CANS

You may have heard that we’re switching from 12 oz bottles to 16oz cans, 4-packs of Tall Boys, to be exact. If so, you heard correctly. And when you heard that you may have said to yourself “why are they doing that?” If so, we’re going to explain it to you.

First off, bottles are a fine package. We’ve enjoyed countless beers from them, packaged beer in them, and will continue our translucent friendship with them (we will continue to package our special release beers in 22oz bottles). But when it came time to plunk down some cash and purchase a long-term packaging solution, we had to think long and hard.

Here is why we’ll be moving to cans:

1. Cans allow no light into the beer. For a craft brewing company like ours that tries very hard to keep all of the natural qualities of beer intact, doesn’t pasteurize or use stabilizers, it’s important to preserve those elements. Cans offer the best way to do that. So, with Oxygen pickup in the canning process as low or lower than any other and beer never touching the can itself due to a protective lining, beer is safer in a can.

2. Cans are nearly 100% recyclable and are less than one-third the weight of a bottle, so the overall environmental footprint is much smaller.

3. Boats, beaches, bike paths, ball games, rock shows, retreats, riding skateboards, hiking, handgliding, fishing, Frisbee, on and on and on; no broken glass. Drink it, crush it, get it out of there.

So, off we go. Should we “need” to shotgun a few beers along the way, we’ll be able to do that too.

Canned Crafted. Beer Is Better In Here.



Half Acre Beer Co
Chicago, IL