UK brewer claims first micro-canning line
Camden Town Brewery has claimed to the be the first craft brewer in the UK to install a micro-canning line.
The brewer, based in north London, is remaining pretty tight lipped about can sizes but hopes to begin production in June.
What has been revealed is that the line is made by Cask Brewing Systems in Canada and it is being commissioned in May with production of fresh and unpasteurized beer due to be underway by the end of June.
Spokeswoman Zoe Wulfsohn-Dunkley said, “A few months ago we bought a micro-canning line. Not many other British breweries can say that, can they? None, actually we’ll be the only brewery in Britain with a micro-canning line.
“Cans are great for beer, they keep out oxygen and light, two things which make beer taste terrible, plus they don’t smash, they’re lightweight and drinkers are more likely to recycle a can than a bottle.”
The micro-canning line is popular with American craft breweries, but the UK market has proved harder to crack so far.