so I have The Can Manufacturers Institute as a client
and read this beer related tid bit on their site I thought would be fun to share with the class
Go RVA
The first can of beer was sold January 24, 1935 in Richmond, Virginia. It was brewed by Kreuger Beer and came in a steel can made by the American Can Company. This tall cold one?a flat or punch top can?required a can opener. By August of that year, Pabst had become the first major brewer to add canned beer to its regular product line. And shortly thereafter, in September 1935, two beer makers, Schlitzlager and Heilman Lager, introduced the cone top can made by the Continental Can Company which, because it was similar in shape to a bottle, could be run through existing glass bottling lines. Schlitz had experimented with a barrel-shaped can, but introduced their beer in a spout-topped can that year as well.
Always wondered why the Conetop cans existed (in that they seemed so much harder to produce) but using the existing bottling lines makes a lot of sense now
