Proposed CAN Size To Alleviate Current CANcerns

8.5 ounces, same price per six-pack, no doubt.

 

You should change your handle to woodyCANdler

 

I saw a ad (Print? Video?) the other day where Ball (one of the few US beverage can manufacturers) is selling aluminum cups to compete with the horrible mostly-red (but some blue - no idea if it's a political choice) plastic cups, promoting them as being both reusable and recylcable.

First thing I thought was, "Hey, WTF - I thought aluminum for cans was in short supply - and you're introducing a new product?"

https://www.ball.com/aluminumcups

As for the OP - doesn't the larger can contain less aluminum per ounce? Seems to me going smaller is a waste of aluminum.

Home School Science Class Experiment
(Weighted on an antique Ohaus scale - accuracy unknown?):

7.5 ounce (Pepsi) = 13 grams
12 ounce (Anchor) = 15 grams
16 ounce (Ind. Arts - adhesive label peeled off) = 19 grams

 

Yeah, the smaller cans would lead to more aluminum usage, not less. Lets say we have a gallon of beer to package. That would be 8 16oz cans, 10.6 12ozers, and 14.7 8.7oz cans. That's just for the cans. Each can also needs a lid. Add in @jesskidden 's math above, and it takes roughly 2 mini cans to equal a tallboy, which seems to be the choice of a new generation. And, the lids are thicker than the cans, so two lids for the smaller format would use more aluminum than 1 for 12 or 16 oz cans.

 

So clearly, all beer into 24 oz cans!

 

I agree with other commenters....smaller cans = more Al per volume of beer. However, I also strongly agree with the OP's opinion that smaller volumes are preferred for some of the really nice high-ABV beers. I can live with a 12 oz, but I would absolutely love some of the high ABV barrel-aged stouts in a 8-9 oz format. In the absence of that I have to wait for the rare moments when Mrs. BillA wants to share 16 oz.

 

Has anyone weighed the various can sizes to see what the differences are between large and small cans?

 

Post #4 in this thread.

 

Really! I must have missed that. How much does a 12oz can weigh? Or a AB 25oz can and those craft imperial pint cans?

 

I like those too but I have a hard time being discreet with them when I'm at the playground with my kids

 

Go down to the local thrift store and they'll likely have one of these:

 

I went to a restaurant once that served all drinks in stainless steel cups. It was horrible. I just could not handle the metallic taste and feel. Luckily they had some glasses in the back.

 

I would like to see more 8oz and small containers too. You can always open another one if you want it.

 

Choice is good I suppose but I do not see myself ever purchasing a 135ml (4.5 oz) can of beer.

 

I CAN't get behind that. Clearly 16oz cans are superior doses in most cases. I've gotten so used to them, that I feel robbed drinking 12oz doses. I CAN understand the need for smaller doses of really strong beers, but I just CAN't do beer shots.

 

If the math side of my brain is working right today, taking these numbers a step further, that means around 1.75 grams of aluminum per ounce for the 7.5 oz can of Pepsi (which I think is heavier than beer so the number may be a little lower); 1.25 grams of Al per oz for the 12 oz can of Anchor beer; and around 1.2 grams of Al per oz in a 16 oz can of the Ind. Arts beer. Clearly the 7.5 can is wasteful for the small amount of liquid it holds.

 

My solution is use more bottles. I love cans and for me the have a time and place but I love bottles too. No reason to move so many beers to cans only.

 

No. The 12oz format is perfection.