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May have been noted elsewhere but has anyone seen the new [b:4rclj6i7]Caffreys aluminum bottle[/b:4rclj6i7] which has now been introduced for the Molson/Coors range?

I'm no fan of cans (or the Molson range) but I think this is an interesting departure and I wonder if it would satisfy those dissenters (myself included) who balked at Siera Nevada in cans.... Sierra Nevada in Aluminum Bottles? Now that I could buy...

Link to pic of bottles attached:

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It's a good idea.
I like carling from cans, but not from bottle or keg.
So maybe the Aluminium bottle will sort that out.

&amp;quot;Felini&amp;quot;:1ktw3z0o wrote: I wonder if it would satisfy those dissenters (myself included) who balked at Siera Nevada in cans.... [/quote:1ktw3z0o]

Sierra are actually late to the party.

There are now over 500 American craft beers from 175+ breweries in cans. They even have their own festival:
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There's nothing wrong with cans anymore.

I vividly remember the first time I ordered a craft beer and got handed a can (this was in NYC, in a restaurant I would trust to know their craft beer). I had a few seconds of violent, desperate introspection, weighing the relative importance which I placed on (a) shipping and packaging costs, (b) resilience to skunking and staling, and (c) having a really sharp-looking beer bottle sitting next to my glass. What was good beer, to me? Could I enjoy it on its own merits? Was it just a reaction to Budweiser? To a culture of mass production?

And then I drank the beer. It was a very nice stout. Go cans.

cans are great. you can crush them and throw them into the green bin! no need to go to the bottle bank <!-- s:P --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_razz.gif" alt="" title="Razz" /><!-- s:P -->

i never drink beer from the neck of the bottle i always use a glass

cans cool down faster and keep costs of shipping down

whats not to like?

take note irish craft brewers

&amp;quot;emmetg&amp;quot;:e7q3qlxb wrote: take note irish craft brewers[/quote:e7q3qlxb]

I have no problem with cans

BUT:

Have you ever capped a bottle of beer at home? Easy Peasy!!

Now AFAIK there is no way to can a beer at home!

A canning plant costs "Arms and Legs" to set up.

What is needed in this coutry is a contract canning line ( like there is for LARGE volume micro breweries when they out grow the manual bottling line).

After all packaing cost is why startup micro brewers keg or cask the beer. That is so easy and cheap that we do it at home!

Will