Here are some of the reasons why craft breweries are moving to cans:
- They help protect beer from light and oxygen
- They retain fresh hop flavours
- Modern cans are lined with a polymer lining so that the beer doesn’t touch any metal
Cans also have other shared benefits for a wide range of beverages:
- They are highly portable
- They are welcome in places where bottles are not
- They can be crushed down when empty and are easily recyclable
- Compared to bottles, they are space-saving, lighter and they won’t smash
- The unit cost of a can is cheaper than that of a bottle, label and cap
The canning process using the LinCan includes:
- Filling head process:
- Oxygen purge
- Fill
- CO2 micro-burst for reducing dissolved oxygen pickup
- Lid applicator gasses to reduce oxygen pickup
- Secure lid-tamping and seaming process, which includes seamer monitoring (see features)
- Can rinsing and drying
We've supplied over 50 ABE canning lines to craft breweries in the UK & Ireland and ABE canning lines & brewhouses are installed in over 1,000 craft breweries across America. The case studies below represent a small proportion of our LinCan installations. Please call us on 01404 892100 to ask about the rest!
Belleville Brewing Co
The Five Points Brewing Co
The Harbour Brewing Co
The Wild Beer Co
Vigo is the UK agent for ABE Beverage Equipment (formerly American Beverage Equipment), one of the market leaders in the US craft brewing equipment markets and an OEM manufacturer of beverage equipment.
We chose ABE not only for their reputation in the US market, but also for the following reasons: