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"Partridge9":33fu33fa wrote: Cans have no style, Cans reduce packing costs, Cans are a symbol of mass produced beer. When someone says a can of beer to me - I see Dutch Gold,
People will argue that it tastes the same.. but beer would taste the same from a sterilised toilet too - or a shopping bag.

ever bought wine from a can ??
Didn't think so.

I personally am very disappointed with this development - hopefully it flops.[/quote:33fu33fa]

Your outlook is, like, *so* 1999.

Starting from 2002, there are now 154 US craft breweries putting their beer in cans.

The SN press release covers all the benefits that have made them popular. None of which matters if the beer is bad, but some of the best beers in America - Oskar Blues Ten Fidy, Surly Furious - are available exclusively in cans. The best IPA I've ever tasted, Red Racer from Vancouver, came out of a can.

There's no way that the long-established craft brewers - Harpoon, Goose Island, Magic Hat, as well as Sierra - would have made the move into cans in the past couple of years if the perception of canned beer hadn't changed among craft drinkers in the US. BrewDog knows it, too, because they're on the bandwagon, and hey, if they're doing it, it must be cool.

Seriously, though, nothing wrong with cans anymore.

Having said all that, most people over here would be on your line of thinking, so I wouldn't expect SN cans to come over here anytime soon.

"noby":53ldnrxb wrote:

"Tube":53ldnrxb wrote: Canning = selling out.
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Since when?[/quote:53ldnrxb]

So when are the Helvick Gold can's coming out? In time for festival season?

"DEMPSEY":2abv97ql wrote: If your interested in getting your own canning system,then here it is,if your interested that is,
[url:2abv97ql]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghBlEDawJjI&feature=related[/url:2abv97ql][/quote:2abv97ql]

Looks a bigger than the 10 by 2 feet they quote in the voice over

I wonder how much?

Opportunity to set up a small scale canning op for craft/home brewers?

Bring along a 50 l keg and take home 100 cans??


Will

"Partridge9":2laqmaye wrote: I love the fact it has doggedly stuck to its pale ale recipe even though a million breweries have sprouted up copying the style (numbers maybe off a little!)[/quote:2laqmaye]

it actually two recipes one of bottling and one for draft

"Partridge9":2laqmaye wrote: I personally am very disappointed with this development - hopefully it flops.[/quote:2laqmaye]

Can's are by far better then bottle, try London pride, pedigree or brew-dog IPA much better beer than there bottled version