Hex
Well-Known Member
I wonder if any homebrewers are taking advantage of this service?
http://brewreview.com/blog/the-can-van/
http://brewreview.com/blog/the-can-van/
....but by labeling cans in a similar process to labeling glass bottles, The Can Van is able to can any amount of beer with no minimums necessary, at up to 36 cans per minute.
I wish they would franchise this. I'd love to purchase one and run a side business with it. I have no interest in brewing beer commercially, but would love to be involved in the business somehow.
Didn't the article start off with a minimum of 100,000 cans? That's a lot HBT batches.
Airborne, you do this I'll roll with you on some weekends. Sounds like a hoot.
No, it says:
"Typically canning requires a minimum order of 100,000 cans, but by labeling cans in a similar process to labeling glass bottles, The Can Van is able to can any amount of beer with no minimums necessary, at up to 36 cans per minute."
I talk with them about 1/2 an hour and think its a brilliant idea. I see two types of groups interested in their services.
1) Contract brewers who are are draft only and want to can one-off batches
2) Brewpubs who don't have the space to store cans or a canning line (remember you need to order cans by the truck load).
Since they are targeting the San Francisco area where space is a premium. There are plenty of brewpubs/small brewers who want to be "green" and distribute in stores, but don't have the storage space for pallets of cans.
They are also based out of Devils Canyon Brewery who does a lot of contact brewing/alternating proprietorships. So they are already in the same building as some of their key customers.
Seems to me, that if you are in a cooler climate, cans would end up being a seasonal thing since one of the big points is that many public spaces don't allow glass.
Something like this might do well on the east coast as well...
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