BEER CAN APPRECIATION DAY – January 24
Tue Jan 24th

Beer Can Appreciation Day

Beer Can Appreciation Day honors the great day in 1935, when beer was first sold in cans.

American Can Company made drinkable canned beer available while Krueger Brewing Company of Richmond, Virginia, sold the first beer in a can, but American Can Company of Richmond, Virginia, made drinkable canned beer available. Krueger took the risk with the American Can Company just weeks before Prohibition was repealed. The hefty steel cans were opened with a church key, weighing in at 4 ounces. The can over the bottle 9-1 was preferred by Loyal Krueger's drinkers.

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Beer can history can be traced back to historic dates in beer can history

  • 1935 – Cone-Top – G. Heilemann Brewing Company, La Crosse, WI – G. Heilemann Brewing Company – Cone-Top – G. Heilemann Brewing Company – Cone-Top – G. Heilemann Brewing Company – Cone-Top – G. Heilemann Brewing Company – Cone-Top – G. Heilemann Brewing Company – Cone-Top – G
  • When Pittsburgh Brewing Company introduces Iron City Beer in self-opening cans with pull tabs, also known as pop tops, it revolutionizes the beer can. With their sharp edges, the pull tabs became the feared litter on beaches, parks, backyards, and anywhere beverages were consumed
  • 1975 – Stay Tab- Falls City Brewing Company of Louisville, Kentucky, introduces the Stay Tab, removing the pull tab's environmental impact from the pull tab

Various varieties of beer cans are available on this day, giving people the opportunity to enjoy and appreciate the many different varieties of beer cans. Collectors around the world are looking for rare, novel, and unique forms.. A collector may have hundreds of beer cans in many different shapes, styles, and ages.

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Enjoy a can of beer.. Investigate the art behind the beer cans while you're at it. As more craft beers hit the market, designing the labels became as much an art form as the can and beer do.. Learn more about beer making and the various styles of craft beer. Breweries on Tour are among the Tour's local breweries. Find out how to canning is done. As always, invite someone to join you. It is the most effective way to #CelebrateEveryDay, and it is the most popular way to #CelebrateEveryDay. When you do, use the hashtagBeerCanAppreciationDay to post on social media.

Beer can FAQ

Q. Why is it called a "church key"? Why is it called a "church key"?

A. Because this tool looks similar to the heavy iron keys that used to be used to lock a church, a can opener is called "church key." A. They also open something, a can, much like a key opens a door.

Is Beer Can Appreciation Day a beverage or invention holiday?

A. It's both! It's both! Improving the brewing and selling of beer through the canning process allowed more people to enjoy the beverage..

Q. Does the beer manufacturing affect other industries? Q. Did the beer development have an effect on other industries?

A. Yes. Yes. Yes. Once cans for beer were invented, canning of other beverages such as juice and soda was also possible.