50 YEARS !!!! The Kegger Chronicle
There are only three ways to move a full keg.
This tradition started in Northern California 50 years ago. 30 to 60 people would hike
in for a long weekend in early summer, or stay the week. A big trip has 4 kegs or more, plus a pony keg or two. Some years just 10 or 15 people would attend.
Ice is also carried in and used to pack around the keg for the few hours during it's draining. Then hike out 4 miles back to the trailhead for another keg. And on and on, into the night.
Custom steel carries start at $325.00 plus shipping.
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Planning for the next Kegger has started!!
The 50th Jubilee Kegger Backpack will be held Friday thru Sunday,
June 20th thru 22nd, 2025
It is hard to beleive.
A lifetime of hard drinking and hard hiking has paid off.
Questions, details, Please call Tom Fun.
The first Kegger was in 1975.
Notes and articles about previous Kegger Backpack trips. This is the history, activities and some photos of 50 years of the annual Kegger Backpacks.
Kegger Backpacking is not for everyone...
Bringing a keg in 1 or 2 or 4 miles is no easy task. Have you ever tried to carry a full keg,
especially Cross Country? Bushwhacking or on a mountain trail? Have you every lifted a full 15 gallon keg? if you are
reading this you probably have. You know that a regular 15.5 gallon "half barrel" [i.e. a
full keg] weighs 130lbs. for the beer, plus 30lbs for the steel container, totals 160lbs!
A party of 5, or 50 can appreciate a private spot.
After years of trial and error Kegger Backpack.com has developed several models
that may meet your needs.
One hell of a nice party!
Call Phil Webster (925)935-0273
Concord, CA