Crack A Cold One!
Beer Can Appreciation Day
Posted by: John Chandler on Jan 24, 2011 at 11:00AM
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It was on this day in 1935 that New Jersey’s Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company put beer in a can—for the very first time! And thus was born Beer Can Appreciation Day. Though I’m normally a relentless cheerleader for our regional craft beer community, for today I’ll grant you a special dispensation to schlep down to the market and pick up a sixer of cans.
Conventional brew wisdom holds that beer in a bottle tastes better than beer in a can, though cans outsell bottles. How do you account for this? Also, please share your favorite beer in a can brand with me and the rest of the drinking buddies. I’ve always been partial to Rainier in the can, myself.
Now let’s enjoy a little holiday music!
Negro Modelo in a can is especially nice on a steamy, skeeter infested, southern summer day. If that’s Beck, he looks like he’s twelve.
I’m going to second Rainier in a tallb. Or a nice can of 21st Amendment Fireside Chat for a cold winter evening.
Fearless Scottish Ale from Fearless Brewing out of Estacada. Surprisingly versatile (as far as food pairings or on its own) and smooth, it’s good any time of the year.
I don’t have a favorite, but I can say that, IMHO, the beer that’s supposed to benefit from a lined can, Keystone, is particularly vile.
As long as the can in question is a tall-boy, bring it on.