Enjoy Founders Beer "All Day" In Ball Corporation Cans

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  1. Jason

    Jason Founder (0) Aug 23, 1996 Massachusetts

    BROOMFIELD, CO (May 2013) - Founders Brewing Co. will be offering this summer its seasonal "All Day IPA" for the first time ever in cans from Ball Corporation.

    "Founders Brewing Co.'s decision to offer its craft beer in Ball cans is a strong endorsement of the can as a sustainable, consumer-friendly package that can accompany craft beer consumers anywhere they go," said Robert M. Miles, senior vice president, sales for Ball's metal beverage packaging division, Americas. "By moving to Ball's aluminum cans, craft brewers are finding new ways to differentiate their brands. The result is an engaging package that is impenetrable to light and oxygen."

    "The decision to go with Ball for our cans was really a value judgment on our part," said Brad Stevenson, Founders' vice president of operations. "We always seek to maximize value as defined by the best combination of quality, price and service."

    Founders Brewing Co.'s All Day IPA will be available in cans across the brewer's distribution footprint beginning this summer.

    Located in Grand Rapids, Mich., Founders Brewing Co. was started in 1997 by co-founders Mike Stevens and Dave Engbers. Since that time, Founders has evolved into one of the most recognized craft breweries in the United States. For more information about Founders Brewing Co., please visit http://www.foundersbrewing.com.

    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 approximately 15,000 people worldwide and reported 2012 sales of more than $8.7 billion. For the latest Ball news and for other company information, please visit http://www.ball.com

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    #1 Jason, May 13, 2013
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  2. emannths

    emannths Initiate (0) Sep 21, 2007 Massachusetts

    Not just cans, but 12-pack cans. Nice to see that some of these new session beers are moving towards more appropriate packaging.
     
    #2 emannths, May 13, 2013
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  3. quindog

    quindog Initiate (0) Mar 11, 2010 Colorado

    Ok, so the cans are made less than 10 miles from my house but I can't buy them here?! No fair! Really hoping Founders makes there way out to Colorado one of these days.
     
    #3 quindog, May 13, 2013
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  4. BrettHead

    BrettHead Initiate (0) Sep 18, 2010 Nebraska

    Huh? Everyone uses ball cans if I'm not mistaken...It isn't like the cans are being filled in CO.
     
    #4 BrettHead, May 13, 2013
  5. lucasj82

    lucasj82 Initiate (0) Aug 13, 2009 Indiana

    Just in time for camping/fishing trips!
     
    #5 lucasj82, May 13, 2013
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  6. TMoney2591

    TMoney2591 Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,139) Apr 21, 2009 Illinois
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    So...is it important to note who manufactures the cans? Like, are they some kind of cool, new can technology or something?
     
    #6 TMoney2591, May 13, 2013
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  7. Weavagra

    Weavagra Initiate (0) Dec 12, 2012 Pennsylvania

    I've been loving SN pale ale in cans. I really hope to see the founders cans right beside it.
     
    #7 Weavagra, May 13, 2013
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  8. jesskidden

    jesskidden Grand Pooh-Bah (3,145) Aug 10, 2005 New Jersey
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    It's important to Ball Corp. the manufacturer and the company who put out the Press Release.:wink:
    I don't pay close attention, but Sly Fox, for one, uses Crown's cans - it's Crown's design that they are using for that 360 lid on (some of) Sly Fox Helles and Pikeland Pils cans.
     
    #8 jesskidden, May 13, 2013
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  9. BrettHead

    BrettHead Initiate (0) Sep 18, 2010 Nebraska

    I knew I would get called out for saying everyone :grinning:
     
    #9 BrettHead, May 13, 2013
  10. pitweasel

    pitweasel Initiate (0) Jun 11, 2007 New York

    Nope, not everyone. And I'm pretty sure the comment you quoted was simply a lighthearted sigh of frustration.
     
    #10 pitweasel, May 14, 2013
  11. skivtjerry

    skivtjerry Pooh-Bah (1,865) Mar 10, 2006 Vermont
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    Yeah, I feel for you out there; no good beer in CO...:grinning:
     
    #11 skivtjerry, May 14, 2013
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  12. maxcoinage

    maxcoinage Maven (1,256) Apr 6, 2012 Illinois
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    Hell yeah! Can't wait to sneak these on to the golf course
     
    #12 maxcoinage, May 14, 2013
  13. kawilliams81

    kawilliams81 Pooh-Bah (1,972) Feb 27, 2009 Illinois
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    Awesome, a $20 12 pack!
     
    #13 kawilliams81, May 14, 2013
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  14. evilcatfish

    evilcatfish Pooh-Bah (2,116) May 11, 2012 Missouri
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    Pool season officially starts in less than 2 weeks. I'd like to see this on the shelf by then
     
    #14 evilcatfish, May 14, 2013
  15. hopspine

    hopspine Initiate (0) Feb 28, 2012 Colorado

    I like the 12 pack thing for 12oz cans... much prefer tall boys. Wish more people would get on that!
     
    #15 hopspine, May 15, 2013
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  16. kylelenk

    kylelenk Initiate (0) Apr 17, 2012 Michigan

    Can design is so ugly. Can't quite get used to the lack of brown from the glass. I think it would have looked better to do two brown strips on the top and bottom.....
     
    #16 kylelenk, May 15, 2013
  17. Mbennett

    Mbennett Initiate (0) Jun 16, 2011 New York

    Is 'Ball' publicly traded? I see good things for them in the near future...
     
    #17 Mbennett, May 15, 2013
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  18. mynie

    mynie Grand Pooh-Bah (3,272) Jun 22, 2004 Maryland
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    Great River brewery in Iowa uses some weird brand of horrorcan that uses a peelable label. It's cheaper, I guess, but holding the can is like squeezing the hand of an octogenarian.
     
    #18 mynie, May 15, 2013
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  19. quindog

    quindog Initiate (0) Mar 11, 2010 Colorado

    Yes, it was nothing more than that. There is plenty to choose from out here. I just wish Founders would make its way out here instead of Magic Hat, Clown Shoes and others that have recently made their way to Colorado. I'll calm myself down with an Odell IPA.
     
    #19 quindog, May 15, 2013
  20. Nutwood

    Nutwood Initiate (0) Jun 30, 2012 Kentucky

    I enjoyed chugging an ice cold All Day on Sunday after doing 2 hours of yard work in 99% humidity. If I'd had a can I might have shotgunned the sucker!
     
    #20 Nutwood, May 22, 2013
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