{"id":349989,"date":"2010-02-22T14:15:55","date_gmt":"2010-02-22T19:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greenrightnow.com\/?p=8590"},"modified":"2010-02-22T14:15:55","modified_gmt":"2010-02-22T19:15:55","slug":"canned-beer-loses-its-%e2%80%98bad%e2%80%99-reputation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/349989","title":{"rendered":"Canned beer loses its \u2018bad\u2019 reputation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>From Green Right Now Reports<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8592\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 209px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8592\" title=\"All-5-Cans-Web-New\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenrightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/All-5-Cans-Web-New.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: cask.com\" width=\"199\" height=\"109\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: cask.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Still think of aluminum cans as the red-headed stepchild of the beer container industry? <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bonappetit.com\/magazine\/2010\/01\/the_beer_can_revolution\" >Bon Appetit<\/a><\/em> magazine suggests that it may be time to take a second look.<\/p>\n<p>According to the publication, nearly 75 breweries in the United States and Canada have switched their premium beers from glass to aluminum cans. Among reasons cited for the move: Delivering a fresher and better-tasting beer, the versatility of the can, and \u2013 yes! \u2013 a lower environmental impact.<\/p>\n<p>The article (\u201cThe Beer Can Revolution\u201d) includes the results of an in-house taste test with Matthew Lenning, <em>Bon Appetit\u2019<\/em>s design director and avowed beer aficionado.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was completely preconditioned to think that canned beer equaled bad beer,\u201d Lenning said. \u201cTasting is believing, however.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As for the can\u2019s advantages in terms of sustainability, the article had this to say:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCans are easier on the environment. They are nearly 50 percent lighter to ship than bottles, which greatly reduces their carbon footprint. Jamie Gordon at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cask.com\/main\/index.php\" >Cask Brewing Systems<\/a>, the Canadian company that invented the craft canning system in 1999 and sold its first U.S. model to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oskarblues.com\/\" >Oskar Blues<\/a> several years later, says the number one reason brewers call him is environmental concerns.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Creating a more eco-friendly product is what led (Garrett) Marrero (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mauibrewingco.com\/\" >Maui Brewing Co.<\/a>) to put his craft brews exclusively in cans, a decision that helped earn him a \u2018Who&#8217;s Keeping Hawaii Green\u2019 award in 2008.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Marrero also talked about the relative ease with which aluminum can be re-used.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Aluminum is infinitely recyclable, and recycled cans can be back on the shelf with new product within eight weeks,&#8221; he said. &#8220;To use bottles, we&#8217;d have to ship from thousands of miles away only to ship it back. The cans are locally produced and have a one-way journey. It&#8217;s better for the beer, better for the environment.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Green Right Now Reports Photo: cask.com Still think of aluminum cans as the red-headed stepchild of the beer container industry? Bon Appetit magazine suggests that it may be time to take a second look. According to the publication, nearly 75 breweries in the United States and Canada have switched their premium beers from glass [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-349989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349989\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}