If things go according to plan, you’ll be able to pick up some Bozeman Brewing Company beer in 12oz cans beginning this September, if not a bit earlier.  Bozone joins Lewis and Clark Brewing Co. in recently announcing they’re going to the cans.  L&C is switching over from bottles, but this is the first time you’ll be able to get Bozone beer in a ready-to-go package from your favorite store.

Bozone chose cans for familiar and very good reasons: they’re cheaper to ship, better for the beer because they’re impervious to light and hold carbonation better, much more recyclable (since there’s few opportunities to recycle glass in Montana) and quite packable in places glass isn’t allowed (on the rivers, for example).  Really, these days about the only reason not to go to cans is the public perception that good craft beer doesn’t come in a can.  That myth has long been debunked, but old habits and perceptions are hard to break.  My first craft brew in a can years ago was Oskar Blues’ Ten Fidy, a super excellent imperial stout with motor oil like viscosity.  Sure, I love a big bomber of high gravity brew in the fridge, but cans have a lot to offer. For an excellent site with way more info on cans in the craft brewing industry, check out Craftcans.com.