When is Beer Can Appreciation Day?
Tuesday January 24thBeer Can Appreciation Day in 1935 commemorates the great day in 1935, when beer was first sold in cans.
Although Krueger Brewing Company of Richmond, Virginia, sold the first beer in a can, American Can Company created drinkable canned beer. Krueger took the risk with the American Can Company just weeks before Prohibition was repealed.. The hefty steel cans opened with a church key, weighing in at 4 ounces. Loyal Krueger's drinkers favored the can over the bottle 9-1.
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