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A surplus of geekery by :: Fred Abercrombie

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Happy Day: Vintage Acme Beer Can

I was just notified that today, Jan 24, is Beer Can Appreciation Day (thanks, Jay). Here’s a vintage Acme beer can my wife gave me as a pencil holder, circa 1940s-ish.

I appreciate how the art looks almost like a tattoo up close … See the rest »

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Crunch: Ming Dynasty Beer Cans

Though the artist Lei Xue intended them for tea, hence the title “Drinking Tea(2007),” they’d be great beer cans for the fancy new Chinese PBR, Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer 1844.

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Beer: Happy Birthday to the Beer Can!

75 years ago today, beer was first put into a can by Krueger Brewing of Newark (followed by the first major brewery to do so, Pabst).

To celebrate I’ll be poppin’ some serious cannage all week. Woo-hoo! Sadly, the Duff can above is only an energy drink. However, a nice Sharpied umlaut would instantly convert it to imported energy drink, Düff. Price change!

Funny how the can is coming back in popularity, thanks to brewers like Oskar Blues who started canning in 2003 and even SF’s 21st Amendment in 2008. Now it’s pretty easy to find craft beer in a can. It’s just expensive. A four pack of Maui Brewing Company Coconut Porter will set you back almost ten bones. Y’ouch. But so damn tasty.

Avery just announced they’ll start canning their beers this April.

Here’s more info on beer can history and design at Web Urbanist.
(Thanks for the heads up, Pissed Ramblings!)

Vintage Beer Cans Found In Wall of 301 Webster

Found: Vintage Beer Cans In Wall of SF Apartment

MORE BEER CAN SCHTÜFF:
Vintage Billy Beer Can .. Unopened!
Beer In A Can: Hell Or High Watermelon Wheat from 21st Amendment
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Beer In A Can: Fishnet Lingerie Design
Wear: Brew Holster Cult

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Beer In A Can: Billy Beer … Unopened!

Unopened can of Billy Beer

Where can you find an unopened can of vintage Billy Beer? My Mom’s fridge in Chicago. Been in there since ’77. Chillin. ‘Cuz a cold crappy beer is worth more than warm crappy beer, right?

Unopened can of Billy Beer

While the can states Billy Carter was “one of America’s all-time great beer drinkers“, his brother President Jimmy Carter‘s favorite beer was actually PBR (via Wiki).

Did you know you can help buy the Pabst Blue Ribbon Brewery via a crowdsourcing project called Buy A Brewery? Check it out. (Thanks, Mike)

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Beer In A Can: Hell Or High Watermelon Wheat from 21st Amendment

See 21A's Hell Or High Watermelon Wheat on Flickr

It was 76° today in the Bay Area. What the hell? It’s November.

No matter. Perfect weather to crack open a can of 21A‘s Hell Or High Watermelon Wheat Beer. Probably my favorite Summer beer. Even in the faux Summer. It’s a creamy, refreshing, and damn satisfying can ‘o nectar. Not nearly as sweet as other fruity beers you may’ve tried (Apricot, perhaps?). Their distribution’s getting better, so find sixers of it at Whole Foods and most of your fav liquor stores.

For the geeks: 17 IBU,  4.9% Alc

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Found: Vintage Beer Cans In Wall Of Lower Haight Apt.

Vintage Beer Cans Found In Wall of 301 Webster

Helped a good friend move out of what used to be my wife’s old apartment. Back behind the victorian moldings of their built-in bookcase were dozens of vintage beer cans—as if the former occupants would toss ’em up and over after they’d knock ’em back. A nice little time capsule of pull-top Lucky Lager, Miller High Life, Hamm’s, Rainier, and Olympia vintage beer cans.

Coincidentally, this was the day I had scored free tix to the Beer Shed at Eat Real Fest from Mario at Brewed For Thought. (Thanks anyway, man!)

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“From the land of sky blue waters.”
Love the design of this Hamm’s tall boy.

Vintage tall boy Miller High Life and Olympia Beer Cans

Olympia … “It’s the Water.” Not to be confused with Hamm’s sky-blue variety.

Vintage Labatt's Half Quart Can

Vintage Lucky Lager Beer Can

Hamms and Rainier Beer Cans

BONUS: VINTAGE HAMM’S BEER COMMERCIALS

And remember those Hamm’s “rippling” beer signs? Hypnotic.

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Beer Can: Burgermeister Uncut Tin Sheet
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Beer: Freezy Freakies Can & Chilling Experiments from Project Cold / Coors Light

Freaky Freezies or Freezy Freakies?

Remember Freezy Freakies, or was it Freaky Freezies, the 80’s gloves that changed colors in the snow? I had dragon ones that totally corroded my fingernails. Wonder why they were discontinued.

Coors Light‘s new “cold activated” can applies the same technology (of the non fingernail-warping variety) and changes color when it’s cold enough to drink. Not gimmicky at all. And sooo necessary. Cough. Cough. 

Coors Light Cold Activated Can

Need to chill a beer fast? Follow my instructions … 

CHILL OUT WITH THE UMLAUT
Cold beer in 3 minutes: 

  1. Fill a bowl with water & ice. 
  2. Toss in a handful of salt (swirl for the magic).
  3. Submerge your beers for 3 mins. Enjoy.

Or, cold Coors Light in 30 seconds:

  1. Fill a glass with water.
  2. Toss in ice cubes.
  3. Drink. 

Rim shot! Check out videos of different beer-chilling experiments at Project Cold. Some are actually scientific. Some are just plain silly.