January 24, 2012 marks the 77th anniversary of the day Gottfried Krueger Brewing Co. first brought canned beers into the market. Though it hasn’t been (and probably never will be) declared an official holiday, more and more people are celebrating Beer Can Appreciation Day to pay tribute to the creation that has changed the experience of buying, keeping and drinking beer, forever.
YTD takes part in the Beer Can Appreciation day celebration with this collection of 35 tasteful beer can designs. Check them out and don’t forget to leave a comment after. Cheers!
Hurlimann Sternbrau
SAA Design
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Intuition Ale Works
DeRouen & Co
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Upslope Brewing Brown Ale
Anthem Branding
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Great Western
Saint Bernadine Mission Communications
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Heineken Rugby World Cup 2011
Raison Pure
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Bulldozer Beer
Firstbase
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Arctic Beer
Tank
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Howe Sound Lager
The Antidote Inc.
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Club Colombia Special Edition
JWT
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Tui Repackaged
DesignWorks
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Glow
Neumeister
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Smrprty
Tank Design
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Abro Organic Lager
Mattias Frodlund
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Austin Beerworks
Helms Workshop
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Pilsner
TAXI
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Vintage Packaging – Beer Cans
Hello Again
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Guinness Beer can re-design
Tamara Maksimovic
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Diesel 6%
Pavel Gubin
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Grolsch Beer Can FC Twente season 2011
Elroy Klee
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“1410″ Beer can design
Ignas Kozlovas
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beer can packaging
Sergey Prostov
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Carling beer brand design
Ingrida Liepyte
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Beer Can Label Design
Gradinar Razvan
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Brøckhouse 33cl Can
Morris Pinewood
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Saku On Ice 0,5L Can
Hannes Paesoo
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Asahi Breweries
Phil Munro
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John Davey’s Cornish Bitter
Pascal de Moratti
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Miller Cans
Tim Pokrichuk
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Three Towns Premium Lager (2009)
Mikael Hulkko
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Hockley Valley Brewing Co.
Andrew Oliver
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Latas tematicas Nova Schin
Fausto Uehara
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Heisenberg Beer
This is
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package design
Tim Murphy
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Negra Modelo
Mauricio Muñoz
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Beer Can Appreciation day (we’d like to believe) wasn’t just created to give people an excuse to drink more beer. A bit of research about beer cans would tell you that they do deserve our appreciation.
First, beer cans are relatively cheaper than beer bottles. They require minimal energy to produce and most of the materials used in these cans can be reused to manufacture new ones. Second, beer cans do a better job in preserving the beer’s flavor. Aluminum cans prevent beer from getting “skunked” due to exposure from UV light. They are also very durable and contain lower oxygen levels than bottles which increases shelf life. Lastly, the variety of beer can designs makes them perfect collector’s items. And with beer cans that look as good as the ones above, it shouldn’t be a surprise that some people are more interested in the cans than the booze!
