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Beer Cans Come Back
- NPR.org , Friday, August 10, 2012 10:20 AM
Microbreweries and craft beers have traditionally been bottled, partly because it is cost effective: capping bottles costs a lot less than sealing cans, which requires special equipment. And there is also the snob factor, as cans are associated with mass market beers. But that has changed in recent years and new companies have sprung up in three of the U.S.'s craft beer capitals - Colorado, northern California, and the Pacific Northwest - that can put a fully automated canning line on a truck, and package beer wherever and whenever a brewer requests.
