canlogik
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We are working on a short run digital print project involving cans and over a beer thought "hey, it would be neat to make what we're doing available to home brewers" but have no idea if anyone is interested. Figured best way was to just ask.
So, the question we have, in a very unscientific-market-researchy type way,
Would anyone here who does home brewing like to be able to put their beer in cans, like real 12oz beer cans?
If so, what would be important to you? Would you be ok with a "standardized" can that said "homebrew" on it and had a blank area to write in what was in it? Would you be ok with totally blank cans that you could then label any way you wanted at a lower cost? Would you be interested in uber-short run (like 12 or 24) printed any way you wanted directly on the can (i.e. fully custom with your artwork) for a fee?
On the can closing side of things....in order to close the cans you need a seamer which is an expense. Small manual ones start at about $200 and small electrics are a bit more. Would this be a barrier to you trying beer canning in beer cans? It takes a few seconds to lid a can, a bit slower than capping. Upside is obviously the durability, lightweight nature of it, cost and lack of light inside the can.
Any thoughts, suggestions, comments would be greatly appreciated as we try to figure out if this makes sense for folks, or chalk it up to a neat idea and just go have another beer.
So, the question we have, in a very unscientific-market-researchy type way,
Would anyone here who does home brewing like to be able to put their beer in cans, like real 12oz beer cans?
If so, what would be important to you? Would you be ok with a "standardized" can that said "homebrew" on it and had a blank area to write in what was in it? Would you be ok with totally blank cans that you could then label any way you wanted at a lower cost? Would you be interested in uber-short run (like 12 or 24) printed any way you wanted directly on the can (i.e. fully custom with your artwork) for a fee?
On the can closing side of things....in order to close the cans you need a seamer which is an expense. Small manual ones start at about $200 and small electrics are a bit more. Would this be a barrier to you trying beer canning in beer cans? It takes a few seconds to lid a can, a bit slower than capping. Upside is obviously the durability, lightweight nature of it, cost and lack of light inside the can.
Any thoughts, suggestions, comments would be greatly appreciated as we try to figure out if this makes sense for folks, or chalk it up to a neat idea and just go have another beer.