Will 12 oz bottles soon be obsolete?

I hope not. I like cans, but for purely selfish, aesthetic reasons, I prefer bottles. Some cans out there look nice (Neighbor of the Beast, basically all La Cumbre cans), but I just feel that overall the aluminum vessel is less appealing and seems less classy in my mind. It's stupid, I know, but that's how I feel about it.

I do not think that bottles will go extinct, but I do think we will see a lot more cans particularly with breweries' main lineups and flagship beers.

 

Stubbies are the wave of the future.

 

cans > 12oz bottles

I like the look of 22oz bottles more though.

 

Nope. It will be end up being right down the middle, it always ends in red vs. blue, with everything. Its not like theyre going to stop making glass anytime soon either. Imagine barrel-series Avery in cans, that would be nuts.

 

The one brewing co I'm surprised hasn't gone to bottles yet is Stone. I would love to see them can Enjoy By.

 

Yep...analogous to Vinyl > CD > MP3

 

Yes because they will be replaced by 10 or 11 oz bottles. Companies love to keep the price the same while reducing the packaging weight/volume.

 

They won't be replaced soon. Many still prefer bottles... Plus, bottling lines many breweries have in place cost so much and take up so much space. They won't ditch them for the newest fad.

 

Yes! I love vinyl. I'm a collector myself.

 

Why 22 oz. bombers of specialty beer and not those 19.2 oz. cans you see with the likes of Dale's Pale Ale in? Heck, a jump up to 24 oz. tall boy isn't far behind.

Is it a perception issue?

I honestly hate that my state won't recycle bottles. I do homebrew and that helps a bit. But I end up wasting so much with the glass and caps.. With cans, my footprint seems much smaller, and in about 6 months, I'll get enough back to buy a six pack of beer. Nice little reward

Can you cellar cans? Do they go flat faster?

 

Founders? Don't they can like...one beer?

I'd say Alchemist, Oskar Blues, and Ballast Point are equally leading the way.

 

for the breweries I know personally, the issue is pretty much 50/50. Bottling lines are cheaper but the glass is more expensive. Canning equipment is a lot more expensive, but cans (when you get pas the price break) are much cheaper. So it's pretty much potayto, potahto.

 

CCB

 

No.

 

I mean, they're definitely influencing other breweries to can. You don't really need to convert to do that.

 

There are a number of Texas breweries going with cans. I like them, but I have some beer drinking buddies that cannot get past the stigma of beer in a can. I once tried convincing them by serving canned beer in proper glassware. They said it tasted fine but said they still would not consider buying canned beer. Then there's also the whole BPA concern.