Season's Greetings from the Beer Can Museum!

Thanks to the curator's son Andrew Logan for his help with the card (as is tradition!).
I hope your holiday season is filled with peace. Have a healthy and happy 2010.
Merry Christmas from the Beer Can Museum...

When in Utica, NY...

Whenever we drive across New York on the thruway, we make it a point to stop for a break (read: brewery tour) at the West End/Matt's Brewery in Utica, New York. From Utica Club, to Matt's, to Saranac Black & Tan, they have always known how to brew good beer in Utica! Today I highlight just a few Utica Club cans from the museum shelves for your viewing pleasure. I really could've focused more when I snapped this picture!

Doll House Beer Cans

I always get a kick out the fact that the manufacturers of 'dollhouse miniatures' remember to create tiny beer cans for use in doll houses. We have a nice little group of these cans in the Beer Can Museum, so today I share them with you all for your viewing pleasure. Note the brands; Colt 45, Schlitz, Heineken, etc. Intricate details include the stay on tabs.

Go New England Patriots !

Thanksgiving week means football for many of us here in the United States. For most of us in New England, football means New England Patriots' football. So, today I give a beer can shout out to my favorite NFL team, the Patriots, and we thanks the fine folks at Coors for honoring the team on a commemorative beer can. Happy Thanksgiving, all! Go, Pats!

We have many Boston team commemorative cans at the Beer Can Museum, from the Bruins to the Red Sox to the Celtics to the Pats. Enjoy!

Simba Lager from Africa

As Turkey Day approaches, I can't help but think of carnivores. Picking at the turkey carcass after the family meal is a family tradition in many homes. Speaking of carnivores, here's a happy lion sunning himself on the side of a Simba Lager can, from Africa.

Hope you enjoy it! This king of the beasts happily resides at the Beer Can Museum.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Welded Seam Budweiser Can

It's been awhile since we've posted, so just for the heck of it...today we look at a welded beer can seam on a classic Budweiser can. Various types of seams can be found on older steel beer cans; soldered cans with notches, straight soldered seams with no notches, and soldered seams with 'crimps', like in today's example. This is probably one of the most recognizable beer cans on the planet!

Crushed in the suitcase

Sometimes we receive donations at the Beer Can Museum that have been through the proverbial ringer (or is it wringer?); but that doesn't mean we don't appreciate them just the same! This can had a rough journey back to the U.S. from the Bahamas, but it still has a happy home on the shelves in our museum. Thanks go out to Nancy Silva from Plymouth, Ma. for this donation.