Some craft brewers being deterred by the high cost of acquisition associated with the procurement of a canning line never-the-less decided that the only way they could compete in the marketplace was by making their beer available in cans. To accomplish this goal, they determined that the only cost effective way was to contract out the effort to another brewer who had the capability to perform the task. Contract brewing was certainly not a new approach in the brewing industry but it was a new move for the craft brewers and enabled them to compete in the marketplace.

The following can photos are being provided so the can collector has a visual image of all the available contract brewed microbrewery cans. After all, this represents the first time in a collectors life that he or she has the opportunity to collect all of a specific can type

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