One of the most important inventions in all of human history turns 75 tomorrow.
Be sure to crack open a cold one on Jan. 24, the day canned beer celebrates its 75th birthday.
New Jersey’s Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company churned out the world’s first beer can in 1935, stocking select shelves in Richmond, Va., as a market test. The experiment took off and American drinkers haven’t looked back since, nowadays choosing cans over bottles for the majority of the 22 gallons of beer they each drink per year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Canned brewskies may have only hit shelves in 1935, but the drink’s history goes back much further — at least 6,000 years, in fact, to ancient Iraq.
Do click the link for the really, really important history lesson for today.
Why it’s the diamond jubilee of the canned beer! (We are a bit concerned that the anniversary list appears to end at 75. One hopes that is just an oversight.)
Frankly, this may explain this article that we looked at a few days ago. Sure, they were 25 years behind, but they got there.
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Gaius -
I’d rather drink beer in the bottle for ‘taste’ reasons. But bottles have other advantages over cans:
http://tinyurl.com/49ywpz
Just in time for the NFL AFC and NFC championships. Coincidence?
But I do agree – beer does taste better out of the bottle than a can.
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Great video, Maggie.
Cans have their place. They’re a lot easier to lug to the beach and are mandatory poolside here at the Crabitat.
If we ever get to use the pool again, that is. At the moment, the Great White North is just outside my door….
Gaius -
How about a compromise? The aluminum beer bottle?
My husband works at the only factory in the USA that makes them. They should be doing some for the Super Bowl teams.
http://tinyurl.com/y9vscpn
http://tinyurl.com/ybe4awp
Problem is, they’re too darned pretty to throw away or even recycle. I know. Hubby has a collection of them in his basement work room. I forbid him from buying anymore beer in the things!