"Canny" Awards Honor Best of Craft Beer Can Designs

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  1. Todd

    Todd Founder (13,254) Aug 23, 1996 Finland
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    Winners Receive Awards at Craft Brewers Conference

    BROOMFIELD, Colo., May 4, 2012—The best can graphics in the craft beer industry were on display as part of the first annual “Canny” Awards, a competition that recognizes the high-quality, captivating graphics featured on craft beer in cans. Awards were presented during the Craft Brewers Conference, May 2-5 in San Diego, Calif.

    During this inaugural competition, 83 craft breweries submitted 231 entries in seven categories. The Craft Can of the Year went to Bitter American Extra Pale Ale by 21st Amendment Brewery, with second place going to The Corruption IPA by DC Brau and third place to Johnny’s America IPA by Moab Brewery.

    Category winning entries include:
    The judges panel included: Donna DiGiola of The Art Institute of California-San Diego, Dr. Amy Galpin of The San Diego Museum of Art, Dave Mevoli of L. Knife & Sons, Randy Mosher of Randy Mosher Design, Tom McCormick of California Craft Brewers Association, Robert Fondren of Brewery Collectibles Club of America, Ginger Johnson of WomenEnjoyingBeer.com, Jay Brooks of Brooks On Beer, Ashley Routson of the Beer Wrench Blog, Evan Hughes of Draft Magazine, Chris Fumary and Matt Kennedy of Brewbound/BevNet, and Matt Thomas of Whole Foods.

    The “Canny” Awards honor craft beer and the distinctive graphics created in an industry known for unique brands and brews. The competition is sponsored by four leading suppliers to the canned craft beer industry – Ball Corporation, Cask Brewing Systems, Hi-Cone and Mumm Products.
    Winners received a custom Canny Award trophy that includes their can graphics and recognition at the Craft Brewers Conference and in industry publications. A complete set of listed winners is available on the “Canny Awards” Facebook page and Twitter.

    Ball Corporation is a supplier of high quality packaging for beverage, food and household products customers, and of aerospace and other technologies and services, primarily for the U.S. government. Ball Corporation and its subsidiaries employ more than 14,500 people worldwide and reported 2011 sales of more than $8.6 billion. For the latest Ball news and for other company information, please visit http://www.ball.com.

    Cask Brewing Systems launched the canned craft beer revolution when it introduced affordable, small footprint, high-performance canning systems. Cask Brewing puts cans in the hands of craft brewers and their customers worldwide.

    Hi-Cone is a leading supplier of plastic-based multipackaging systems for global beer, soft drink, pharmaceutical and general consumer products industries. Hi-Cone is a division of Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE: ITW), a diversified manufacturer of advanced industrial technology.

    Mumm Products is a leading supplier of beverage multi-pack packaging and equipment to craft brewers and retailers. Mumm offers tailored products for craft brewers in partnership with Hi-Cone. Mumm supplies low-weight photodegradable carriers to minimize environmental impact and highly efficient application equipment to save labor.

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  2. jesskidden

    jesskidden Grand Pooh-Bah (3,071) Aug 10, 2005 New Jersey
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    Wait a sec...

    "Best Shelf Presence: Johnny’s America IPA by Moab Brewery"

    Gee, why does that look so familiar?

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  3. olympuszymurgus

    olympuszymurgus Initiate (0) Nov 24, 2009 California

    Goodness, the winners all look alike(except 21st and Great river)
     
  4. tewaris

    tewaris Initiate (0) Jul 14, 2009 Minnesota

    For the lazy:

    Best Shelf Presence: Johnny’s America IPA by Moab Brewery
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    Best Graphics Design: Diesel by Six Points Brewery
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    Best Use of Color: Pearl-Snap German-Style Pils by Austin Beerworks
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    Best Seasonal: Santa Fe Oktoberfest by Santa Fe Brewing Co.
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    Best Character: Bitter American Extra Pale Ale by 21st Amendment Brewery
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    Best Illustration of Beer Name: Hop-A-Potamus Double Dark Rye Pale Ale by Great River Brewery
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    Best Local Tie-In (State, Town, Geography, Local Activity): Colorado Kolsh Ale by Steamworks Brewing Co.
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  5. nathanjohnson

    nathanjohnson Initiate (0) Aug 5, 2007 Vermont
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    Those Moab designs are terrible.
     
  6. ant880

    ant880 Savant (1,179) Nov 7, 2010 New York
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    Man, if these are the ones that won I'd hate to see what lost.
     
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  7. beerme411

    beerme411 Initiate (0) Sep 28, 2010 California

    Love their choice for best beer

    But I think they should have included these from Uncommon Brewers
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  8. leedorham

    leedorham Initiate (0) Apr 27, 2006 Washington

    They obviously limited this to "craft" brewers only to avoid having to compete with Coors & Miller. Craft is too stupid to figure out how to change colors or make holes in the top of the can.
     
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  9. hoeg0015

    hoeg0015 Initiate (0) Jul 15, 2008 Minnesota

    Not sure exactly when Santa Fe started canning (2010?) but that Oktoberfest can is very similar to Surly's Surlyfest. Of course, the Surly look isn't original either.
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  10. bigfnjoe

    bigfnjoe Initiate (0) Oct 22, 2009 Pennsylvania

    A little irritated that the press release couldn't even get the brewery name right. Sixpoint, not Six Points.
     
  11. BBThunderbolt

    BBThunderbolt Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,282) Sep 24, 2007 Kiribati
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    A beer that's both "Double dark" and "Pale"? No wonder it won an award. I like that Steamworks can though.
     
  12. denver10

    denver10 Grand Pooh-Bah (4,081) Nov 17, 2010 New Mexico
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    How did this lose to some of those?
     
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  13. TheSquire23

    TheSquire23 Initiate (0) Jul 11, 2011 Colorado

    Where are the SKA and Telluride Brewing Co?
     
  14. Pahn

    Pahn Initiate (0) Dec 2, 2009 New York

  15. AndyTaylor

    AndyTaylor Initiate (0) May 28, 2011 North Carolina

    Best use of color??

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  16. UCLABrewN84

    UCLABrewN84 Initiate (0) Mar 18, 2010 California

    That Pearl Snap one looks like it would contain pear cider or something.
     
  17. Todd

    Todd Founder (13,254) Aug 23, 1996 Finland
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    Yeah, I saw that but we run press releases as received.
     
  18. Bitterbill

    Bitterbill Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,772) Sep 14, 2002 Wyoming
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    LMFAO!! You jess made my morning. :stuck_out_tongue:
     
  19. Bitterbill

    Bitterbill Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,772) Sep 14, 2002 Wyoming
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    I would give my vote to this:

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