Tag: aluminum_cans

Aluminum can crunch is about to hit brewers & consumers where it hurts

Another kink in the supply chain threatens to reduce availability and increase prices. Ball Corporation, the massive supplier of aluminum cans to the beer industry,…

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Local Brewers Exhibit a “Can Do” Attitude

Today I share news of two breweries now canning beer: Schooner Exact Brewing and American Brewing. Just in time for Earth Day. Just in time…

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CANFEST in Reno – send me there to do my good work

I won’t try to hide the fact that this post is a shameless plug for me, Kendall Jones. The event organizers are giving away a…

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Celebrate Earth Day with beer

Today is Earth Day, which is kind of like the Superbowl for environmentalists. Even if you don’t like sports and hate millionaire athletes, you probably…

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7 Seas Brewing plans a big bash in Gig Harbor

Remember the fire? Before they’d even brewed their first batch of beer, Gig Harbor’s 7 Seas Brewing was devastated by fire in January of 2009….

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99 Bottles, 3 cans, and a sweet island breeze

Fresh in from the islands – 3 beers hit the mainland. As of yesterday, 99 Bottles in Federal Way now has beers from Maui Brewing…

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