Canning

[MrFoodScientist]

Hey everyone, it's been a while since I've been here, been busy with house projects.

So I see there's a lot more options for canning that there weren't a couple of years ago.

I want to try it out, but I don't want to jump lay out several hundred dollars for a seamer. I see a couple hand seamers on Amazon and eBay, but they don't look specific to beer cans. Had anyone ever tried one. I've used food can seamers before when I was in college as part of my degree, but I don't remember if they were size specific.

 

[estricklin]

I researched it a few years back, and I think I remember they are size specific, but don't hold me to that. You'd think someone would come out with a hand seamer for homebrewers.

 

[MrFoodScientist]

Thanks for the reply. I think you're right, and that's what I was afraid of.
When I was in college, we did a fundraiser for the food science club around Valentine's day where we sold canned Valentines. You bring whatever you can fit in either a #10 can or standard grocery store canned veggies size and we provide the can and seal it for you. Your significant other needs a can opener to get to their chocolates and what not, but it's a quirky gag gift. Doing the two sizes, I don't remember if we had two different seamers, seems like maybe that was the case.
Hmmm... Now you've got me thinking I need to engineer something and put it out there to market. I think it would eliminate a barrier to entry to canning for a lot of homebrewers who aren't sure if they want to drop a couple Benjamin's on a seamer when a bench capper and thousands of quality crowns can be had at that rate.
The only problem there is that I'm not an engineer.

 

[Wagon_6]

Did you buy one? I’ve got the itch to buy a seamer. I like the idea of getting rid of glass and the 4 pack/6 pack carriers are simple and make the labels front and center. We could split one!