Comments on: Yesterday in History: Canned Beer Debuts in 1935

By: marvelous marvin

marvelous marvin — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:58:38 +0000

yes it is true cans are better but they too make noise in the trash. i have never strayed from the wonderful flavor and complexity of hand crafted brews that can only come in bottles. at the risk of offending some beer drinkers, if it comes in a can its not really beer just yellow fizz. yeehaa

By: marvelous marvin

marvelous marvin — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:51:48 +0000

fred knows cans are a great container but only for soup…

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:02:56 +0000

Pittsburgh Brewing company didn’t claim to have the first beer in cans. They claimed to have the first pull-top cans. It was a collaboration with Alcoa, that produced the cans.

By: philly dan

philly dan — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 14:53:47 +0000

Fred will only drink from a bottle, unless
only cans are available, in which case he might have one or two.
plus, i don’t think maudite comes in cans anyway. but cans come
in handy sometimes, since they don’t clink in the trash bag the way
bottles do.

By: Dr. Wicker

Dr. Wicker — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 13:42:41 +0000

> I seem to remember reading/hearing somewhere that Pittsburgh
> Brewing claimed to have been the first to have beer in cans

Pittsburgh Brewing (and Alcoa) owned the patent to the first pop top, in 1963.

By: Bill

Bill — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 20:50:55 +0000

Beer in glass bottles tastes better than beer in metal cans.

But maybe if you are drinking Bud or Coors or Miller, it does not really matter.

If you are drinking a handcrafted microbrew, it does make a difference.

By: Dr. Bamboo

Dr. Bamboo — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 19:10:49 +0000

I seem to remember reading/hearing somewhere that Pittsburgh Brewing claimed to have been the first to have beer in cans (I believe it was those old cone-top types).

I was always skeptical of this though…it seemed like they were just saying that to trade in on Pittsburgh’s steel and aluminum manufacturing heritage.