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Beer Can Appreciation Day
Beer Can Appreciation Day is celebrated on January 24th of each year. The staff at National Whatever Day were unable to discover the origin of Beer Can Appreciation Day.
A Beer can is a metal container designed to hold a fixed portion of beer and are made of aluminum or tin-plated steel.
Beginning in the 1930s, after an established history of success with storing food, metal cans were used to store beverages—first with beer and then not long after that sodas with their higher acidity and somewhat higher pressures. The key development for storing beverages in cans was the interior liner, typically plastic or sometimes a waxy substance, that helped to keep the beverage’s flavor from being ruined by a chemical reaction with the metal. Another major factor for the timing was the end of Prohibition in the US at the end of 1933.
Canned beverages were factory-sealed and required a special opener tool in order to consume the contents. Cans were typically formed as cylinders, having a flat top and bottom. These would become known as “punch top” cans, they required an opener, typically a wedge shaped metal cutter known as a church key that latched onto the top rim for leverage where lifting it by hand would cut a triangular opening at the top edge of the can. A small second hole was usually punched at the opposite side of the top in order to let air in, allowing the beverage to flow freely.
MORE: http://www.nationalwhateverday.com/whatever-days/january/beer-can-appreciation-day/
Does anyone have a beer can collection? If so, what is your oldest can and what brand beer did it contain?
Beer Can Appreciation Day is celebrated on January 24th of each year. The staff at National Whatever Day were unable to discover the origin of Beer Can Appreciation Day.
A Beer can is a metal container designed to hold a fixed portion of beer and are made of aluminum or tin-plated steel.
Beginning in the 1930s, after an established history of success with storing food, metal cans were used to store beverages—first with beer and then not long after that sodas with their higher acidity and somewhat higher pressures. The key development for storing beverages in cans was the interior liner, typically plastic or sometimes a waxy substance, that helped to keep the beverage’s flavor from being ruined by a chemical reaction with the metal. Another major factor for the timing was the end of Prohibition in the US at the end of 1933.
Canned beverages were factory-sealed and required a special opener tool in order to consume the contents. Cans were typically formed as cylinders, having a flat top and bottom. These would become known as “punch top” cans, they required an opener, typically a wedge shaped metal cutter known as a church key that latched onto the top rim for leverage where lifting it by hand would cut a triangular opening at the top edge of the can. A small second hole was usually punched at the opposite side of the top in order to let air in, allowing the beverage to flow freely.
MORE: http://www.nationalwhateverday.com/whatever-days/january/beer-can-appreciation-day/
Does anyone have a beer can collection? If so, what is your oldest can and what brand beer did it contain?