful for supplying a variety of different, distinct beverages
  • Fits any dispense system; couplers (K and A) can be used for any beverage
  • KeyKeg users have fewer overheads and produce less waste

Keep the beverages you distribute fresh

Choose Kegs for beverage distribution that lock-in freshness and maximise shelf life. KeyKeg Bag-in-Keg™ Technology is an airtight, light-resistant, laminated barrier that prevents contamination by keeping beverages separate from dispensed gas. Beverage distributors can now supply high-quality, flavourful beer, wine, RTDs & cocktails, coffee or kombucha to customers all over the world, safe in the knowledge it will retain its freshness.

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Distribute sustainably in a circular economy

Beverage distributors can play a role in protecting the environment with circular-by-design KeyKeg. Raw materials can be recovered from empty KeyKegs to be used for new KeyKegs, rather than being incinerated or used as landfill. The sustainability numbers show that by distributing in lightweight, environmentally friendly packaging, you are helping safeguard natural resources, as well as producing less harmful waste and cutting the amount of water, chemicals and fuel used

Safely protect the beverages you distribute

KeyKeg’s Double Wall™ Technology makes it heavy-duty, reliable and resilient. Beverage distributors can protect the beverages they distribute and increase safety during transport, handling and dispense. Choose Kegs for beverage distribution that safeguard against spoilage and meet all existing safety requirements. For example, filled KeyKegs will survive a 1.5m drop.

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Maximise Keg storage and handling

A well-designed, comfortable grip ring and basecup make our lightweight, ergonomic Kegs manageable, with proven stability and easy stacking. KeyKeg allows beverage distributors to optimise warehouse space and load pallets safely. Filled KeyKegs can be moved by hand for effortless distribution; no lifting machinery, trollies, trucks or carts are needed.

Increase awareness of the brands you distribute

Kegs for beverage distribution that display optional custom sleeves will complement your customer’s branding strategy. By increasing brand awareness, beverage distributors may see more business opportunity as consumers demand beers, wines, cocktails, RTDs, ciders, kombucha and coffee from producers they recognise. Custom sleeves will elevate your role in distributing the freshest, most flavoursome beverages.

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All you need to know about the KeyKeg range

KeyKeg’s proven innovative technologies allow beverage distributors to offer maximum quality. Learn more about the benefits of an advanced design here.

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UniKeg: a solid, safe and lightweight beer Keg

UniKeg provides breweries with the ideal combination of price and quality. In UniKeg, we have developed low-cost beer Kegs for beverage distribution that feature a traditional spear and conventional fittings, while also incorporating KeyKeg’s proven quality, safety, durability and handling

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Improve distribution logistics

Transport more beverages per truckload with KeyKeg than with traditional Kegs. Beverage distributors could either save up to 65% on transport costs or distribute up to 25-30% more beverages per load. KeyKeg also eliminates expensive return processes associated with traditional Kegs for beverage distribution. Hospitality customers can flatten empty Kegs too, in preparation for local recycling initiatives, which makes the most of precious storage space.

KeyKeg efficiency for beverage distributors

Bars, hotels, restaurants, pubs, cafés and events demand clean, efficient beverage-packaging, which enables them to offer a wider range of longer-lasting beverages on tap. Beverage distributors recognise that hospitality needs to take advantage of today’s drinking trends. KeyKeg therefore offers them a point-of-difference Keg for domestic and export markets that responds to a broad range of beverage-packaging requirements.

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Dispense without CO2

Dispensing beverages using air is a cleaner, greener, easier way to dispense, and it’s less expensive than using CO2, N2 or mixed gas. Because KeyKeg keeps beverages and dispense gas apart, hospitality can dispense almost to the last drop without using any gas. With KeyKeg, beverage distributors can avoid the problems their customers face during CO2 shortages or periods of gas-price instability.

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Practical & versatile

Beverage producers fill KeyKeg with diverse brands, types and styles. Lightweight, practical and manageable, KeyKeg makes transport and shipping easier for beverage distributors than traditional Kegs. Removing as many unnecessary overheads and expenses as possible maximises everybody’s return on investment.

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Sustainable & circular

Kegs for beverage distribution that support a circular economy help leave the world a better place. KeyKeg is designed for circularity; our aim is steadily increasing the level of circular material used in each new KeyKeg. So, opt for Kegs that avoid overreliance on natural resources, minimise waste and require less water, chemicals and fuel.