Very Important Day In History

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  Very Important Day In History


This day in 1935, Richmond Virginny

Grottfried Krueger Brewing Company and American Can Co partnered up to deliever the first Can Beer.

So which come first the Can or the Church key?

[Four-Eyed Buck]

Probably the church key, lR. I believe bottles had been capped for a while before that, although the provision for opening cans would've come after it.................Buck

[Four-Eyed Buck]

Just Googled the term "church key". Found a Wikipedia entry that said 1898 for bottles and 1935 for the modification to punture the cans.....................Buck

[Lucky Irish Tom]

Buck I am sure there were some people in 1898 who forget and left it in their back pocket and got their cans punctured when they sat down! 

[Delmonico]

Well, either invention ain't worth much if it's hard to open, I think the crown cap opener was invented by the folks who invented the cap, most likely similar with the can part.

[Four-Eyed Buck]

That's probably it, Del...........Buck

[Texas Lawdog]

I have evolved from the beer opener to the bottle cap openerm the pull tab, and the twist off caps. Hey, beer is good anyway you get it.  I really prefer bottles, but I'll take cans.  Draft is really the smoothest, but I can't afford a home beer tap.  I would probaly drink more if I had one of thise home tappers. 

[Arcey]

Gottah problem with the twist offs. My daughter brings home imports 'n stuff from micro-breweries. Where she developed a taste for that bitter crap I guess I'll never know. The caps on those things don't twist off. Commercial comes on, run ta the ice box, grab a bottle 'n run back. Take hold 'n give it a twist. Ya gottah scratched up hand 'n the wrong bottle. 

Should quit buyin' bottles anyway. Ain't the best idea when ya spend time in the garage or the barn. They're both on slabs. Glass 'n concrete don't get along when yer clumsy.

The grocery carries them mini-kegs of Heineken. Good beer. But it'd take up too much space in the ice box. That'd be ideal.

Reckon I'd be best off just gettin' cans.....

[Texas Lawdog]

I just don't like that metal taste from the cans.

[Arcey]

Really think if someone poured one of each in a glass mug 'n I didn't know which was what I couldn't tell the difference. I don't like drinkin' from the can. It's rough 'n sharp 'n this 'stache ah mine gets hung up in the freakin' tabs.

[Texas Lawdog]

Arcey,  I've experienced that problem with the none twist off caps.  My hands are not as tough as they used to be.  Heinken is really great beer, especially on draft.  Not every one in Texas drinks Pearl or Lone Star. It's a disgrace to beer drinkers everywhere. As long as they keep makin Bud Light, I'm happy.  We have a Miller Brewrey in Fort Worth, it's next to a Mrs Baird's bakery. All we need is a Oscar Meyer weiner factory to have beer and hotdogs.  Gotta love those dogs.

[Arcey]

That's a nice set up, Tex!

Got us an Annheiser-Busch brewery just down the road in Williamsburg. Thinkin' that's the most popular stuff here. I'm a fairly recent switch over from Coors to Bud.

Beer 'n chili dogs. Man, that sounds good! Wunner if Pleazin' has plans for supper........

[Lucky Irish Tom]

Arcey, ya need ta git yerself a kegerator fer tha garage, then ya wouldn't have to deal with the bottle problem.  Just get yourself a big ole beer stien. 

[Arcey]

Don't think ain't thought 'bout it. Big ole thing 'n leave the Solara parked outside.

[Delmonico]

Heck, TL, I figgered you drank Texas Pride, someone brought me a six of that one time years ago when I still did.  Took forever to get rid of it, nobody would take a second can and most were scared of the first, stuff makes the other two seem great, heck if made the plain lable beer seem good.

[Four-Eyed Buck]

The secret's in the water, Del. Sorta like not drinkin' down stream from the herd. Myself, I've gotten hooked on some beer from Slim's neck of the woods. Chippewa Falls to be exact. not a huge brewer, just started to be available in this area this summer. Got a tongue for it when we was visiting up in Milwaukee, Wissycoooonsin. Jacob Leinenkugel Brewery. they make lagers, wheat beers, and some interesting seasonals, including one that has berry juice in it. didn't think I'd like that one, but it is good. My two favorites are the Honeyweiss and Oktoberfest..............Buck

[Delmonico]

Buck, ya 'spose Sulpher Springs Texas wasn't a good place for a brewery?

[Tensleep]

Buck, ya 'spose Sulpher Springs Texas wasn't a good place for a brewery?

You ever drink any water from there?

[Four-Eyed Buck]

Could be, Del

[Texas Lawdog]

Sulphur Springs is better known for the large number of dairys in the county.