CANufacturing is here! Buh-Bye bottles

We are all aware of canned beer movement sweeping the nation. Craft beer makers are giving up the idea that canned beer is trashy and collectively, have betrayed their hair. Even the 1st annual "Ameri" May "Canned Craft Beer Festival dedicated to the craft beer in a can held Saturday in Arizona!

I can't tell you how happy this makes me. I have long been involved with a group of friends who refuses to drink from a jar. A fella says that it tasted just like Tin, another swear that it makes him feel like his IQ drops with each sip. While the first one that I can understand a little bit, perhaps only second because his IQ was initially never so high and alcohol dumb you with every sip! Regardless, I am pleased to finally have the support of craft beer community behind me. The guys really don't criticize my sipping a Oskar Blues Dale's Pale Ale, while the tiresome pace Miller Lite bottles as if they are still 21 years old.

Canned beers have come a long way since they are uncertain beginning in 1909. The first cans to keep the pressure of the contents of heavy-gauge steel and had to be pried open with the same weight, a church-key styled bottle opener. 1935 Was Krueger's Cream Ale and Krueger's finest beer the first canned beer which is sold to the public. At the end of the year, had more than 200 million bottles sold. Conetop cans were introduced in 1939 in an attempt to reduce the burden of friction steel to obtain the goods inside. They were sealed with a Crown cap just like the cap of a glass of beer bottles. Conetop cans were not only heavier but not stack for shipment and storage. Next, try changing the structure of the ship was an aluminium up added to the steel base. By 1962, had pull-top cans hit the market together with ring-top design we still see today. Steel has since been retired and an all aluminium structure is now the default. Complaints from a metallic taste were common, and not without merit, but modern cans are lined with non-reactive materials which protect the beer from any contact with the metal.

Together with lifting the "can of beer" stigma, craft beer canning revolution many other positive effects. Cans of beer really is better than glass bottles.

They stack better for navigation and storingCanned beer cases lighter than bottledThey recycled more than bottlesThey protect the beer from damaged by lightAir can't Seep in, one that you get with a bottleCans are allowed where glass bottles are notCan koozies is the need smallerNo for chimneys when you can "Shotgun", a canThey can be used for decorYou can crush it on someone's head without offense

I realise that at the end of the list was a bit stupid, but I am really excited about this! I am no longer considered a trashy! By the way guys try to always keep one foot in each other (understandably) I predict a big change in how beer bars are structured. Promotions will have a fresh twist. Canned beer nights, Mystery can Grab Bag, can the collections for charity, cans and Canapes, etc. Even cannolis, canines and cannabis has potential! New bar name may appear as well. The Canteen, CANoodles, Carafe. There are already venues that claim that only sell canned beer that Tin can Ale House in San Diego, Canz in New York and the Red Derby in DC. There must be others who will not be in a Google search. I expect to see many more in the near future!

-Veronica Baywood is an 18 year veteran of the hospitality industry and staff writer for Bar and Drinker http://baranddrinker.com/Magazine

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