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 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

Click here for a printable checklist of contract brewed cans

Black Star Golden Lager	Black Star Lager	Black Star Lager	Black Star Light	Black Star Light	Brooklyn Lager
Great Northern Brewing	Great Northern Brewing	Great Northern Brewing	Great Northern Brewing	Great Northern Brewing	Brooklyn Brewery
Whitefish MT	Whitefish MT	Whitefish MT	Whitefish MT	Whitefish MT	Brooklyn NY
Pabst	General Brewing	Pabst Brewing	Pabst Brewing	Pabst Brewing	West End Brewing
12 oz	12 oz	12 oz	12 oz	24 oz	12 oz
	For a clean, crisp...	A clean, crisp...
Brooklyn Lager	Capital 1900	Carolina Blonde Light	Chasing Tail Golden Ale	Crew Lager	Desert Lager
Brooklyn Brewery	Capital Brewery	Carolina Beer Company	Utah Brewers Cooperative	Penn Brewing Co	Palm Springs Brewing
Brooklyn NY	Middleton WI	Mooresville NC	Salt Lake City UT	Pittsburgh PA	Palm Springs CA
West End Brewing	Stevens Point	Strohs Brewing		Jones Brewing	Strohs Brewing
12 oz	12 oz	12 oz	16 oz	12 oz	12 oz
Dock Street Amber	Elm City Export	Henry Ortleibs Select	Island Wheat Ale	Macs Highlander Pale Ale	Macs Scottish Style Amber Ale
Poor Henrys Brewing	New Haven Brewing	Poor Henrys Brewing	Capital Brewery	Portland Brewing Co	Portland Brewing Co
Philadelphia PA	New Haven CT	Philadelphia PA	Middleton WI	Portland OR	Portland OR
West End Brewing	FX Matt Brewing	West End Brewing	Huber Brewing	August Schell Brewing	August Schell Brewing
12 oz	12 oz	12 oz	12 oz	12 oz	12 oz
MacTarnahans Scottish Style Amber	Manhattan Gold	Manhattan Gold	Provo Girl	Pyramid Sun Fest
Portland Brewing Co	Manhattan Brewing	Manhattan Brewing	Utah Brewers Cooperative	Pyramid Brewing
Portland OR	New York NY	New York NY	Salt Lake City UT	Seattle WA
Pacific Western (Canada)	Lion	West End	(Canada)	Pacific Western Brewing
12 oz	12 oz	12 oz	12 oz	12 oz
St Provo Girl	Sierra Dorado	Stadium Lager	Wisconsin Amber	Wisconsin Amber
Utah Brewers Cooperative	Black Mountain Brewing	Crooked River Brewing	Capital Brewing	Capital Brewing
Salt Lake City UT	Cave Creek AZ	Cleveland OH	Middleton WI	Middleton WI
(Canada)	West End Brewing	Frederick Brewing	Stevens Point Brewing	Huber Brewing
12 oz	12 oz	16 oz	12 oz	12 oz