Proposed CAN Size To Alleviate Current CANcerns

it really is. Perfect for a solo pour and if you do get a high abv and want to split it with a friend 6 ozs is nice too. Also, if you don’t want to split it i can drink 12ozs if pretty much anything.

 

I've never understood this all-caps "can" thing, but I know it makes me unreasonably irritated. Can someone explain it to me? Or am I just asking for it?

 

Red v Blue as a political shorthand is quite recent. It originated (IIRC) from the TV talking heads election maps in perhaps the 2000 election and went from there. Red solo cups for beer is a tradition at least 50-60 years old.

Look at me... pretending to inform jk about history! The nerve! The audacity!

... slap down impending...

 

It's Woody. He's the beer CAN man. As opposed to being trash can man. He likes to start fires.

 

Woody substitutes the word can where he CAN. It's all part of the CANquest. Any more CANstions?

 

The 8.5 can might satisfy your needs, but really what problem would uniform 8.5 oz cans solve? There are too many brands on the market now (I can't keep track). Lack of choice isn't a problem. 8.5 is OK for strong beer, but some of us like something near 5%. Small container cost a lot more to fill and use more resources (for equivalent volumes of beer) than larger ones. If you were to buy bottles, you would be able to stopper leftover beers with some marginal loss of carbonation. If you have a dinner party, crowler sized containers might be good. My preferences in container size and packaging do influence my purchasing: growlers, 12 cans, 12 bottles, 1/2 liter bottles . . . depending. But probably not 8.5 cans.

 

It's like one of those quirks your weird uncle has. You just nod and put together his point with the rest of the words.

Sorry Woody -- you're really the best.

 

Woody your soCANlution (that doesn’t work BTW) ignores the fact that we are currently living in a free market eCONomy (that almost works) and brewers are going to use the most profitable vessel most of the time. Cheers dude.

 

You are providing common-sense evidence of the industry's can configuration rationale.The beverage can manufacturers have all this figured out to the last tenth of a cent per can. They minimize the costs by calculating the height/diameter ratio to provide maximum volume for least aluminum area. They also want to minimize the closure diameter, thus the necking at the top. In the past we've rarely seen special can shapes (early on 11 and 12 oz slim Coors, then Hamms Draft, more recently from Sapporo). The 12 oz can is standard for a good reason.

 

I bought myself some of them thar aluminum cups and they are great! Keep nicely chilled, and very easy to recycle.

 

quixotic, to say the least. I was a beer acquirer/taster in the early 70's, and that was also quixotic, so I can sympathize.

 

The answer is to bring back the 40oz.

 

And here I thought Red v. Blue originated from the popular online video series...

 

I've advocated for 8 oz cans for high abv beers for years. 16 oz is way too much for anything over 10-11%. Even 12 oz is a bit much.

 

Ha, this was good.

 

Go glass or go home. There is a lot of sand.

 

I was gonnna say mini Kegs like Bells & such, but Todd above speaks the truth!

 

That's where those high dollar water containers come in handy, for all the they know, you are drinking water... initially at least...

 

FTFY.