{"id":2909,"date":"2010-01-24T13:55:43","date_gmt":"2010-01-24T20:55:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/?p=2909"},"modified":"2010-07-16T14:12:45","modified_gmt":"2010-07-16T21:12:45","slug":"beer-happy-birthday-to-the-beer-can","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/?p=2909","title":{"rendered":"Beer: Happy Birthday to the Beer Can!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2913\" title=\"Simpsons Duff Beer Can\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/simpsons_duff_can.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"405\" height=\"608\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/simpsons_duff_can.jpg 405w, http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/simpsons_duff_can-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 405px) 100vw, 405px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>75 years ago today, beer was first put into a can by <strong>Krueger Brewing<\/strong> of Newark (followed by the first major brewery to do so, <strong>Pabst<\/strong>).<\/p>\n<p>To celebrate I&#8217;ll be poppin&#8217; some serious cannage all week. Woo-hoo! Sadly, the <strong>Duff<\/strong> can above is only an energy drink. However, a nice Sharpied umlaut would instantly convert it to <em>imported<\/em> energy drink, <strong>D\u00fcff<\/strong>. Price change!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2915\" title=\"Anderson Valley Beer Can and Maui Brewing\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/avbc_maui.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"405\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/avbc_maui.jpg 405w, http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/avbc_maui-300x271.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 405px) 100vw, 405px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Funny how the can is coming back in popularity, thanks to brewers like <strong>Oskar Blues<\/strong> who <a title=\"Oska Blues Celebrates 7 Years In A Can\" href=\"http:\/\/oskarbluesbrewsbikes.blogspot.com\/2009\/11\/oskar-blues-celerates-7-years-in-can.html\" target=\"_blank\">started canning in 2003<\/a> and even SF&#8217;s <a title=\"21st Amendment Hell or High Watermelon Canned Beer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/?p=2404\">21<\/a><sup><a title=\"21st Amendment Hell or High Watermelon Canned Beer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/?p=2404\">st<\/a><\/sup><a title=\"21st Amendment Hell or High Watermelon Canned Beer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/?p=2404\"> Amendment<\/a> in 2008. Now\u00a0it&#8217;s pretty easy to find craft beer in a can. It&#8217;s just expensive. A four pack of <strong>Maui Brewing Company<\/strong> Coconut Porter will set you back almost ten bones. Y&#8217;ouch. But so damn tasty.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Avery<\/strong> <a title=\"Avery announces canned beer\" href=\"http:\/\/beernews.org\/2010\/01\/avery-brewing-to-begin-canning-in-april-release-new-beer\/\" target=\"_blank\">just announced<\/a> they&#8217;ll start canning their beers this April.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s more info on beer can history and design at\u00a0<a title=\"History and packaging of the beer can\" href=\"http:\/\/weburbanist.com\/2009\/05\/24\/more-than-packaging-the-history-of-beer-cans\/\" target=\"_blank\">Web Urbanist<\/a>.<br \/>\n(Thanks for the heads up,\u00a0<a title=\"Pissed Ramblings\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/pissedramblings\" target=\"_blank\">Pissed Ramblings<\/a>!)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/?p=2048\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2049\" title=\"Vintage Beer Cans Found In Wall of 301 Webster\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/CanRowFred_405.jpg\" alt=\"Vintage Beer Cans Found In Wall of 301 Webster\" width=\"405\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/CanRowFred_405.jpg 405w, http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/CanRowFred_405-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 405px) 100vw, 405px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Found: Vintage Beer Cans In Wall of SF Apt\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/?p=2048\">Found: Vintage Beer Cans In Wall of SF Apartment<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE BEER CAN SCHT\u00dcFF<\/strong>:<br \/>\n<a title=\"Billy Beer on the Umlaut\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/?p=2550\">Vintage Billy Beer Can .. Unopened!<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Hell Or High Watermelon Wheat Beer from 21st Amendment\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/?p=2404\">Beer In A Can: Hell Or High Watermelon Wheat from 21st Amendment<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Burgermeister Uncut Tin Sheet\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/?p=1954\">Beer Can: Burgermeister Uncut Tin Sheet<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Beer In A Can: Fishnet Lingerie Design\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/?p=1770\">Beer In A Can: Fishnet Lingerie Design<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Wear: Brew Holster Cult\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/?p=1478\">Wear: Brew Holster Cult<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8217;ll be poppin&#8217; 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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[291,1131,779,1130,1127,1128,1129,1132,261],"class_list":["post-2909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beer","tag-anderson-valley-brewing","tag-avery-brewing","tag-beer-can","tag-coconut-porter","tag-duff-beer","tag-krueger-brewing","tag-maui-brewing-company","tag-oskar-blues","tag-the-simpsons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2909"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4954,"href":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2909\/revisions\/4954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}