A Brief History of the Beer Can
9th April 2019
- Open.
- Pour.
Any questions?
I’ll bet you didn’t know that there was a National Beer Can Appreciation Day.
9th April 2019
Any questions?
I’ll bet you didn’t know that there was a National Beer Can Appreciation Day.
April 10th, 2019 at 09:41
Way back in childhood, my Dad’s old spinster aunts took my very young sisters for a weekend. Those old women thought Lawrence Welk was too radical, so my sisters were pretty unhappy. After lunch one day, they took them to the park and my sisters ran around collecting “rings” (the old style beer can pull tabs), much to the Aunt’s horror.
I did some work for a beer can plant. It’s actually pretty fascinating to watch the cans being made. All that complicated printing on the side is done as the can passes through a 6 inch printer at pretty considerable speed. (I do realize that many people would not be as impressed as I was.)
Also did some work for a recycler. It’s a lot dirtier process than people have been led to believe. There’s coating inside of the can and paint on the outside that gets burned off, and they use chlorine to remove magnesium. (Notice how the lid is less flexible than the rest of the can? It’s a magnesium/aluminum alloy.)