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Fred & Friends Put a Lid on It Mug Topper From Fred Price: $6.00 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25. Details Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Ships from and sold by Amazon.com 6 new or used available from $3.49 Average customer review:

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Fred & Friends Put a Lid On It is a unique item. Shaped like a can top with a pop top it's use is to keep hot liquids hot in a cup or mug. It's ability to retain heat is nothing short of amazing.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #118667 in Kitchen & Housewares
• Brand: Fred
• Model: LID
• Dimensions: 8.20" h x .50" w x 5.50" l,

Features

• Excellent pop top can design
• Amazing ability to retain heat
• Adsurdly functional

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It does its job!
I was so happy to find this so i wouldnt have to keep buying cups with tops. During certain summer months i have those little nats flying around and they always seem to find my drinks and this is perfect to fit any cup since it is a little larger. It also does keep the heat in sure. I like the suction as well. overall it works better than i expected. i want more

First Canned Beer Sold 75 years ago.

Since we're all about cans and find history so interesting. Here's a little holiday of our own we're celebrating. The birth of the beer can.

Jan. 24, 1935: First Canned Beer Sold

• By Danielle Venton
• January 24, 2011 |
• 7:00 am |
• Categories: 20th century, Chemistry, Food and Drink

1935: The first canned beer in the United States goes on sale in Richmond, Virginia. By the end of the year, 37 breweries follow the lead of the Gottfried Krueger Brewery.

The American Can Co. began experimenting with canned beer in 1909. But the cans couldn’t withstand the pressure from carbonation — up to 80 pounds per square inch — and exploded. Just before the end of the Prohibition in 1933, the company developed a “keg-lining” technique, coating the inside of the can the same as a keg.

Krueger had been brewing beer since the mid-1800s, but had suffered from the Prohibition and worker strikes. When American Can approached with the idea of canned beer, it was initially unpopular with Krueger execs. But American Can offered to install the equipment for free: If the beer flopped, Krueger wouldn’t have to pay.

So, in 1935 Krueger’s Cream Ale and Krueger’s Finest Beer were the first beers sold to the public in cans. Canned beer was an immediate success. The public loved it, giving it a 91 percent approval rating.

Compared to glass, the cans were lightweight, cheap, and easy to stack and ship. Unlike bottles, you didn’t have to pay a deposit and then return the cans for a refund. By summer Krueger was buying 180,000 cans a day from American Can, and other breweries decided to follow.

The first cans were flat-topped and made of heavy-gauge steel. To open, a hole had to be punched in the top with the sharp end of a church-key style opener.

Some breweries tried out cans with conical rather than flat tops, but they didn’t stack and ship as easily. Cone tops were sealed with a crown cap just like the cap of a glass beer bottle.

Canning was interrupted between 1942 and 1947 to devote resources to World War II. Aluminum cans, cheaper and lighter still, were introduced in 1958.

Beyond their economy and convenience, cans are actually better for beer than glass bottles. This isn’t the heresy it sounds. Beer’s main enemies are light, oxygen and heat. A can’s complete opacity blocks out the light that can make a beer taste “skunked.”

Beer becomes skunked or “light-struck” when light splits its riboflavin, a type of B vitamin. The ruptured riboflavin can react with isohumulones, chemicals that come from hops and help beer taste bitter.

The resulting molecule is similar in shape and smell to the musk sprayed by skunks. That’s why most microbreweries sell beer in dark brown bottles or, increasingly, in beer cans.

Source: various

Image: C-Monster/Flickr

From: http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2011/01/0124first-us-canned-beer/

Oaky & The Bandit

Today we bottle, yes, bottle our oak aged black lager. We have been aging this small batch beer for a year sampling it here and there waiting for just the right moment when we felt this beer had the character we were looking for. What makes this beer unique is that it is an aged lager. Typically you don't see this sort of things with lagers. We were trying to recreate what a dark Munich style or Schwarzbier lager aged and cellared in oak would have tasted like a couple hundred years ago. The body remains light since lager yeast was used. The carbonation is fine producing a wonderful head. The oaky notes compliment the coffee malt flavor profiles. Get a bottle while you can. We've limited the production run to 400 22oz bottles sealed in wax and individually numbered. These bottles are available for purchase at our brewery and possibly at a few select locations around town as soon as January 13.

A spot in Beverageworld

Here's a little spot in Beverageworld magazine with our Viennese Lager in the bunch. We won Gold in the Lager category for our Viennese Lager at the mentioned Canfest in Reno, NV.

http://www.beverageworld.com/

Can Catapult

Successful Launch with Catch 2 from Ross Wehner on Vimeo.

Czech Republic : Beer Nation

10 New Years Resolutions for Beer Lovers!

By Meghan Storey

We all know our usual New Year's resolutions aren't always particularly exciting. They normally involve things like losing weight, or breaking a bad habit. While those types of resolutions are important, this list is much more fun. Expand your love and knowlege of craft beer in the new year. Add one of these resolutions (they're in no particular order) to your list and get ready for 2011!

10. Introduce someone to craft beer.

9. Try at least one new beer a month.

8. Participate in an American Craft Beer Week event. (May 16 - 22, 2011)

7. Host or attend a beer tasting. We even have a video to help you!

6. Cook with craft beer! We're adding new recipes to CraftBeer.com all the time. Don't forget to add your favorite recipes to the recipe section—it might be featured on the home page!

5. Give craft beer or brewery gear as a present.

4. Learn more about your favorite beverage; read a book on beer or brewing. Find tons of resources at the Brewers Association Beer Enthusiast Store.

3. Experience a beer festival.

2. Plan a side-trip to a brewery on your next vacation.

1. Bring craft beer to a housewarming or dinner party.

From: http://www.craftbeer.com/pages/stories/craft-beer-muses/show?title=ten-new-years-resolutions-for-beer-lovers

New Year's Resolutions from BA

Ten New Year's Resolutions for Beer Lovers

By Meghan Storey

We all know our usual New Year's resolutions aren't always particularly exciting. They normally involve things like losing weight, or breaking a bad habit. While those types of resolutions are important, this list is much more fun. Expand your love and knowlege of craft beer in the new year. Add one of these resolutions (they're in no particular order) to your list and get ready for 2011!

10. Introduce someone to craft beer.

9. Try at least one new beer a month.

8. Participate in an American Craft Beer Week event. (May 16 - 22, 2011)

7. Host or attend a beer tasting. We even have a video to help you!

6. Cook with craft beer! We're adding new recipes to CraftBeer.com all the time. Don't forget to add your favorite recipes to the recipe section—it might be featured on the home page!

5. Give craft beer or brewery gear as a present.

4. Learn more about your favorite beverage; read a book on beer or brewing. Find tons of resources at the Brewers Association Beer Enthusiast Store.

3. Experience a beer festival.

2. Plan a side-trip to a brewery on your next vacation.

1. Bring craft beer to a housewarming or dinner party.

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Meghan Storey, the Brewers Association's Web Editor, has been lucky enough to work in the world of craft beer for the past three years. She holds a degree in Print Journalism from the University of Mississippi, and has recently relocated to Nashville, TN. She loves to introduce friends to new craft beers and food pairings. Since beginning work on CraftBeer.com she can be found adding beer to just about everything she cooks.