Cans and more cans

Discussion in 'Breweriana' started by Beergeeknut, May 29, 2016.

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  1. TriggerFingers

    TriggerFingers Initiate (0) Apr 29, 2012 California

    $460 bucks a night to stay there? Its cool...but not that cool.
     
  2. jesskidden

    jesskidden Grand Pooh-Bah (3,145) Aug 10, 2005 New Jersey
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    The article about beer cans which is also at that link is pretty sloppy/inaccurate, starting with the outlandish claim that...
    :rolling_eyes:The US brewing industry historically had exported very little beer (in the last few decades the amount has hovered between 2-3 million barrels- so between 1-2% of total US production). That's compared to 13% of the US market made up of imported beer.

    If Budweiser is now a global brand, it is because starting in the early 1980s or so (50 years after the beer can's creation), Anheuser-Busch started making licensing deals with breweries in Canada (Labatt), Ireland (Guinness/Diageo), Japan (Suntory, later Kirin), Denmark (Carlsberg), the UK (Watney), Israel (National), etc., to brew Budweiser for their domestic market. Comparatively, not a lot of US-brewed Bud was shipped overseas in aluminum beer cans.

    Also, not sure how an article can discuss the aluminum beer can and not mention Coors, which succeeded with a 100% aluminum beer where the tiny Hawaii Brewing Co. failed.
     
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