Beer Gets Canned!

The American Can Company changes the way America drinks beer.

January 24, 1935

In partnership with the American Can Company (ACC), the Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company delivered 2,000 cans of “Krueger’s Finest Beer” and “Krueger’s Cream Ale” to faithful Krueger drinkers in Richmond, Virginia.

Ninety-one percent of the drinkers approved of the canned beer, driving Krueger to give the green light to ramping up produc…