Brewery/Canning Question (21st Amendment content)

Discussion in 'South Atlantic' started by fobpeluso, Jun 16, 2013.

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  1. fobpeluso

    fobpeluso Initiate (0) Sep 2, 2012 South Carolina

    Picked up a sixer of 21st IPA in Raleigh because I can't get it here in sc. Can says cold springs mn on it. Googled, found the relationship, that 21st cans some or all of their beer in Minnesota.

    So, how do they ship the beer from SF to MInnesota? And how is more cost effective than building a canning line in the brewery?
     
    #1 fobpeluso, Jun 16, 2013
  2. chefkevlar

    chefkevlar Initiate (0) Apr 17, 2010 South Carolina

    It's brewed and canned at a brewery in MN, not shipped there. Check the can and it probably says something like "brewed and canned at........."
     
    #2 chefkevlar, Jun 16, 2013
  3. fobpeluso

    fobpeluso Initiate (0) Sep 2, 2012 South Carolina

    Weird. Everything I find is so aloof about it.

    Like this:

    http://21st-amendment.blogspot.com/2008_10_01_archive.html


    On the can it says 21st Amendment Brewery, Cold Springs, MN. What's up with that?
    Building a canning facility from scratch is an expensive task. If we had to build our own canning facility, our beers would probably be in bottles. But once we decided we wanted cans, we were determined to make it work. We figured there must be some breweries in the Midwest who wouldn’t mind increasing the production on their canning lines, so we started looking. We found a fantastic partner in Cold Springs, MN who was willing to work with us to meet our unusually high standards for canned beer.
     
    #3 fobpeluso, Jun 16, 2013
  4. chefkevlar

    chefkevlar Initiate (0) Apr 17, 2010 South Carolina

    It's not really weird at all. 21A, being a brewpub, probably simply didn't have enough space for a canning line and additional capacity to widely distribute it.
     
    #4 chefkevlar, Jun 16, 2013
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  5. beerjerk666

    beerjerk666 Grand Pooh-Bah (5,155) Aug 22, 2010 Florida
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    21A still brews at their restaurant. It's cheaper for them to contract brew at the MN brewery. It's not an uncommon practice.
    About the aloof thing, well it's their thing; a tongue-in-cheek attitude towards everything. However the beer is no joke!
    Brew Free! and Hop Crisis are awesome!
     
    #5 beerjerk666, Jun 19, 2013
  6. elNopalero

    elNopalero Grand Pooh-Bah (5,822) Oct 14, 2009 Michigan
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    (Insert required "but they market their beer as local to SF" comment here).
     
    #6 elNopalero, Jun 19, 2013
  7. tabascosigned

    tabascosigned Initiate (0) Oct 4, 2012 Virginia

    it doesn't bother me, but I was wondering about this, too.
    just confusing...a proud SF brewer brewing beer in MN.
    still highly tasty.
     
    #7 tabascosigned, Jun 21, 2013
  8. rmdownward

    rmdownward Zealot (648) Feb 10, 2007 California

    And Sam Adams contract brewed for how long....?
     
    #8 rmdownward, Jun 21, 2013
  9. gunhaver

    gunhaver Initiate (0) May 27, 2007 Florida

    yeah pretty normal industry stuff
     
    #9 gunhaver, Jun 21, 2013
  10. tabascosigned

    tabascosigned Initiate (0) Oct 4, 2012 Virginia

    just a curious thing to look into.
    I agree with the OP and his/her inquisitive nature.

    also, who cares what Sam Adams does?
     
    #10 tabascosigned, Jun 21, 2013
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