What was the first beer in cans and when?!
The first beer in cans in the UK was made in Felinfoel Brewery, not half a mile from my house in Llanelli, South Wales, and went on sale to the public on the 19th of March 1936, they were extremely popular with our forces during the war.
http://www.felinfoel-brewery.com/history...
The brewery, one of two in our small town celebrated their centenary thirty years ago this year, I bought these bottles of their centenary ale then.
As a recovered alcoholic, I decided about six weeks ago to part with one of my treasured posessions and put them on EBay and was surprised not to get any offers.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2302/2238...
As a matter of topical interest, when Llanelli beat a touring All Black team in 1972 (I was there), Max Boyce immortalised the brewery in his song simply called 9 - 3, with these words, (because the pubs in Llanelli actually ran out of beer that week-end, I helped them) :-
"And the beer flowed at Stradey, piped down from Felinfoel,
And the glasses they were holding boys were strong from steel and coal"
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2108/2236...
I make no apologies for making a 'meal' out of this answer, because it has given me so much pleasure to reminisc, and if I can cheer up any of my Welsh, hungover friends this morning, then my living shall not be in vain.
Answers: What a wonderful question for me, an ex-patriot Welshman now residing in England.
The first beer in cans in the UK was made in Felinfoel Brewery, not half a mile from my house in Llanelli, South Wales, and went on sale to the public on the 19th of March 1936, they were extremely popular with our forces during the war.
http://www.felinfoel-brewery.com/history...
The brewery, one of two in our small town celebrated their centenary thirty years ago this year, I bought these bottles of their centenary ale then.
As a recovered alcoholic, I decided about six weeks ago to part with one of my treasured posessions and put them on EBay and was surprised not to get any offers.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2302/2238...
As a matter of topical interest, when Llanelli beat a touring All Black team in 1972 (I was there), Max Boyce immortalised the brewery in his song simply called 9 - 3, with these words, (because the pubs in Llanelli actually ran out of beer that week-end, I helped them) :-
"And the beer flowed at Stradey, piped down from Felinfoel,
And the glasses they were holding boys were strong from steel and coal"
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2108/2236...
I make no apologies for making a 'meal' out of this answer, because it has given me so much pleasure to reminisc, and if I can cheer up any of my Welsh, hungover friends this morning, then my living shall not be in vain.
A test run of 2,000 cans was produced in 1933 and these were sampled by regular Krueger drinkers. The results were positive, 91 per cent of them liked the can. It was not until Jan 24, 1935, that the first beer cans went on sale to the general public when Krueger’s Finest Beer went on sale in Richmond, Virginia.
In 1935, the first cans of beer were sold in the United States — Krueger’s Finest Beer and Krueger’s Cream Ale. Here are five ways the beer can has evolved.
It was evident that the consumer liked the can's no-deposit feature as well as their being stackable, non-breakable, and fast cooling
http://www.gono.com/history/marktest.htm
1) Flat top— made of steel, use a tough can opener
2) Pull tab — 1956, off with the whole top
3) All aluminum — Coors did it in 1958
4) Rivet pull tab — 1963, just the tab came off
5) Stay tabs — 1975, they helped prevent injuries