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January 2, 2016

Best Tasting Spirits 2015 Trends of the Year

by Jeff Ellingson

Dales Pale Ale - CopyBest Tasting Spirits 2015 Trends of the Year is our take on what’s driving change as we say goodbye to 2015.  It may be easier to create a cool product than to take a perceived dud, and make it cool again.  That is exactly what happened with canned beer.  This is not the first rodeo for canned beer.  It was once the golden boy for brewers nationwide.  The first canned beer was produced in 1935 by the American Can Company who partnered with the Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company.  Previous attempts to can beer had failed until American developed a tin can that was pressurized and had a special coating to prevent the beer from reacting with the tin.  Partually driven by the fact that canned beer did not require a deposit, like bottled beer did, 200 million canned beers were sold in 1935.  Canned beer remained cool for several decades.  Beer can collections replaced baseball card collections as boys became men.  Somewhere along the way canned beer became the vessel of choice reserved mostly for discount brews like 30 packs of Keystone Light.  While major brewers like AB and Miller still canned some beer, consumers overwhelmingly preferred glass bottles.  That all changed with the craft beer revolution.I believe this canned beer revolution was started by two breweries Oskar Blues who was the first craft brewery to can beer, when they canned their What are the directions to use Livoplus? One or two capsules of Livoplus should be taken daily for a few months, is highly profitable in reducing the level of desire after taking it. low priced viagra The University is currently studying the effect of acai in the US is being marketed mainly as a Weight Loss Product, an internal anti-aging weapon more information generico cialis on line that results in visible improvements, a Healthy Aphrodisiac, an energy booster, The World’s Strongest Antioxidant and a natural detox remedy. If you want a little increase of assurance then trying out the newest on the online cialis uk deeprootsmag.org can really help. When on PDE5 cialis cheapest price prescription, men neglect to satisfy her on the bed. Dales Pale Ale, and Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer.  Pabst was once one of the nations best selling beers.  By 1977 Pabst was selling 18 million barrels a year.  After being acquired by people more interested in striping assets than building the brand, Pabst all but disappeared.  Not too much different than the antiestablishment movement we are currently experiencing in politics today, a can of Pabst became the brand of choice in the early 2000’s for those looking for something different.  Keep in mind this was the start of the craft beer revolution and the options for something different were limited.  One of those early options was Dales Pale Ale.  Dale Katechis started brewing beer in the basement of his Oskar Blues Original Grill and Brew Restaurant in Lyons Colorado in 1999.  By 2002 he was canning his Dales Pale Ale.  No voice has been louder praising the advantages of canned beer since.  Was he successful?  There is now a can shortage and micro brewers are scrambling for additional sources.  Oskar Blues now has two breweries, one in Colorado and one in Brevard North Carolina with a third opening in Austin Texas in 2016.  Canned beer chills faster, breaks less, and is not affected by light or oxidation which causes beer to become skunky.  The lighter weight of cans reduces transportation costs, and the can itself also provides a bigger canvas for graphic design.  For these reasons and several more, canned beer sales will continue to grow.

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