Short of a long story I find myself with a bunch of overtime on my hands and I’m tired of filling up growlers for my buddies down at the union hall.
Looking for some insight on a canner/seamer for my home brew if anybody has any suggestions or experiences I’d appreciate it.
Looking to do 12 oz and 16oz cans
I am thinking of the same for biking, hiking, and hanging out at the lake. I posted a couple months back and got no response.
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Pretty sure morebeer had been selling one.
They do but it would be nice to hear some feedback from anyone here who has used one.
Drew has been using one for several years. Maybe he can a stop by.
I’ve been creeping on their website and I’m about sold on the cannular one. It’s not made in china that’s a huge plus to me
That would be fantastic
I see what you did there
Lol! Right over my head
Mine, too! Completely coincidental.
There’s an ad in this month’s BYO for All American can sealers – apparently made in the US. allamerican1930.com
I’m pretty sure that’s the brand Drew has.
I remember Drew buying that one at one of the Homebrew Conferences. The reason I remember is that I thought it was a cool retro machine and took their business card home with me. I think they look retro because they are using a mid century mold.
Oh awesome thank you!!!
This is right up my alley
I started canning my beer a little over a year ago, I luv it.
Every supplier was out of cans back then due to massive orders by local breweries, since suddenly to go orders was the norm.
A few things to consider;
Canning is all about the can size, height and neck width, and which dies you have to fit your canner. Most 12 or 16 oz are 202 or 200 neck size. Most canners do not accept that size.
Thus the new “beverage” canners on the market.
Make sure you can (see that) get a supply of cans that you can handle, some only sell by the pallet. To be fair most places that sell the canner will sell cans that fit it too, but not all.
I had to start out filling soup cans, which was kinda nostalgic as I produced the old WWII (or MASH) type beers that had to be opened with a church key. Luckily the demand eased up and I now can get crowlers with an easy open top.
I like cans. They allow them on the golf course, they are easier to share. Mine cost $1.57 each, so being a crowler means I have to share less than if they were 12oz.
Watch a few videos about canning on foam to keep the oxygen out and they last as long as bottled.
I heard that these were around $1500 awhile back, then $800 and now $450 or so. I believe some resourceful brewers have found a way to incorporate CO2 into the canning process to get things as low-O2 as possible and I also believe that if a beer is properly canned it is better protected/sealed than it would be in a bottle. Better at keeping light out as well. I have rubbed my chin about it but honestly… I don’t package much beer outside of kegs and some brewers I know who own canners have not canned anything in a long time.
The basic canner doesn’t seem overly complex. I think the early adopters were just paying for design and tooling.
That makes sense. Like the first flatscreen TV that I bought in 2006 was a 50" that cost $2000 and then five years later I upgraded to a 65" that cost me $750. 
What’s the story with the cans? You order these and I saw something the other day about how most places want to sell you “at least a pallet” of cans. What does that look like and what does it cost? Also, how are brewers getting the beer into the can in the first place? It seems like that is a big part of the equation. And… could a person “prime” a beer with priming sugar and then can the beer just as one might have done in the old days with bottles? I really don’t know why I am interested in this. I don’t package and I certainly don’t need any more brewing equipment.
The can shortage is related to the pandemic. People staying home started buying more canned drinks and less restaurant soda (bag in box) and more canned beer and less kegged beer. The minimum orders are related to that and just shipping in general probably. Some of that should go away as the country opens back up. There are resellers selling cans in smaller amounts. Maybe that’s a side business for you. Ken’s IT and cans.