Chad Melis of Colorado’s Oskar Blues elaborated on why cans are superior to glass when packaging beer—aluminum cans are 100 percent recyclable and require less and less energy to produce when made from repurposed materials. Aluminum chills five times faster than glass, too.
A lot of other breweries are jumping on the canned bandwagon, too. The website craftcans.com lists more than 1,900 styles of canned beer, and that number is growing. Many of these beers will be available at can-only beer festivals this summer. Here’s a sampling of these shindigs.
AmeriCAN Canned Craft Beer Festival
Saturday, May 17
Host: SanTan Brewing Company
Scottsdale, Arizona