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» » Packaging, Bottling, and KeggingBeer drinkers in Australia are being warned to check their cans after a recall was issued for one product over fears of ‘exploding’ cans and higher alcohol content than stated due to secondary fermentation.
Read more...MicroStar Logistics, the largest independent owner of beer kegs in the world, announced that it has acquired the keg rental company Kegstar. The acquisition will grow Denver-based MicroStar’s international business by taking on Kegstar’s clients which include breweries in Australia, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the U.S.
Read more...Cans now make up 44% of all packaged craft beer sales according to an annual packaging study done by Bart Watson, economist at the Brewers Association. The study compared the sales of cans versus bottles in different pack configurations, including 4-pack, 6-pack, 12-pack and loose.
Read more...Craft brewers have always been artful and innovative in label and package design. And in a beer set, where the consumer faces a wall of color and art, it is hard to stand out.
Read more...A pilot program in Northern California will collect and wash beer bottles to be returned back to the brewery for reuse.
Read more...Can carriers have improved in recent years towards more recyclable options, including what has become the popular overwrap carton for cans. But cans in a box don’t allow consumers to read “canned-on” dates or other info that may be on the can and not the carrier. A new innovation has just been introduced that is a fully recyclable paper can carrier that functions in the same way as the plastic carrier.
Read more...While the explosive growth of hard seltzer and craft beer in cans has had a significant impact on the shortage of cans to the beverage business, small changes in trends for mainstream beer can have an even bigger impact, according to a report on the can shortage by First Key Consulting.
Read more...Ball Corp. announced that they are purchasing a 1.1 million square foot building in Pittston, Pennsylvania that will help to stem the concern over a shortage of cans in the beverage industry.
Read more...The supply of CO2 may get worse before it gets better.
Read more...Everyone in the industry knows that aluminum beverage cans have been in high demand, even before the virus crisis. With the growing popularity of canned wine and cocktails, combined with booming sales of hard seltzer, the pressure has been on the can manufacturers to increase supply. But when the COVID-19 crisis forced beer out of kegs due to the closure of the on-premise business, most breweries, large and small, pivoted to canning more beer than before to sell into the off-premise.
Read more...With brewery tasting rooms shut down in most states since mid-March, those breweries which depend on their on-premise sales for most if not all of their revenue have struggled the most. With no outlets to sell kegged beer to, mobile canning companies have come to the rescue.
Read more...When the on-premise business shut down, many small brewers who rely on draft sales were faced with a dilemma. How to get beer into bottles or cans quickly to sell beer to-go, direct ship or sell into the still-open off-premise accounts. The Can Van, a mobile canning company servicing Northern California is just one example of how a quick pivot made the difference for some craft brewers to stay in business during the pandemic.
Read more...Although import beer makes up about 20% of the U.S. beer market, almost none of it is packaged here. Instead, the expensive task of shipping bottles, cans and kegs continues to be the norm. But with thousands of kegs “stuck” at closed on-premise businesses, the idea of shipping beer from other countries in bulk and then packaging here in the U.S. may be a trend in the future.
Read more...Members of our Discussion Board have been discussing methods for making hand sanitizer. Here’s one option, the World Health Organization published a guide to local production of hand sanitizer. It provides a standard recipe for both ethanol and isopropyl alcohol based hand sanitizers. Here’s the standard recipe for ethanol based hand sanitizer:
Read more...Yes, it is getting hyper competitive out there for craft breweries. And there is one common denominator for success; good quality beer. Exercising a basic quality control program is not out of reach for even the smallest of brewery operations. All breweries should have in place a quality control program that covers all of the basics. Five core QC components that are essential to producing good beer consistently are laid out here.
Read more...Blefa Kegs announced today that they have acquired a major stake in American Keg Company of Pottstown, PA. The agreement will help ensure accelerated growth in production for American Keg according to a news release
Read more...Twenty years ago, beer in a can signaled a “cheap” or mass-marketed brand. Craft brewers shuddered at the thought of putting high-flavored, authentically brewed craft beer in a can.
Read more...2020 Craft Beer Marketing Awards
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If you are planning buy equipment manufactured abroad or export beer to other countries, you should become familiar with the potential risks of price fluctuations and supply chain disruptions.
Read more...Finnish Scientists hope that instances of exploding bottles and cans of beer will soon be a thing of the past thanks to an innovation that can genetically test for diastatic yeasts. “We don’t have an exact date for when this new technology will be available on the market, but we expect by next year because the test itself is quite straightforward,” said Principal Scientist Brian Gibson
Via Food Ingredients First